Editing Tulcea (section)

===Middle Ages===

The town was abandoned by the first half of the 7th century after the [[Avars (Caucasus)|Avars]]-Slavs' attacks and the downfall of Danubian limes.<ref name=Stanica>{{cite journal |last=Stănică |first=Aurel |title=Tulcea. Un centru economic la Dunărea de Jos în secolul al XVI-lea |year=2004 |journal=Peuce |publisher=Institutul de Cercetări Eco-Muzeale |volume=II(XV) |series=S.N. |issn=0258-8102 |location=Tulcea |page=199}}</ref> The town is mentioned in [[Notitia Episcopatuum]] and [[De Thematibus]] on the list of the bishoprics of Dobrudja.

Inhabitation was restored in the second half of the 10th century, as the Byzantines built a fort on the spot after reconquering the region. The fort was soon destroyed in 1064 by an attack of the [[Oghuz Turks|Uzes]], however some inhabitation continued.<ref name=Stanica/> A settlement, larger than the one in the 11th century, is archaeologically attested beginning with the 14th century. The [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman rule]] was imposed around 1420, and would last for the following four centuries.<ref name=Stanica/>