Ka cika wannan magana: In ji Procopius ("De Aedificiis", 4.3.5), Justinian I (r. 527<unk>565), amma wasu shaidu sun nuna yiwuwar cewa "tsohuwar rayuwar birni na iya riga ya ƙare a farkon ƙarni na 6" (T.E. Gregory). Hierocles ya ambaci Demetrias a cikin karni na shida. Yankin da Slav na Belegezitai suka zauna a cikin ƙarni na 7/8th, Saracens suka mamaye su kuma suka yi awon gaba da su a cikin 901/2, kuma 'yan tawaye a lokacin
Tashin hankali na Peter Delyan a cikin 1040.