Abstract
The article provides a comparative analysis of local fortification features of ten Don Meotian settlements of the 1st–3rd centuries AD in the vicinity of Tanais (Mokro-Chaltyrskoye, Kobyakovskoye, Temernitskoye, Nizhne-Gnilovskoye, Kiziterinovskoye, Sukho-Chaltyrskoye, Khaprovskoye, Rostovskoye, Podazovskoye and Krepostnoye/Azovskoye). The arrangement of citadels, the line of ditches, the absence of a second line of ditches, earthen ramparts, in particular, methods of strengthening earthen embankments, a palisade and a unique stone structure of the Sukho-Chaltyr settlement were considered.
Keywords
Northern Black Sea region, Meotians, Tanais, fortification, ancient military affairs.
Vyacheslav I. Strelyaev
National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia
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