Nisibis, capital of the province of<i>Mesopotamia</i>: some historical and archaeological perspectives

Palermo, Rocco

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“…When they attacked in 502C E, the Romans had difficulties to defend their territories east of the Euphrates.Afterthis experience,amain concern was to balance the loss of Nisibis and to release the Persianpressureonthe cities of Amida and Edessa. To achievet his aim, in 507C Et he decision was taken to build anew city,Anastasiopolis, at the siteofthe village of Daraaclose distance  The sitei slocateda tthe Turkish-Syrian border.Today, the modern Turkish city of Nusaybin and the Syrian city of Qamishli obscuret he ancient settlement.F or the history of Nisibis and a description of the physical setting, see Palermo (2017, 71-79)a nd, largely identical, Palermo (2014).  Keser-Kayaalp and Erdoğan (2013).…”

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Sacred spaces and new cities in the Byzantine East

Blömer¹

2020

Urban Religion in Late Antiquity

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Some of the main trajectories of urban development in RomanS yria and Asia Minor have been studied in detail. Not much attention, however,h as been paid to the fact that in some places the urban can be seen as the product of sacred. There are various examples of large rural sanctuaries thato ver time gained urban characteristics and eventuallyd eveloped into cities. During the second wave of urbanisation in Syria in the 2 nd /3 rd centuries CE, some of those "urbaniseds anctuaries" weref ormallyr ecognised as cities. This close entanglement between sanctuaries and the emergence of urbanity was not confined to the pagan period. Christian places of worship could triggert he urbanisation of rural places,t oo. Resafa, for example, developed from as mall border post into aflourishing city of Sergiopolis due to the popularity of the martyrium of S. Sergios. It is remarkable that in most cases the cities that developed around sanctuaries very quicklye mancipated themselvesf rom thoses anctuaries. The growingc omplexity of the cities' metabolism turned them into regional hubs in theiro wn right.They proved to be very resilient and maintained their urban role even aftert he sanctuaries thatinitiated the process of urbanisation werefinallya bandoned. 1I ntroduction Stating thatthe cities of the Eastern Empire did not decline in late antiquity is a commonplacet oday. Over the last3 0y ears, al arge array of studies has demonstrated the resilienceo fu rbanism in this region and highlighted the vivacity of urban life in the fourth to sixth centuries CE. The master narrative changed from decline to ac ontingent process of transformation.¹ Citiess uccessfully adapted to changingeconomic, political,social,religious, and environmental re- This workw as supported by the Danish NationalR esearch Foundation under the grant DNRF119-Centreo fE xcellence for Urban Network Evolutions (UrbNet).

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Sacred spaces and new cities in the Byzantine East

Blömer¹

2020

Urban Religion in Late Antiquity

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“…Few examples: notwithstanding the seemingly geographic isolation, Hatra played a key role in the traffic of people and goods towards North Mesopotamia (Foietta 2018). Furthermore, after the peace treaty of the late 3rd c. AD, only Nisibis was granted the permission to establish trade exchanges with Persia, a fact that reflects both the relevance of the city itself and the role that the urban hubs had in the developing economy of the region and of its relationship with distant areas (Palermo 2014;2019: 228). Prior to the 3rd c. AD, Nisibis and Rhesaina, not too distant from each other, interacted in terms of economic interests, territorial control, and strategy within the political context of Rome's influence in the area.…”

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Over the Frontier. Remote Sensing Analysis of the Roman Eastern Borderland in Mesopotamia through Declassified Satellite and Aerial Imagery

Palermo

2023

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This paper discusses the spatial configuration of the Roman easternmost borderland in Mesopotamia through several case studies and, particularly, with the aid of declassified aerial and satellite imagery. Satellite pictures from the 1960s and 1970s have proved to be of incredible value for the archaeological research in the Near East, contributing to a solid advancement in the understanding of large-scale phenomena on long-term periods. This is particularly true for the so-called late periods of Mesopotamian history which – traditionally – suffer from an inexplicable lack of terrain data. Although the research has consistently improved in the las decade or so, the support of remote-sensing techniques has open new and fruitful research trajectories on the matter. I will employ legacy aerial data, CORONA and HEXAGON declassified satellite imagery and U2 aerial data to assess some case studies in the region and to provide new insights on such a contested space, now roughly comprised between northeastern Syria and northwestern Iraq.

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“…Isaac's (1990, 254-255) The Limits of Empire, deal with historian Ammianus's descriptions of the Roman and Persian conflicts in the region, in the 4 th to 6 th centuries AD. Recently R. Palermo (2014) has also covered the area of Nisibis in his studies of the Roman Empire. Dara and Nisibis in the 6 th century AD was discussed by C. Lillington-Martin, (2007).…”

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Applying Satellite Data Sources in the Documentation and Landscape Modelling for Graeco-Roman/Byzantine Fortified Sites in the Tūr Abdin Area, Eastern Turkey

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Törmä

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ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci.

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ABSTRACT:In 2015-2016 the Finnish-Swedish Archaeological Project in Mesopotamia (FSAPM) initiated a pilot study of an unexplored area in the Tūr Abdin region in Northern Mesopotamia (present-day Mardin Province in southeastern Turkey). FSAPM is reliant on satellite image data sources for prospecting, identifying, recording, and mapping largely unknown archaeological sites as well as studying their landscapes in the region. The purpose is to record and document sites in this endangered area for saving its cultural heritage. The sites in question consist of fortified architectural remains in an ancient border zone between the Graeco-Roman/Byzantine world and Parthia/Persia. The location of the archaeological sites in the terrain and the visible archaeological remains, as well as their dimensions and sizes were determined from the ortorectified satellite images, which also provided coordinates. In addition, field documentation was carried out in situ with photographs and notes. The applicability of various satellite data sources for the archaeological documentation of the project was evaluated. Satellite photographs from three 1968 CORONA missions, i.e. the declassified US government satellite photograph archives were acquired. Furthermore, satellite images included a recent GeoEye-1 Satellite Sensor Image from 2010 with a resolution of 0.5 m. Its applicability for prospecting archaeological sites, studying the terrain and producing landscape models in 3D was confirmed. The GeoEye-1 revealed the ruins of a fortified town and a fortress for their documentation and study. Landscape models for the area of these sites were constructed fusing GeoEye-1 with EU-DEM (European Digital Elevation Model data using SRTM and ASTER GDEM data) in order to understand their locations in the terrain.

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Nisibis, capital of the province ofMesopotamia: some historical and archaeological perspectives

Cited by 5 publications

References 13 publications

Sacred spaces and new cities in the Byzantine East

Sacred spaces and new cities in the Byzantine East

Over the Frontier. Remote Sensing Analysis of the Roman Eastern Borderland in Mesopotamia through Declassified Satellite and Aerial Imagery

Applying Satellite Data Sources in the Documentation and Landscape Modelling for Graeco-Roman/Byzantine Fortified Sites in the Tūr Abdin Area, Eastern Turkey

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