A "fortress-settlement...dated to the reign of Constans II (641-668)" (Poulou-Papadimitriou 2018), Emporio and its harbor were a key part of the defense system protecting the island Chios in the Early Byzantine period.
Site: Emporio (Greece/Cyclades), Contributor(s): ; The Levantine Ceramics Project, accessed on 02 May 2025, https://www.levantineceramics.org/sites/2770-emporio.
