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1. Paulicianism

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   The main center of Paulician strength remained in the region around Thessalonica and the fortress city of Melitene until the campaigns of Nikephoros Phokas in the mid-10th century systematically dismantled their strongholds. Their final major institutional collapse occurred following the massacre ordered by Basil II in 1005 CE, though localized spiritual adherence persisted in remote mountain communities for centuries, sometimes adopting the guise of local Orthodox monasteries to survive [Keka…