CITIES and TERRITORIES in the MIDDLE AGES in CALABRIA
The Byzantines with the definitive conquest of the Calabria after the greek-gothic wars (535-553 A.C.) have always operated in the strategic-military context, that is to defend and keep balances the territories, builted fortifications. HISTORY HINTS - The Byzantines when arrived in Calabria (in the 536 a.D.) find two of the most important cities of Calabria, that is Reggio Calabria and Crotone without walls or others type of fortresses, so they built news one. Note: by the chronicles of the Byzantine historian Procopius we know that the byzantines identify the cities protected by walls, because it created a community between byzantine official, soldiers and people. in red the important cities of Reggio Calabria and Crotone, for the Byzantines it were the most prestigious cities of the Calabria thanks to their ports and other economic interests. Croton and its port above images of Reggio Calabria little stretch of the byzantine walls at Crotone VI century A.