Harbor of Eutropius
The Harbor of Eutropius (
History
The Harbor of Eutropius was placed east of
The Harbor of Eutropius was almost entirely artificial, built by order of Emperor
In 602, the military officer Phocas (r. 602–610) overthrew Maurice (r. 582–602), and had him and his sons executed at the Harbor of Eutropius;[6][8] Phocas would later execute the female members of Maurice's family at the harbor in either 605 or 607.[6][8] During the Siege of Constantinople in 717–718, the Umayyad Caliphate's fleet, supposedly numbering 1,800 ships, dispersed to the various harbors and landing grounds near Constantinople, choosing the harbor of Eutropius and the Harbor of Anthemius for the Asian portion of the invasion; however, neither harbors are referred to by name in the sources, and only the locations associated with them are given. The 10th-century Saint Luke the Stylite lived as a stylite (on top of a column) near the harbor, from 935 until his death in 975. He was succeeded by the anonymous author of the Vita of the Stylite, who immediately sailed from Constantinople to the harbor and took up the same column as a dwelling place; he would remain there until 989, when the column was torn away into the ocean, likely by a storm surge, causing him to drown.[6]
The 16th-century French topographer
References
Citations
- ^ Belke 2021, p. 223.
- ^ Belke 2021, p. 224.
- ^ Belke 2021, pp. 224, 231–232.
- ^ a b c Belke 2021, p. 231.
- ^ a b Martindale 1980, p. n35.
- ^ a b c d e Belke 2021, p. 232.
- ^ Belke 2021, p. 233.
- ^ a b Martindale 1992, p. 338.
Bibliography
- Belke, Klaus (2021). "Gates to Asia Minor: The Harbours of Chalcedon, Chrysopolis, Hiereia and Eutropiu Limen Opposite Constantinople". The Byzantine Harbours of Constantinople. Mainz. ISBN 978-3-96929-086-6.)
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