Choma (fortress)
Choma (
Choma was located in the upper valley of the
Choma remained under constant Turkish threat throughout the 12th century. Emperor Isaac II Angelos (r. 1185–1195, 1203–1204) refortified it in 1193, and renamed it Angelokastron (Ἀγγελόκαστρον) after his dynasty. Choma finally fell to the Turks a short time after the dissolution of the Byzantine Empire by the Fourth Crusade in 1204.[2]
The nearby fortress of Soublaion, which was rebuilt by Emperor Manuel I Komnenos (r. 1143–1180) in 1175 but abandoned after the Battle of Myriokephalon the next year, was formerly identified by William Mitchell Ramsay with Choma.[2]
Today only small traces of the fortifications remain.[1] There are also two red-plastered cisterns.[1] On the eastern slope, the fortress walls have collapsed except for parts of a rectangular building that may have been a tower.[1] Bricks are embedded in the two-shell masonry with mortar, and miscellaneous bricks and ceramics were found on top of the burial ground.[1] W.J. Hamilton found broken columns of unknown provenance at the burial site below Homa.[1] 4 km west there is a small hill called Pınarhüyüğü where some ceramics and rough stones were found.[1]
References
- ^ ISBN 3700116985. Archived from the originalon 14 December 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ a b c d e ODB, "Choma" (C. Foss), p. 426.
Sources
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- ISBN 0-19-504652-8.