Honorias

The ancient site of Tios (modern Filyos) lies at the mouth of the river Billaios (Filyos Çayı), towards the western end of the southern Black Sea coast, in Zonguldak province. In ancient sources the city is spelt in various ways, including Tios, Tieion, Teion and Tion. In the second half of the seventh century BC the city was founded as a Milesian colony by the priest named Tios.

It was dependent to various kingdoms throughout the Hellenistic period and the city fell under Roman control in AD 70. In the Roman Imperial period, it is understood from inscriptions and coins that Roman emperors and proconsuls encouraged the development of the city. In the Byzantine period the city was a bishopric and we find the names of bishops of Tios on lead seals.

Data from: Klaus Belke, Paphlagonien und Honorias (Tabula Imperii Byzantini 9). Vienna 1996, esp. pp. 117-135.

The following network visualisations and calculations are based on the scheme for the systems of routes in the Byzantine period as depicted by Klaus Belke in the above mentioned volume, regardless of the relative significance of the respective routes in various periods of Late Antiquity and Byzantine history. At the same time, it neither takes into account the actual distance (and travel costs) between localities nor the connections via sea routes; therefore, the model is only a first rough approximation towards a more accurate model of the Byzantine transport system in its dynamics through centuries.

Three centrality measures have been calculated; nodes in the graphs and maps are scaled according to their relative centralities in this regard (centrality measures are of course only valid within the extract of the total route network of Asia Minor integrated into the network):

Closeness; closeness centrality measures the length of all pathes between a node an all other nodes. The more central a node is the lower its total distance to all other nodes. Closeness can also be used as a measure of how fast it would take to spread resources or information from a node to all other nodes.

Betweenness; betweenness centrality measures the extent to which a node lies on paths between other nodes and indicates the relative significance of a node as “intermediary” within a network due to its position on many (or few) possible shortest routes between other nodes.

Eigenvector; eigenvector centrality is a measure of "indirect" centrality and indicates, if a node is connected to more or less central other nodes within the network.

For a similar study cf.  Isaksen, Leif (2008) The application of network analysis to ancient transport geography: a case study of Roman Baetica. Digital Medievalist, 4 (http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/204515/)

For more information, contact: Johannes.Preiser-Kapeller@oeaw.ac.at

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Historical geography of Paphlagonia and Honorias expecially in the Byzantine Period. General geography, history, church history, communication lines, economic history and a catalogue of all Toponyms, Hydronyms etc. attested in written sources as well as of all settlements known from archaeological remains, including fortresses etc.