title: Sinope
abstract: Abstract Sinope was a major natural harbor on the Pontic coast with strong ties to Cherson in the Crimea. A major classical city and Roman colony, the main remains of late periods are the extensive circuit walls and the citadel. No churches survive from within the city. The citadel walls were formerly attributed to the Seljuks after the conquest of 1215; however, recent research has challenged this interpretation and has recognized the citadel as a middle-Byzantine construction, probably ninth-c
journal: Oxford University Press eBooks