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To some extent, the Byzantine fortifications along the west coast of the Black Sea inherited the Late Roman network of fortified coastal towns. In the 5th-6th c., a system of fortified sites with combined civil and military functions developed along the north part of coast, securing the supply of the garrisons along the easternmost part of the Danube limes. After the 7th c., the Byzantine coastal fortresses remained intact only to the south of Haemus, yet being contested by Byzantines and Bulgarians until the 14th c. Since then the Ottomans acted as a dominant factor finally establishing their control over the west coast after 1453. |
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