{"id":8310,"date":"2026-08-19T08:36:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T05:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/minac.ro\/?p=8310"},"modified":"2026-08-19T08:36:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T05:36:59","slug":"19-august-eroul-uitat-al-tomisului-gerontius-salvatorul-cetatii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minac.ro\/en\/19-august-eroul-uitat-al-tomisului-gerontius-salvatorul-cetatii\/","title":{"rendered":"19 august &#8211; Eroul uitat al Tomisului: Gerontius, salvatorul cet\u0103\u021bii"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00cen anul 382 d.H., \u00eemp\u0103ratul roman Theodosius I (379-395) a \u00eencheiat o pace cu neamul migrator al go\u0163ilor (mare trib germanic) \u015fi i-a l\u0103sat s\u0103 se a\u015feze la nord \u015fi la sud de Dun\u0103re, d\u00e2ndu-le p\u0103m\u00e2nt \u015fi \u00een provincia Scytia Minor (Dobrogea de ast\u0103zi). Via\u0163a go\u0163ilor federa\u0163i era foarte bun\u0103: erau autonomi, scuti\u0163i de d\u0103ri, imperiul le d\u0103dea hran\u0103 \u015fi daruri scumpe, iar pentru toate acestea ei trebuiau doar s\u0103 se ridice la lupt\u0103, c\u00e2nd era cazul, \u00eempotriva altor migratori. Dar tot nu erau mul\u0163umi\u0163i, pentru c\u0103 nu aveau voie s\u0103 intre \u00een ora\u015fele mari ale Pontului. A\u015fa se \u00eent\u00e2mpla \u015fi cu go\u0163ii ce \u00ee\u015fi aveau a\u015fezare l\u00e2ng\u0103 cetatea Tomis. Ace\u015fti r\u0103zboinici \u00eei batjocoreau adesea pe cei din ora\u015f, care abia c\u0103 nu mureau de foame, \u00een timp ce migratorii aveau de toate. Dar \u00eentr-o zi, str\u0103inii au mers \u015fi mai departe \u015fi s-au g\u00e2ndit s\u0103 intre \u00een cetate, s\u0103 o jefuiasc\u0103 \u015fi s\u0103 fac\u0103 alte groz\u0103vii. De aceast\u0103 hot\u0103r\u00e2re a lor afl\u0103 \u00eens\u0103 pe dat\u0103 comandantul g\u0103rzii tomitane, pe nume Gerontius. Istoricul bizantin Zosimus a scris despre acesta, \u00een cartea sa \u201eHistoria Nova\u201c, c\u0103 era <em>\u201eun b\u0103rbat destoinic, de o for\u0163\u0103 fizic\u0103 grozav\u0103 \u015fi apt pentru orice isprav\u0103 de r\u0103zboi\u201c.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ofi\u021berul ordon\u0103 solda\u0163ilor s\u0103i s\u0103 \u00eel \u00eenso\u0163easc\u0103 \u00eentr-o expedi\u0163ie de pedepsire a str\u0103inilor, dar militarii refuz\u0103 (!), fiindu-le prea mare fric\u0103 de r\u0103zboinicii str\u0103ini. Gerontius nu renun\u0163\u0103 la decizie \u015fi iese hot\u0103r\u00e2t din cetate, \u00eenso\u0163it de doar doi apropia\u0163i. La \u00eenceput, go\u0163ii se amuz\u0103 pe seama temerarilor \u015fi trimit \u00eempotriva lor c\u00e2\u0163iva dintre cei mai puternici r\u0103zboinici. Sub loviturile n\u0103prasnice ale comandantului, ace\u015ftia cad unul dup\u0103 altul. Patrulele militare de pe ziduri prind curaj c\u00e2nd v\u0103d faptele \u015fefului lor \u015fi ies s\u0103 \u00eel ajute. Totul se transform\u0103 \u00eentr-o lupt\u0103 s\u00e2ngeroas\u0103, pe care tomitanii o c\u00e2\u015ftig\u0103 clar. Cei c\u00e2\u0163iva go\u0163i care scap\u0103 reu\u015fesc s\u0103 se ascund\u0103 \u00eentr-o misiune cre\u015ftin\u0103 din apropierea zidurilor ora\u015fului.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00cen loc s\u0103 primeasc\u0103 recuno\u015ftin\u0163a \u00eemp\u0103ratului, Gerontius se treze\u015fte c\u0103 acesta este foarte sup\u0103rat pe el, \u00eentruc\u00e2t \u00eei atacase \u201ealia\u0163ii\u201c \u015fi nu vrea s\u0103 ia \u00een seam\u0103 spusele ofi\u0163erului. Gerontius este la un pas s\u0103 fie condamnat la moarte, fiind chiar acuzat c\u0103 ar fi furat de la go\u0163i cadouri scumpe, primite de la \u00eemp\u0103rat. Militarul \u00ee\u015fi demonstreaz\u0103 \u00eens\u0103 nevinov\u0103\u0163ia (podoabele fuseser\u0103 duse \u00een tezaurul ora\u015fului), dar tot este alungat, deposedat de bunuri \u015fi posesiuni \u015fi exilat \u00een alt\u0103 provincie a imperiului.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ironia face ca, dup\u0103 c\u00e2\u0163iva ani, Theodosius s\u0103 aib\u0103 din nou probleme cu go\u0163ii, \u015fi tot la Tomis. \u00ce\u015fi aduce aminte atunci de viteazul Gerontius, \u00eel recheam\u0103 pe acesta, iar militarul scap\u0103 ora\u015ful de primejdie, \u00eenc\u0103 o dat\u0103. Ofi\u0163erul cel viteaz a p\u0103zit zidurile ora\u015fului ani mul\u0163i de atunci \u00eenainte, p\u00e2n\u0103 c\u00e2nd a murit de moarte bun\u0103, onorat \u015fi respectat ca un adev\u0103rat erou \u00een via\u0163\u0103, de c\u0103tre locuitorii ora\u015fului Tomis&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Reclama zilei<\/u><\/strong><strong> \u2013 <em>Pentru domnii arhitec\u021bi, antreprenori \u0219i particulari! Var alb gras de Canara \u2013 cu pre\u021bul de 13.500 lei vagonul! \u00cen permanen\u021b\u0103 orice cantitate. Piatr\u0103 Brut\u0103, Spart\u0103, Mozaic, etc. Biroul Anton A. Ioanid. Strada Scarlat V\u00e2rnav no 22.<\/em> (1929)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Surs\u0103 foto: Cetatea Tomis,&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/romania-dincolodecuvinte.blogspot.com\">https:\/\/romania-dincolodecuvinte.blogspot.com<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00cen anul 382 d.H., \u00eemp\u0103ratul roman Theodosius I (379-395) a \u00eencheiat o pace cu neamul migrator al go\u0163ilor (mare trib germanic) \u015fi i-a l\u0103sat s\u0103 se a\u015feze la nord \u015fi la sud de Dun\u0103re, d\u00e2ndu-le p\u0103m\u00e2nt \u015fi \u00een provincia Scytia Minor (Dobrogea de ast\u0103zi). Via\u0163a go\u0163ilor federa\u0163i era foarte bun\u0103: erau autonomi, scuti\u0163i de d\u0103ri, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8304,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92],"tags":[91,86,84,85],"class_list":["post-8310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-astazi-la-constanta","tag-constanta","tag-istorie","tag-minac","tag-muzeu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/minac.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/minac.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/minac.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minac.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minac.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8310"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/minac.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8311,"href":"https:\/\/minac.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8310\/revisions\/8311"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minac.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/minac.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minac.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/minac.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}