What Went On Here?
slavery
>>18004726The Principality of Theodosio with beautiful and prosperous cities such as Caffa and Mangup, it was the last stronghold of the Byzantine Empire until the Ottomans conquered in 1475
>>18004812this, also alot of Turkic mercenary recruitment. Basically was a merchant hub for Turkic raiders
Racial synthesis of Scythians and Greeks into a new race
Pope exile
>>18004726Peaceful Goths coming in chased by even more peaceful Huns
>>18004828Caffa was controlled by the Genoese who did cooperate with Theodoro.
>>18005109*did not. The Genoese were trying to snatch up all of Crimean Coast iirc.
>>18005115Shitalian human traffickers and schemers getting BTFO by the Ottomans was the best thing that wretched empire did.
>>18004726slave trade with the steppe dudes
>>18005118But slave trade just got replaced with Tartars doing it
>>18004726Exile
>>18005276No. They were slave raiders, not traders. The trade/ransoming was actually all done by Christian Greek and Armenian merchants.
A hub for importing milk.
>>18004726Ancient Greek colony, basically ground zero for trading with the various nomad groups that moved through.At one point in Byzantine history, Justinian II the Slit-Nosed got usurped and exiled to Crimea (after having his nose chopped off). He sailed back from Crimea and regained control of his throne (now decked out with a gold nose). The following is an account of his return voyage:>As the ship bearing Justinian sailed along the northern coast of the Black Sea, he and his crew became caught up in a storm somewhere between the mouths of the Dniester and the Dnieper Rivers.[24] >While it was raging, one of his companions reached out to Justinian saying that if he promised God that he would be magnanimous, and not seek revenge on his enemies when he was returned to the throne, they would all be spared.[25] >Justinian retorted: "If I spare a single one of them, may God drown me here".[24]
Crimea was a crossroads of trade and diplomacy. Byzantines often used it as a base to manage relations with the Khazars.
>>18004726Gothic revival states
