Roma Arsenal
Due to its architectural texture in the city center of Niksar, Tokat, II. The Roman Arsenal, which was used as a military warehouse in the 19th century and during the Roman period, whose floor was covered with lime mortar, has a ventilation chimney about 4 meters high on the ceiling. The entrance is brick vaulted. The wall thickness is 1.20 m. In terms of its architectural texture, BC. 2-3. YY. It is stated that it belongs to the period. It has 11 rooms, the entrances are provided by low arched openings. While the soil inside was cleared, many skeletons were found mixed with the soil. Although the architectural remains that have survived to the present day do not provide precise data for the dating of the building, the cellars that we encounter especially in sports halls, houses and temples, the best example of Anatolian cryptoporticus in Neokaisareia (today's Niksar region), which provided structural convenience in Roman architecture, the 2nd century cryptoporticus in Pergamon Asclepion. that's it. AD II. Detailed examples from the Agora of Smyrna from the late 19th century are similar to those at Neokaisareia, with gaps open to the critoporticus. For the crypts, which are different from the superstructure in terms of construction technology, II. For the superstructure known to have caused great damage to the city in the 19th century, masonry and earthquakes of 344, 499, 503 and 506 were taken into account.
