Books by Dimitris P. Drakoulis
Δημήτρης Π. Δρακούλης, Η περιφερειακή οργάνωση των οικισμών της Ανατολικής Ρωμαϊκής Αυτοκρατορίας κατά την Πρώιμη Βυζαντινή περίοδο, τόμος Α΄, Θρακική, Ιλλυρικό, Ασιανή, 2009
Δημήτρης Π. Δρακούλης, Η περιφερειακή οργάνωση των οικισμών της Ανατολικής Ρωμαϊκής Αυτοκρατορίας κατά την Πρώιμη Βυζαντινή περίοδο, τόμος Β΄, Ποντική, Ανατολική, Αιγυπτιακή, 2010
Edited Books by Dimitris P. Drakoulis
Lead Seals in Byzantine Thrace (6th-12th c.). Proceedings of the International Conference "Sigillography meets Historical Geography”, 2023
This volume was published in the framework of the research project: “Lead Seals in Byzantine Thra... more This volume was published in the framework of the research project: “Lead Seals in Byzantine Thrace (LSByT): Re-examination of data, mapping the distribution of findings and tracing the communication networks (6th-12th c.)” funded by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI) for three and a half years. The host institution of the project was the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the collaborating institutions were the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the Konstantin Preslavsky University of Shumen (Bulgaria).
The project focuses on Byzantine lead seals, or molybdoboulla, a primary source of Byzantine history, which enrich our knowledge of Byzantine administration and social structures, as well as the prosopography and historical geography of the empire. Although seals can be used to trace communication networks and the circulation of written information in the medieval period, until now this aspect of the material has not been systematically studied. The project examines 2.909 Byzantine lead seals found in Bulgarian and Romanian areas that correspond mainly to the Early Byzantine Thracian provinces of Rhodope, Thrace, Haemimontus, Moesia Secunda and Scythia Minor and the Middle Byzantine themata of Thrace, Macedonia and Paradounavon.
The first part of the book contains the papers presented at the International Conference: “Lead Seals in Byzantine Thrace. Sigillography meets Historical Geography” co-organised with the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna on 19 April 2023. The second part includes some of the results of the LSByT research programme: firstly, certain highlights of the systematic revision of the sigillary material from the 6th to the 12th century as regards its dating and reading and secondly, a set of thematic maps, which depict the geographical distribution of lead seals in Byzantine Thrace, accompanied by the corresponding tables of seal data. The main results of the research project are also disseminated in the website http://www.lsbyt.web.auth.gr/.
Dimitris P. Drakoulis - Paschalis Androudis (eds.), Ekphrasis. Studies in Honor of Professor Vasilis Katsaros, Thessaloniki, Stamoulis., 2022
Το Αρμολόι. Χαριστήριο στον καθηγητή Αργύρη Πετρονώτη - Επιμέλεια Πασχάλης Ανδρούδης - Δημήτρης Π. Δρακούλης , 2021
Δημήτρης Π. Δρακούλης - Γεώργιος Π. Τσότσος (επιμ.), Ιστορική, κοινωνική και πολεοδομική ανάλυση του χώρου. Αφιέρωμα στον καθηγητή Ευάγγελο Π. Δημητριάδη. Εκδ. Σταμούλης: Θεσσαλονίκη 2014, Oct 31, 2014
Dimitris P. Drakoulis and Georgios P. Tsotsos (eds.), HISTORICAL, SOCIAL AND URBAN ANALYSIS OF SP... more Dimitris P. Drakoulis and Georgios P. Tsotsos (eds.), HISTORICAL, SOCIAL AND URBAN ANALYSIS OF SPACE
Αφιέρωμα: A Tribute to Professor Emeritus Evangelos P. Dimitriadis
CONTENTS
PART Ι: INTRODUCTION
A note by the Editors 3
Salutation by Alexandros Phaidon Lagopoulos 7
Life’s journey in Thessaloniki 11
Curriculum Vitae 31
PART ΙΙ: HISTORICAL HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
Alexandros Phaidon Lagopoulos
Historico-geographical and semiotic analysis of the city of Vitruvius: Urban planning, cosmology, anthropomorphism and aesthetics 53
Georgios P. Tsotsos
Historical geography and the dominant theoretical approaches to space 73
George Sidiropoulos
Methodological Issues in Cartography: The Space of Hellenism 93
Dimitrios Kalpakis
The restoration of the historical landscapes: Oxymoron, concepts and management 117
Giorgos Kritikos
Places of Greeks, spaces of refugees: The Greek city after 1922 133
Nikos Varsakelis
The Industrial Development of Thessaloniki in the 20th Century 155
Paraskevas Savvaidis
Small-scale Historical Geography: Cartographic mutations of the Besh Tsinar Garden area 171
Michael S. Kordosis
Ground Morphology and settlements of the regions around the narrow passes from Corinth to Argolis: Prospects for research 191
PART ΙΙΙ: SETTLEMENTS HISTORY AND THEIR REGION
Dimitris P. Drakoulis
15th century Constantinople according to Cristoforo Buondelmonti: The Ms 71 of the Gennadius Library 199
Athena Christina Syrakoy
Histories of the City in the Islamic World 227
Paschalis Androudis
The Ottoman City Of Yenice-İ Vardar (Giannitsa) In Macedonia: Historical Evolution And Monuments 243
Gregory Stournaras
Thessalian cities during the early Ottoman period. Trikala (Tirhala) and Larissa (Yenişehir) through archival sources 269
Vassilis Demetriades
Thessaloniki during the 17th century 287
Athanasios E. Karathanasis
The Seven Stars of Revelation of Georgios Lambakis: Comments and Other Observations 319
Eleni G. Gavra
Ekistics' Heritage of the Greek Communities in Asia Minor: The Cases of Mudanya and Trigleia Settlements 345
Dimitrios Martos
National identity and design in Greece under the dynamic philhellenism. The plan of Athens of Kleanthes and Schaubert 367
Giorgos Ol. Anastasiadis
The National Defence (Ethnikis Amynis) Street. Carving its historical portrait 387
PART ΙV: SPATIAL INTERVENTIONS
REGULATION OF SPACE
Sophia Chatzicocoli – Aghis Anastasiadis
The Spatial Organization of the Healthcare System in Greece: A Historical Development 409
Christos Th. Kousidonis
A vision for the Greek spatial planning and the 1835 decree on the healthy building of towns and villages 427
Evangelos Genitsaris - Antonios Stamatellos - Aristotelis Naniopoulos
Transport networks, corridors and terminals in South East Europe 445
Ioannis A. Pissourios
Regional planning in Cyprus: Evolution and prospects 465
Pery Lafazani - Ioannis A. Pissourios - Anastasia Christodoulou - Maria Papadopoulou - Myron Myridis
The regional structure of the Greek traditional settlements 481
INNOVATION OF SPACE
Panos Stathacopoulos - Panos Asimos
Ano Poli (Upper City) of Thessaloniki: Evaluation of the institutional Framework for Protection of traditional Settlements and the Containment of their Abandonment 507
Sofia Papastrati - Chara Chrisostomou
Programming-Planning of the historic-functional Centre of Chalkida 527
Katerina Ritzouli
Urban intervention in the historic area of “Sidera” in Oia, in the island of Thera (Santorini), Perfecture of Cyclades 547
Eliza M. Gereoudakis
Urban Intervention at Castelli Hill in the Old City of Chania, Crete 569
Mairi Ananiadou-Tzimopoulou - Konstantinos Vouros
Landscape architecture of historical mountainous settlements. The preserved settlement Pen-talofos Voiou Kozanis 587
Δημήτρης Π. Δρακούλης - Γεώργιος Π. Τσότσος (επιμ.), Ιστορική Γεωγραφία της Ελλάδος και της Ανατολικής Μεσογείου, Dec 20, 2012
""CONTENTS
FORWARD
EVANGELOS P. DIMITRIADIS – DIMITRIS P. DRAKOULIS
THEORETICAL APPRO... more ""CONTENTS
FORWARD
EVANGELOS P. DIMITRIADIS – DIMITRIS P. DRAKOULIS
THEORETICAL APPROACHES
ALEXANDROS-PHAIDON LAGOPOULOS
Historical Geographies: Material processes and dynamic of semiosis 3
ANCIENT PERIOD
MICHAEL S. KORDOSIS
Colonization, expansion and gravity center of Hellenism from Antiquity to the End of the Early Byzantine Period: The Greeks of Central Asia 27
ELIAS K. PETROPOULOS
The water routes and the Greek colonial policy in the Black Sea area during the archaic age 35
GEORGIOS STEINHAUER
City and countryside in Attica from Classical to the Late Roman period 47
MARIA GIRTZI
Studying through the sources aspects of historical topography of Macedonia in antiquity: criteria of foundation and distribution of “sites” in the map and communication routes 67
DIMITRIS P. DRAKOULIS
The historical-geographic Dimension of Macedonia in Late Antiquity: Administrative and Spatial Transformations 79
DIMITRIOS KALPAKIS
Actions for the restoration of the historical landscape on specific sites of ancient Epirus: a case study of Applied Historical Geography 107
MEDIEVAL PERIOD
GEORGIOS G. SIDIROPOULOS
Monasticism as a cultural avenue of Greek culture to the Ethiopian society during 3rd - 6th century 133
STAVROS GOULOULIS
From Mount Athos to Meteora: the Diffusion of the Hesychasm and the Byzantine Political Timing (The Contribution of Athanasios, Founder of the Meteoron) 151
EVANGELOS P. DIMITRIADIS
Renaissance urban influences upon the island settlements of the Ionian and the Cretan Sea during Venetocracy (early thirteenth - seventeenth century) 171
OTTOMAN PERIOD
DIMITRIOS G. IERAPETRITIS
Community and space in the Aegean Sea: The Case of the Mastic Villages in Chios during the Ottoman Rule 197
GREGORY STOURNARAS
The presence of the Dervishes in Thessaly during the Ottoman Period and their contribution in the transformation of urban and rural space 221
GEORGIOS TSOTSOS
A contribution to the research of the relationship between transportation and the settlement network of Western Macedonia (17th - 18th centuries) 239
YANIS SAITAS
The geographic - cartographic documentation of the Morea by the French Scientific Expedition, 1828-1832 263
MODERN PERIOD
ELENI G. GAVRA
Greek’s Commercial Stations in Romania. Registering the Ekistics Monumental Heritage of the Greek Diaspora 295
DIMITRIS MARTOS
Ideology and planning of cities in northern area of Greece, in 1920 315
SPYROS ANAGNOSTOU
The contribution of Panagiotis Potagos to the exploration of central Africa (1876 - 1877) 333
GIORGOS KRITIKOS
Internment of refugees in Dromokaiteion asylum: a ‘mirror’ of social space in the 1920s Greece 343
VASSILIS KATSAROS
25 years of historical-geographical educational tours in Asia Minor. Contribution to the students training program of A.U.Th. into the knowledge of Byzantine civilization 359""
Μ. Γκιρτζή, Δ. Δρακούλης, Α. Μπουντίδου (επιμ.), Πρακτικά Διεθνούς Επιστημονικού Συνεδρίου «Θεσμοί και Τοπική Αυτοδιοίκηση στη Θεσσαλονίκη διαχρονικά», Nov 2006
Book Chapters by Dimitris P. Drakoulis
C. P. Christou - P. Katsoni - C. A. Bozinis (eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference “Constantine the Great and his Age. 1700th Anniversary of the Edict of Milan”, Centre for Byzantine Research, A.U.Th, Thessaloniki 2022, 39-50., 2022
Some Notes on the Verona List (Laterculus Veronensis)
The aim of this paper is to examine some a... more Some Notes on the Verona List (Laterculus Veronensis)
The aim of this paper is to examine some aspects of an anonymous Latin text known as the Verona List or Laterculus Veronensis. This is a short list of political divisions, provinces and dioceses, i.e. greater administrative units of the later Roman Empire. It probably originated between the end of the Diocletian era and the early Constantinian period (297-314). Several aspects of the text are investigated, such as: A) The views of the potential authors and senders of the message, contained in the text, i.e. the emperor and his imperial house. B) The intent and purpose of the message, i.e. the rational management of tax collection from the provinces. C) The possible recipients of the message of the text, which are considered to be the provincial administrators, and particularly the members of the provincial officium.
The Laterculus Veronensis transmits a series of messages that refer to different levels of the social structure, using terms and concepts of the spatial structure, i.e. the socially produced space that creates the forms and relations of a human geography. At the ideological level, the text is used to legitimize and communicate the symbolic space of the Imperium Romanum, using a large spatial scale; that of the entire geographical area. On the political and legal level, the text determines the institutional space of the power and its functional articulations; that is, the 12 dioceses, the larger regions of the empire. It uses a medium scale, that of the regional space. Finally, at the economic level, it designates the areas of production, circulation and consumption of goods, thus making the tax collection simpler. The roughly 100 provinces of Diocletian and Constantinian administrative reforms make use of the relatively smaller provincial scale of space.
To Armoloi - Studies in Honor of Professor Argyris Petronotis - Paschalis Androudis - Dimitris P. Drakoulis (editors) - Το Αρμολόι. Χαριστήριο στον καθηγητή Αργύρη Πετρονώτη, 2021, Nov 2021
The first part of the paper aims to study the text and the cartographic representation of Mt. Ath... more The first part of the paper aims to study the text and the cartographic representation of Mt. Athos, as is
reflected in the Liber insularum Archipelagi of Cristoforo Buondelmonti (1386-ca. 1430). The paper uses as a
case study the Ms 71 of the Gennadius Library in Athens and specifically f. 38v-38r. These include a text of
about 450 words in mediocre Latin, describing the Mons Sanctus, and a color representation, that introduced
the notion and image of the Holy Mountain in the 15th-century West. There has been an attempt to make a
systematic record and classification of the distinctive features found in the representation, such as the
geographical configurations, the natural and cultural monuments and landmarks, the routes of travel and
nodes, etc. The information derived from the representation has been completed by the addition of the
information included in the accompanying Latin text, which has been transcribed from the Ms and translated
into Greek. The textual and visual evidence has been analyzed in relation to the intellectual and cultural
context of the scribe. It will be argued that the combinatory analysis of visual information with textual
information complements the cognitive process and enriches the field of Historical Geography – Cartography.
The Mons Sanctus of Cristoforo Buondelmonti belongs to the conceptual category of Byzantine Holy
Mountains. The second part of the paper deals with the notion of Byzantine Holy Mountains i.e., a number of
mountains with their environs in the Balkans, Anatolia, and the Levant which attracted a substantial numbers
of monks and acquired reputations as "holy mountains". They are characterized by relative isolation and
rugged terrain, and appealed to the desire of many monks to reside in a remote area of wilderness. It has
been attempted to map and study the geographical distribution of the Holy Mountains in the Byzantine
period in relation to the date of their foundation, prosperity and decay. It will be argued that the notion of
Holy Mountain is an umbrella term covering a multitude of Byzantine holy places.
E. Gavra – E. Georgitsogianni (eds.), Port Cities and Maritime Routes in Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea (18th – 21st century) - Πόλεις-λιμάνια και θαλάσσιοι δρόμοι στην Α. Μεσόγειο και τη Μ. Θάλασσα (18ος-21ος αι.), Proceedings of the International Conference Athens 2018, Thessaloniki 2020, May 25, 2020
Evangelos Dimitriadis - Dimitris P. Drakoulis
The railroad ports of Macedonia and Thrace at the... more Evangelos Dimitriadis - Dimitris P. Drakoulis
The railroad ports of Macedonia and Thrace at the end of 19th century
In 1870, the Sublime Porte embarked on an ambitious plan: aiming to consolidate its prestige in the eyes of the European powers, particularly after the victorious 1853-1856 Crimean war – with the technological assistance of the latter – and to boost its political influence in the far-flung regions of the Balkans and Asia Minor, it resolved to construct a railway line to link Constantinople with Vienna and Thessaloniki. Within a period of around 25 years (1871-1896) railway connections had been constructed in Thessaloniki linking the cities of Mitrovica, Skopje, Niš, Vienna, Monastir and Dedeağaç.
This revolutionary breakthrough in the railway network during the transition from feudalism to capitalism happened at the time when Macedonia-Thrace was in the throes of multiple socio-economic problems, where traditional farming was being practised and swingeing taxation imposed. At the same time, the creation of new nation-states (Greece, Serbia, Romania, inter alia) brought about socio-political conflicts and mass migration.
Settlements in the existing territorial network were separated by economic criteria into two typological categories, in the bazaar city, where the Ottoman culture prevailed, and in the mercantile city, dominated by the Christian culture. Furthermore, as a result of railway projects, there emerged the operation of a new type, that of the railroad port. The above typological categories could also exist in the same space and at the same time, e.g. Thessaloniki.
Along the Macedonia and Thrace coastline, where suitable areas for railroad ports were being sought, geographical restrictions and geo-morphological considerations came into play. Consequently, only two of these locations were deemed suitable. Thessaloniki was a typical, pre-industrial, multi-ethnic and multicultural city, and was considered the first choice. Dedeağaç, the second choice, was formerly a fishing village along the right bank of the Evros river, and preferred to Ainos - on the left bank – for technical reasons. Later on, at Dedeağaç, the new city of Alexandroupoli would be designed by Russian engineers (1878).
This paper will examine if the Europeans’ and the Sublime Porte’s necessary or even random choice of the two aforementioned ‘railroad-port’ termini had a positive impact on local economic growth in the area of Macedonia and Thrace.
Ιστορική, κοινωνική και πολεοδομική ανάλυση του χώρου. Αφιέρωμα στον καθηγητή Ευάγγελο Π. Δημητριάδη. Δημήτρης Π. Δρακούλης, Η Κωνσταντινούπολη του 15ου αι. κατά τον Cristoforo Buondelmonti: Το χειρόγραφο 71 της Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης, 199-226 , Oct 31, 2014
The aim of this paper is to study the cartographic representation of 15th c. Constantinople, as i... more The aim of this paper is to study the cartographic representation of 15th c. Constantinople, as is reflected in the Liber insularum Archipelagi of Cristoforo Buondelmonti (1386 - ca. 1430). The paper uses the Ms 71 of the Gennadius Library in Athens as a case study, and specifically f. 35r-36r.
These include a text of about 1000 words in intermediate Latin, describing the history of the city and the various monuments, and a color representation of Constantinople.
The object of the research is twofold. On the one hand, an attempt has been made to make a systematic record, classification and hierarchization of the distinctive features found in the representation. These include geographical configurations, natural and cultural monuments and landmarks, roads and routes of travel and communication, nodes and hubs, urban cores and innercity lacunae, etc. The information derived from the representation has been completed by the addition of the spatial information included in the accompanying Latin text, which has been transcribed from the Ms and translated into Greek. The methodology used for recording and analyzing the textual spatial code is based on a careful reading of textual data and the annotation of any possible spatial references and meanings. Such references are mainly associated with functional shells - buildings and land uses. They are also associated with historical and geographical references, urban spatial and social practices, ways of thinking and ideology.
The goals of this research project are both specific and general. On one level, it is a contribution to the emergence of the Ms 71 of the Gennadius Library as an operational tool for the study and better understanding of the topography and functional organization of Late Byzantine Constantinople. Concerning the general goals, it will be argued that the combinatory analysis of visual information with textual information complements the cognitive process and enriches the field of Historical Geography - Cartography with interdisciplinary techniques already proven in other social sciences.
G. R. Tsetskhladze, S. Atasoy, A. Avram, S. Donmez, J. Hargrave (eds), The Bosporus: Gateway between the Ancient West and East (1st Millennium BC-5th Century AD) Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress on Black Sea Antiquities Istanbul, 14th-18th September 2009, Jun 2013
"""""The aim of the paper is to study the European and Asiatic settlements of the Bosporus hinter... more """""The aim of the paper is to study the European and Asiatic settlements of the Bosporus hinterland in the early Byzantine period (4th-6th century AD). These regions, which were under the direct control and in-fluence of the imperial capital, Constantinople, correspond to two administrative provinces (Europe and Bithynia) of the Eastern Roman Empire. A cartographic representation of the historical topography has been created, in order to describe and clarify the regional context. An accompanying database has also been constructed, in order to classify the settlements according to historical and geographical criteria. The first set of criteria is related to parameters and variables, such as the date of foundation, continuous presence in five historical periods (Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Roman, and Early Byzantine), ancient and modern toponyms. The second set is related to the location of the settlement and uses parameters and variables, such as geomorphology (lowland – midland – highland), water elements (sea – river – lake – inland), communication networks (interregional, main, secondary road axes and maritime routes) and presence of a nodal point or port.
The regional network of both provinces consists of 95 settlements. It includes Constantinople, the impe-rial capital and gateway city linking the West with the East, Europe with Asia and Propontis with Euxei-nos Pontos. It also includes the two provincial capitals, Heraclea and Nicomedia, important nodal points of imperial roads and ports, linking Thracia with Bithynia. It further contains 28 cities (poleis) and 64 towns and villages (komes and choria). There is limited correspondence between this administrative structure and the ecclesiastic hierarchy, which consists of a patriarchate seat, 4 metropoleis, 7 auto-cephalous archbishoprics, 19 bishoprics and an unknown number of chorepiskopes.
The final goal of the paper is enriching historical-geographic knowledge regarding the Bosporus hinter-land in the Early Byzantine period, correlating this information with communication networks and sys-tems of cultural exchange and their cartographic representation."""""
Published in: Gocha R. Tsetskhladze (ed.), The Black Sea, Paphlagonia, Pontus and Phrygia in Antiquity. Aspects of archaeology and ancient history. British Archaeological Reports S2432, Archaeopress, Oxford 2012, pp. 79-96.
""The aim of the paper is to study the settlement network in the coastal Pontic provinces (Honori... more ""The aim of the paper is to study the settlement network in the coastal Pontic provinces (Honorias, Paphlagonia, Helenopontos and Pontos Polemoniakos) in the early Byzantine period (4th – 7th century AD). Three historical cross sections have been attempted in order to clarify the administrative transformations of the region: a) in the 4th century (source: Laterculus Veronensis), b) in the 5th century (source: Notitia Dignitatum) and c) in the 6th century (source: the Synekdemos of Hierocles). A cartographic representation of the historical topography was created in order to describe and clarify the regional context. An
accompanying database was also constructed in order to classify the settlements according to historical and geographical criteria. The first set of criteria is related to parameters and
variables such as the date of foundation, continuous presence in five distinct historical periods, ancient and modern place names. The second set is related to the location of the settlement and uses parameters and variables such as geomorphology, water elements, communication networks and presence of a nodal point or port. The final object of the paper is the enrichment of historical geographic knowledge regarding the settlement network of the coastal Pontic region and the correlation of this information with communication networks
and cultural exchanges.""
Δημήτρης Π. Δρακούλης, Η Ιστορικο-Γεωγραφική Διάσταση της Μακεδονίας κατά την ύστερη αρχαιότητα: Διοικητικοί και Χωρικοί Μετασχηματισμοί, Dec 20, 2012
"""The aim of the paper is to present the administrative and territorial transformations of Maced... more """The aim of the paper is to present the administrative and territorial transformations of Macedonia from the 4th to the 6th century AD. The research object is the cartographic documentation of these transformations and the presentation of the settlement network of the two administrative provinces Macedonia I and Macedonia II with emphasis on the 6th century.
Three historical cross‐sections have been attempted, combining primary sources and secondary bibliography, in order to clarify the administrative conditions in the 4th, 5th c. and the 6th c.. The control of sources with the aid of the most updated archaeological reference tool, allows the location and hierarchization of 38 cities (polis) and 57 towns and villages (kome – vicus).
A further research object concerns the description and understanding of settlement clusters and networks hierarchy and the explanation of their location. The latter is related to site catchment analysis on the regional level and environmental limitations and historical acts in the 6th century. A digital terrain model has been designed in order to support and illustrate the analytical process. An accompanying database was also constructed in order to complement the cartographic model and classify the settlements according to historical and geographical criteria.
The first set of criteria is related to parameters and variables such as the date of foundation, continuous presence in five distinct historical periods, ancient and modern place names.
The second set is related to the location of the settlement and uses parameters and variables such as geomorphology, water elements, communication networks and presence of a nodal point or port.
The final goal of the paper is a better comprehension of the historical‐geographical landscapes that constituted Macedonia in Late Antiquity. It is argued that the combination of the above mentioned methodological techniques facilitates and improves the historical and geographical perception of the area and the communication networks that were formed and transformed by the interaction between human agents, cultural factors and natural barriers."""
Ε. Π. Δημητριάδης – Δ. Π. Δρακούλης – Γ. Π. Τσότσος, Μακεδόνες της Διασποράς στους οικισμούς της Βόρειας Βαλκανικής και της Κεντρικής Ευρώπης (17ος – 19ος αιώνας): Μια ιστορικο-γεωγραφική διερεύνηση 2011
ΠΕΡΙΕΧΟΜΕΝΑ Πρόλογος, του Προέδρου της ΕΜΣ Νικόλαου Μέρτζου 7 Παιδιά του Οδυσσέα, του Ιωάννη Σ. Κ... more ΠΕΡΙΕΧΟΜΕΝΑ Πρόλογος, του Προέδρου της ΕΜΣ Νικόλαου Μέρτζου 7 Παιδιά του Οδυσσέα, του Ιωάννη Σ. Κολιόπουλου και του Ιάκωβου Δ. Μιχαηλίδη 9 Μακεδόνες της Διασποράς στους οικισμούς της Βόρειας Βαλκανικής και της Κεντρικής Ευρώπης (17ος -19ος αιώνας): Μια ιστορικο-γεωγραφική διερεύνηση, των Ευάγγελου Π. Δημητριάδη, Δημήτριου Π. Δρακούλη, Γεώργιου Π. Τσότσιου 16 Οι κοινότητες των Μακεδόνων στην πρώην Γιουγκοσλαβία, του Αδριανού Παπαδριανού 53 Οι Έλληνες στο Κιουστεντίλ κατά τον 19ο αιώνα (όψεις της δημογραφικής και οικονομικής ιστορίας του μακεδονικού ελληνισμού), του Στελιάν Δ. Στεριόνοβ 73 O ελληνισμός της Ανατολικής Ρωμυλίας και η στάση του έναντι της Μακεδονίας (1879-1906), του Σπυρίδωνα Σφέτα 91 Aπό την Κορησό της Καστοριάς στη Φιλιππούπολη: Όψεις της εκπαιδευτικής παρουσίας του Κωνσταντίνου Τσιούλκα στην Ανατολική Ρωμυλία κατά τον 19ο αιώνα, των Όλγας Μπελεγάκη και Ελένης Σταματιάδου 118 Η ελληνική παροικία στη Βιέννη, 18ος -πρώτο μισό 19ου αιώνα: μια μακεδονική ιστορία, της βάσως Σειρηνίδου 133 Η Εθνική των Ελλήνων Σχολή της Βιέννης, του Στράτου Ν. Δορδανά 154 5 Ο Ι Μ Α Κ Ε Δ Ο Ν Ε Σ Σ Τ Η Δ Ι Α Σ Π Ο ΡΑ Μεταναστευτικές διαδρομές από τον χώρο της Μακεδονίας στην ουγγρική ενδοχώρα (17ος αιώνας -αρχές 19ου αιώνα), του Ίκαρου Μαντούβαλου 178 Πέστη-Κεσκεμέτ-Έγγερ-Τόκαϊ. Η εγκατάσταση των Μακεδόνων στην αψβουργική Ουγγαρία του 18ου αιώνα, της Νάντιας Καρακώστα 236 Από την πατρογονική εστία σε μια "θετή" πατρίδα: Η εγκατάσταση των Μακεδόνων στο Μίσκολτς και η συμβολή τους στην καθημερινή ζωή της πόλης, της Νάντιας Καρακώστα 267 Οι Έλληνες στη Ρουμανία, του Αθανάσιου Καραθανάση 300 Κοινότητες Μακεδόνων στη Ρουμανία. Έλληνες από τη Μακεδονία στον νομό Mehedinţi της Ρουμανίας, της Paula Scalcău 345 Μνημειακό απόθεμα του μείζονος ελληνισμού στη Ρουμανία. Η παρουσία Μακεδόνων εμπόρων και επιχειρηματιών μέσα από διερεύνηση -καταγραφή της αρχιτεκτονικής κληρονομιάς, της Ελένης Γαβρά 379 Από τον Αναστάσιο Μιχαήλ στον Γεώργιο Ζαβίρα: Ο ελληνισμός και η Ευρώπη στις γραμματολογίες των απόδημων Μακεδόνων λογίων του 18ου αιώνα, του Χαράλαμπου Μηνάογλου 419 Γεώργιος Λασσάνης: Ένας Μακεδόνας στην Οδησσό, των Χαράλαμπου Μηνασίδη και βασίλη Δημητριάδη 436 Οικογένεια Βακιρτζογλου ή Βακιρτζιάδη. Φωτογραφικό αρχείο Άννας Μαρίας Κογγίδου 458 ΜΑΚΕ∆ΟΝΕΣ ΤΗΣ ∆ΙΑΣΠΟΡΑΣ ΣΤΟΥΣ ΟΙΚΙΣΜΟΥΣ ΤΗΣ ΒΟΡΕΙΑΣ ΒΑΛΚΑΝΙΚΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΤΗΣ ΚΕΝΤΡΙΚΗΣ ΕΥΡΩΠΗΣ (17ος -19ος ΑΙΩΝΑΣ): ΜΙΑ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΚΟ-ΓΕΩΓΡΑΦΙΚΗ ∆ΙΕΡΕΥΝΗΣΗ Ευάγγελος Π. ∆ηµητριάδης ∆ηµήτριος Π. ∆ρακούλης Γεώργιος Π. Τσότσος Καθηγητής Πολεοδοµίας Τµήµα Αρχιτεκτόνων Α.Π.Θ. ∆ρ. Αρχιτέκτων Πολεοδόµος ∆ρ. Τοπογράφος Μηχανικός
Δημήτρης Π. Δρακούλης, Συμβολή στη μελέτη της Επαρχίας Βιθυνίας κατά την πρώιμη Βυζαντινή Περίοδο, 2011
"The aim of the paper is to contribute to the study of Bithynia in the early Byzantine period (4t... more "The aim of the paper is to contribute to the study of Bithynia in the early Byzantine period (4th – 6th century AD) from a historical geographical viewpoint. Α historical cross section has been attempted in order to clarify the administrative situation of the province in the 6th century (source: the Synekdemos of Hierocles). A digital cartographic representation of the historical topography has been created in order to describe and clarify the regional context. The sources used for the representation of this cultural landscape comprise among others the oldest cartographic monument of late antiquity, the Tabula Peutingeriana and the newest, i.e. the Barrington Atlas of
the Greek and Roman World. An accompanying database was also constructed in order to classify the provincial settlements according to historical – cultural and geographical – spatial criteria. The first set of criteria is related to parameters and variables such as the date of foundation, continuous presence in five historical periods (Archaic – Classical – Hellenistic – Roman - Early Byzantine), ancient and modern place names. The second set of criteria is related to the location of the settlement and uses parameters and variables such as geomorphology, water elements, communication networks and presence of a nodal point or port. The final object of the paper is a structured synthesis of knowledge regarding the distinctive features of the settlement network of Bithynia and the correlation of this information with the dynamic parts of the system, i.e. communication networks and cultural exchanges.""""
Δημήτρης Δρακούλης, Το ιστορικο-γεωγραφικό πλαίσιο των παύλειων αποστολικών περιηγήσεων. Στο Σαββαΐδης Π. (επιμ.), Χαρτογραφώντας τα βήματα του Αποστόλου Παύλου, Θεσσαλονίκη 2009
The goal of this paper is to explore the historical and geographical background of the apostolic ... more The goal of this paper is to explore the historical and geographical background of the apostolic journeys of St. Paul, as these are revealed in the Acts of the Apostles, dated to ca. 90 A.D. and attributed to Luke. Our goal in what follows is to offer a series of frameworks within which Paul’s travels took place and to describe, classify and interpret the characteristics of urban areas that formed the background setting of his apostolic preaching.
Papers by Dimitris P. Drakoulis
Byzantiaka 37 (2022) 61-86, Dec 5, 2022
The aim of this study is to present a series of examples of representations of urban space in the... more The aim of this study is to present a series of examples of representations of urban space in the European medieval period. The object of the research are artistic depictions that mainly accompanied illustrations of manuscripts. The goal is to demonstrate that throughout this period and up to the 15th century the city is represented as an ideogram, as an ideal and conventional sign combining two elements, a containment and a content. The content is a fortification interrupted by towers and the containment is certain monuments, some basilicas and honorary columns.
Dimitris P. Drakoulis - Paschalis Androudis (eds.), Ekphrasis. Studies in Honor of Professor Vasilis Katsaros, Thessaloniki 2022, 357-384., Dec 2022
"The aim of this presentation is to study a relatively unknown representation of Constantinople i... more "The aim of this presentation is to study a relatively unknown representation of Constantinople included in the manuscript Canonici Miscellaneous 378 (1436), today in the Bodleian Library. The representation accompanies the text of the Notitia Urbis Constantinopolitanae, a description of the city in the early Byzantine period.
The study comprises the description and analysis of the pictorial representation of Constantinople, the interpretation of the denotative and symbolic meaning, the integration of the visual information into the social and historical context and the comparison with other pictorial representations of the city.
In the intentions are included the systematic recording of the distinctive features of the iconographic composition, the analysis in the context of the communication’s process (sender - message - receiver), the reestablishment of the historical context in which it was produced and its emergence, as possibly, one of the first representation of Constantinople, which uses the bird’s eye view, as a technique to represent space.
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The project focuses on Byzantine lead seals, or molybdoboulla, a primary source of Byzantine history, which enrich our knowledge of Byzantine administration and social structures, as well as the prosopography and historical geography of the empire. Although seals can be used to trace communication networks and the circulation of written information in the medieval period, until now this aspect of the material has not been systematically studied. The project examines 2.909 Byzantine lead seals found in Bulgarian and Romanian areas that correspond mainly to the Early Byzantine Thracian provinces of Rhodope, Thrace, Haemimontus, Moesia Secunda and Scythia Minor and the Middle Byzantine themata of Thrace, Macedonia and Paradounavon.
The first part of the book contains the papers presented at the International Conference: “Lead Seals in Byzantine Thrace. Sigillography meets Historical Geography” co-organised with the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna on 19 April 2023. The second part includes some of the results of the LSByT research programme: firstly, certain highlights of the systematic revision of the sigillary material from the 6th to the 12th century as regards its dating and reading and secondly, a set of thematic maps, which depict the geographical distribution of lead seals in Byzantine Thrace, accompanied by the corresponding tables of seal data. The main results of the research project are also disseminated in the website http://www.lsbyt.web.auth.gr/.
Αφιέρωμα: A Tribute to Professor Emeritus Evangelos P. Dimitriadis
CONTENTS
PART Ι: INTRODUCTION
A note by the Editors 3
Salutation by Alexandros Phaidon Lagopoulos 7
Life’s journey in Thessaloniki 11
Curriculum Vitae 31
PART ΙΙ: HISTORICAL HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
Alexandros Phaidon Lagopoulos
Historico-geographical and semiotic analysis of the city of Vitruvius: Urban planning, cosmology, anthropomorphism and aesthetics 53
Georgios P. Tsotsos
Historical geography and the dominant theoretical approaches to space 73
George Sidiropoulos
Methodological Issues in Cartography: The Space of Hellenism 93
Dimitrios Kalpakis
The restoration of the historical landscapes: Oxymoron, concepts and management 117
Giorgos Kritikos
Places of Greeks, spaces of refugees: The Greek city after 1922 133
Nikos Varsakelis
The Industrial Development of Thessaloniki in the 20th Century 155
Paraskevas Savvaidis
Small-scale Historical Geography: Cartographic mutations of the Besh Tsinar Garden area 171
Michael S. Kordosis
Ground Morphology and settlements of the regions around the narrow passes from Corinth to Argolis: Prospects for research 191
PART ΙΙΙ: SETTLEMENTS HISTORY AND THEIR REGION
Dimitris P. Drakoulis
15th century Constantinople according to Cristoforo Buondelmonti: The Ms 71 of the Gennadius Library 199
Athena Christina Syrakoy
Histories of the City in the Islamic World 227
Paschalis Androudis
The Ottoman City Of Yenice-İ Vardar (Giannitsa) In Macedonia: Historical Evolution And Monuments 243
Gregory Stournaras
Thessalian cities during the early Ottoman period. Trikala (Tirhala) and Larissa (Yenişehir) through archival sources 269
Vassilis Demetriades
Thessaloniki during the 17th century 287
Athanasios E. Karathanasis
The Seven Stars of Revelation of Georgios Lambakis: Comments and Other Observations 319
Eleni G. Gavra
Ekistics' Heritage of the Greek Communities in Asia Minor: The Cases of Mudanya and Trigleia Settlements 345
Dimitrios Martos
National identity and design in Greece under the dynamic philhellenism. The plan of Athens of Kleanthes and Schaubert 367
Giorgos Ol. Anastasiadis
The National Defence (Ethnikis Amynis) Street. Carving its historical portrait 387
PART ΙV: SPATIAL INTERVENTIONS
REGULATION OF SPACE
Sophia Chatzicocoli – Aghis Anastasiadis
The Spatial Organization of the Healthcare System in Greece: A Historical Development 409
Christos Th. Kousidonis
A vision for the Greek spatial planning and the 1835 decree on the healthy building of towns and villages 427
Evangelos Genitsaris - Antonios Stamatellos - Aristotelis Naniopoulos
Transport networks, corridors and terminals in South East Europe 445
Ioannis A. Pissourios
Regional planning in Cyprus: Evolution and prospects 465
Pery Lafazani - Ioannis A. Pissourios - Anastasia Christodoulou - Maria Papadopoulou - Myron Myridis
The regional structure of the Greek traditional settlements 481
INNOVATION OF SPACE
Panos Stathacopoulos - Panos Asimos
Ano Poli (Upper City) of Thessaloniki: Evaluation of the institutional Framework for Protection of traditional Settlements and the Containment of their Abandonment 507
Sofia Papastrati - Chara Chrisostomou
Programming-Planning of the historic-functional Centre of Chalkida 527
Katerina Ritzouli
Urban intervention in the historic area of “Sidera” in Oia, in the island of Thera (Santorini), Perfecture of Cyclades 547
Eliza M. Gereoudakis
Urban Intervention at Castelli Hill in the Old City of Chania, Crete 569
Mairi Ananiadou-Tzimopoulou - Konstantinos Vouros
Landscape architecture of historical mountainous settlements. The preserved settlement Pen-talofos Voiou Kozanis 587
FORWARD
EVANGELOS P. DIMITRIADIS – DIMITRIS P. DRAKOULIS
THEORETICAL APPROACHES
ALEXANDROS-PHAIDON LAGOPOULOS
Historical Geographies: Material processes and dynamic of semiosis 3
ANCIENT PERIOD
MICHAEL S. KORDOSIS
Colonization, expansion and gravity center of Hellenism from Antiquity to the End of the Early Byzantine Period: The Greeks of Central Asia 27
ELIAS K. PETROPOULOS
The water routes and the Greek colonial policy in the Black Sea area during the archaic age 35
GEORGIOS STEINHAUER
City and countryside in Attica from Classical to the Late Roman period 47
MARIA GIRTZI
Studying through the sources aspects of historical topography of Macedonia in antiquity: criteria of foundation and distribution of “sites” in the map and communication routes 67
DIMITRIS P. DRAKOULIS
The historical-geographic Dimension of Macedonia in Late Antiquity: Administrative and Spatial Transformations 79
DIMITRIOS KALPAKIS
Actions for the restoration of the historical landscape on specific sites of ancient Epirus: a case study of Applied Historical Geography 107
MEDIEVAL PERIOD
GEORGIOS G. SIDIROPOULOS
Monasticism as a cultural avenue of Greek culture to the Ethiopian society during 3rd - 6th century 133
STAVROS GOULOULIS
From Mount Athos to Meteora: the Diffusion of the Hesychasm and the Byzantine Political Timing (The Contribution of Athanasios, Founder of the Meteoron) 151
EVANGELOS P. DIMITRIADIS
Renaissance urban influences upon the island settlements of the Ionian and the Cretan Sea during Venetocracy (early thirteenth - seventeenth century) 171
OTTOMAN PERIOD
DIMITRIOS G. IERAPETRITIS
Community and space in the Aegean Sea: The Case of the Mastic Villages in Chios during the Ottoman Rule 197
GREGORY STOURNARAS
The presence of the Dervishes in Thessaly during the Ottoman Period and their contribution in the transformation of urban and rural space 221
GEORGIOS TSOTSOS
A contribution to the research of the relationship between transportation and the settlement network of Western Macedonia (17th - 18th centuries) 239
YANIS SAITAS
The geographic - cartographic documentation of the Morea by the French Scientific Expedition, 1828-1832 263
MODERN PERIOD
ELENI G. GAVRA
Greek’s Commercial Stations in Romania. Registering the Ekistics Monumental Heritage of the Greek Diaspora 295
DIMITRIS MARTOS
Ideology and planning of cities in northern area of Greece, in 1920 315
SPYROS ANAGNOSTOU
The contribution of Panagiotis Potagos to the exploration of central Africa (1876 - 1877) 333
GIORGOS KRITIKOS
Internment of refugees in Dromokaiteion asylum: a ‘mirror’ of social space in the 1920s Greece 343
VASSILIS KATSAROS
25 years of historical-geographical educational tours in Asia Minor. Contribution to the students training program of A.U.Th. into the knowledge of Byzantine civilization 359""
Book Chapters by Dimitris P. Drakoulis
The aim of this paper is to examine some aspects of an anonymous Latin text known as the Verona List or Laterculus Veronensis. This is a short list of political divisions, provinces and dioceses, i.e. greater administrative units of the later Roman Empire. It probably originated between the end of the Diocletian era and the early Constantinian period (297-314). Several aspects of the text are investigated, such as: A) The views of the potential authors and senders of the message, contained in the text, i.e. the emperor and his imperial house. B) The intent and purpose of the message, i.e. the rational management of tax collection from the provinces. C) The possible recipients of the message of the text, which are considered to be the provincial administrators, and particularly the members of the provincial officium.
The Laterculus Veronensis transmits a series of messages that refer to different levels of the social structure, using terms and concepts of the spatial structure, i.e. the socially produced space that creates the forms and relations of a human geography. At the ideological level, the text is used to legitimize and communicate the symbolic space of the Imperium Romanum, using a large spatial scale; that of the entire geographical area. On the political and legal level, the text determines the institutional space of the power and its functional articulations; that is, the 12 dioceses, the larger regions of the empire. It uses a medium scale, that of the regional space. Finally, at the economic level, it designates the areas of production, circulation and consumption of goods, thus making the tax collection simpler. The roughly 100 provinces of Diocletian and Constantinian administrative reforms make use of the relatively smaller provincial scale of space.
reflected in the Liber insularum Archipelagi of Cristoforo Buondelmonti (1386-ca. 1430). The paper uses as a
case study the Ms 71 of the Gennadius Library in Athens and specifically f. 38v-38r. These include a text of
about 450 words in mediocre Latin, describing the Mons Sanctus, and a color representation, that introduced
the notion and image of the Holy Mountain in the 15th-century West. There has been an attempt to make a
systematic record and classification of the distinctive features found in the representation, such as the
geographical configurations, the natural and cultural monuments and landmarks, the routes of travel and
nodes, etc. The information derived from the representation has been completed by the addition of the
information included in the accompanying Latin text, which has been transcribed from the Ms and translated
into Greek. The textual and visual evidence has been analyzed in relation to the intellectual and cultural
context of the scribe. It will be argued that the combinatory analysis of visual information with textual
information complements the cognitive process and enriches the field of Historical Geography – Cartography.
The Mons Sanctus of Cristoforo Buondelmonti belongs to the conceptual category of Byzantine Holy
Mountains. The second part of the paper deals with the notion of Byzantine Holy Mountains i.e., a number of
mountains with their environs in the Balkans, Anatolia, and the Levant which attracted a substantial numbers
of monks and acquired reputations as "holy mountains". They are characterized by relative isolation and
rugged terrain, and appealed to the desire of many monks to reside in a remote area of wilderness. It has
been attempted to map and study the geographical distribution of the Holy Mountains in the Byzantine
period in relation to the date of their foundation, prosperity and decay. It will be argued that the notion of
Holy Mountain is an umbrella term covering a multitude of Byzantine holy places.
The railroad ports of Macedonia and Thrace at the end of 19th century
In 1870, the Sublime Porte embarked on an ambitious plan: aiming to consolidate its prestige in the eyes of the European powers, particularly after the victorious 1853-1856 Crimean war – with the technological assistance of the latter – and to boost its political influence in the far-flung regions of the Balkans and Asia Minor, it resolved to construct a railway line to link Constantinople with Vienna and Thessaloniki. Within a period of around 25 years (1871-1896) railway connections had been constructed in Thessaloniki linking the cities of Mitrovica, Skopje, Niš, Vienna, Monastir and Dedeağaç.
This revolutionary breakthrough in the railway network during the transition from feudalism to capitalism happened at the time when Macedonia-Thrace was in the throes of multiple socio-economic problems, where traditional farming was being practised and swingeing taxation imposed. At the same time, the creation of new nation-states (Greece, Serbia, Romania, inter alia) brought about socio-political conflicts and mass migration.
Settlements in the existing territorial network were separated by economic criteria into two typological categories, in the bazaar city, where the Ottoman culture prevailed, and in the mercantile city, dominated by the Christian culture. Furthermore, as a result of railway projects, there emerged the operation of a new type, that of the railroad port. The above typological categories could also exist in the same space and at the same time, e.g. Thessaloniki.
Along the Macedonia and Thrace coastline, where suitable areas for railroad ports were being sought, geographical restrictions and geo-morphological considerations came into play. Consequently, only two of these locations were deemed suitable. Thessaloniki was a typical, pre-industrial, multi-ethnic and multicultural city, and was considered the first choice. Dedeağaç, the second choice, was formerly a fishing village along the right bank of the Evros river, and preferred to Ainos - on the left bank – for technical reasons. Later on, at Dedeağaç, the new city of Alexandroupoli would be designed by Russian engineers (1878).
This paper will examine if the Europeans’ and the Sublime Porte’s necessary or even random choice of the two aforementioned ‘railroad-port’ termini had a positive impact on local economic growth in the area of Macedonia and Thrace.
These include a text of about 1000 words in intermediate Latin, describing the history of the city and the various monuments, and a color representation of Constantinople.
The object of the research is twofold. On the one hand, an attempt has been made to make a systematic record, classification and hierarchization of the distinctive features found in the representation. These include geographical configurations, natural and cultural monuments and landmarks, roads and routes of travel and communication, nodes and hubs, urban cores and innercity lacunae, etc. The information derived from the representation has been completed by the addition of the spatial information included in the accompanying Latin text, which has been transcribed from the Ms and translated into Greek. The methodology used for recording and analyzing the textual spatial code is based on a careful reading of textual data and the annotation of any possible spatial references and meanings. Such references are mainly associated with functional shells - buildings and land uses. They are also associated with historical and geographical references, urban spatial and social practices, ways of thinking and ideology.
The goals of this research project are both specific and general. On one level, it is a contribution to the emergence of the Ms 71 of the Gennadius Library as an operational tool for the study and better understanding of the topography and functional organization of Late Byzantine Constantinople. Concerning the general goals, it will be argued that the combinatory analysis of visual information with textual information complements the cognitive process and enriches the field of Historical Geography - Cartography with interdisciplinary techniques already proven in other social sciences.
The regional network of both provinces consists of 95 settlements. It includes Constantinople, the impe-rial capital and gateway city linking the West with the East, Europe with Asia and Propontis with Euxei-nos Pontos. It also includes the two provincial capitals, Heraclea and Nicomedia, important nodal points of imperial roads and ports, linking Thracia with Bithynia. It further contains 28 cities (poleis) and 64 towns and villages (komes and choria). There is limited correspondence between this administrative structure and the ecclesiastic hierarchy, which consists of a patriarchate seat, 4 metropoleis, 7 auto-cephalous archbishoprics, 19 bishoprics and an unknown number of chorepiskopes.
The final goal of the paper is enriching historical-geographic knowledge regarding the Bosporus hinter-land in the Early Byzantine period, correlating this information with communication networks and sys-tems of cultural exchange and their cartographic representation."""""
accompanying database was also constructed in order to classify the settlements according to historical and geographical criteria. The first set of criteria is related to parameters and
variables such as the date of foundation, continuous presence in five distinct historical periods, ancient and modern place names. The second set is related to the location of the settlement and uses parameters and variables such as geomorphology, water elements, communication networks and presence of a nodal point or port. The final object of the paper is the enrichment of historical geographic knowledge regarding the settlement network of the coastal Pontic region and the correlation of this information with communication networks
and cultural exchanges.""
Three historical cross‐sections have been attempted, combining primary sources and secondary bibliography, in order to clarify the administrative conditions in the 4th, 5th c. and the 6th c.. The control of sources with the aid of the most updated archaeological reference tool, allows the location and hierarchization of 38 cities (polis) and 57 towns and villages (kome – vicus).
A further research object concerns the description and understanding of settlement clusters and networks hierarchy and the explanation of their location. The latter is related to site catchment analysis on the regional level and environmental limitations and historical acts in the 6th century. A digital terrain model has been designed in order to support and illustrate the analytical process. An accompanying database was also constructed in order to complement the cartographic model and classify the settlements according to historical and geographical criteria.
The first set of criteria is related to parameters and variables such as the date of foundation, continuous presence in five distinct historical periods, ancient and modern place names.
The second set is related to the location of the settlement and uses parameters and variables such as geomorphology, water elements, communication networks and presence of a nodal point or port.
The final goal of the paper is a better comprehension of the historical‐geographical landscapes that constituted Macedonia in Late Antiquity. It is argued that the combination of the above mentioned methodological techniques facilitates and improves the historical and geographical perception of the area and the communication networks that were formed and transformed by the interaction between human agents, cultural factors and natural barriers."""
the Greek and Roman World. An accompanying database was also constructed in order to classify the provincial settlements according to historical – cultural and geographical – spatial criteria. The first set of criteria is related to parameters and variables such as the date of foundation, continuous presence in five historical periods (Archaic – Classical – Hellenistic – Roman - Early Byzantine), ancient and modern place names. The second set of criteria is related to the location of the settlement and uses parameters and variables such as geomorphology, water elements, communication networks and presence of a nodal point or port. The final object of the paper is a structured synthesis of knowledge regarding the distinctive features of the settlement network of Bithynia and the correlation of this information with the dynamic parts of the system, i.e. communication networks and cultural exchanges.""""
Papers by Dimitris P. Drakoulis
The study comprises the description and analysis of the pictorial representation of Constantinople, the interpretation of the denotative and symbolic meaning, the integration of the visual information into the social and historical context and the comparison with other pictorial representations of the city.
In the intentions are included the systematic recording of the distinctive features of the iconographic composition, the analysis in the context of the communication’s process (sender - message - receiver), the reestablishment of the historical context in which it was produced and its emergence, as possibly, one of the first representation of Constantinople, which uses the bird’s eye view, as a technique to represent space.
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