Последњи век византијске Селимврије
Тhе Last Сеnturу of Вуzаntinе Selymbria

Summary/Abstract: Selymbria, a coastal town in Thrace in the vicinity of Constantinople, was encircled by the walls which formed a part of the capital's defence system known as Makron Teichoz, erected in the time of the Emperor Anastasios I (491-518) and restored under Justinian I (527-565), Constantine V (741-775) Michael III (842-867) and John VI Kantakouzenos (1347-1354). By the treaty of Rhegion (6 April 1321), the town was granted to Andronikos III together with the territory stretching all the way to Chrysopolis, subsequently to become the capital of the young emperor in a more decisive stage of the conflict. Apart from the name of the Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos, the name of John Apokaukos, registered in sources as the 'archon' of the town in 1327, is also linked with the history of Selymbria. Two decades later, in the early summer of 1327, John VI Kantakouzenos enjoyed the hospitality of the town celebrating the marriage of his daughter to Sultan Orchan.

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