Fortress Tower of Odessos Found by Chance in Bulgaria's Varna Affirms Data about Odd Byzantine District Quaestura Exercitus
Part of a U-shape fortress tower from the Late Antiquity fortress wall of ancient Odessos (Odessus) has been discovered in the cellar of a house in Bulgaria's Black Sea city of Varna. Photo: Varna Museum of Archaeology via ArchaeologyinBulgaria.com
A Late Antiquity fortress wall tower from the Ancient Thracian, Greek, and Roman city of Odessos (Odessus) has been discovered by accident in the Black Sea city of Varna, with rescue archaeological excavations affirming data about the existence of Quaestura Exercitus, a peculiar administrative district in 6th century AD Byzantium (i.e. the Eastern Roman Empire), under Emperor Justinian I the Great, uniting much of today's Northern Bulgaria with Cyprus, parts of Anatolia, and the Cyclades.
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