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Identifier

000385440

Title

Αστικές οχυρώσεις στη Θεσπρωτία : συμβολή στη μελέτη της οχυρωματικής της αρχαίας Ηπείρου

Alternative Title

Urban fortifications in Thesprotia :

Author

Σπανοδήμος, Χρήστος Μ

Thesis advisor

Π. Καραναστάση

Reviewer

Ν. Σταμπολίδης

Reviewer

Δ. Μποσνάκης

Abstract

The subject of the present MA Thesis is the fortifications of four Late Classical/Hellenistic poleis in Thesprotia/Epirus. Specifically, the poleis are: • Gitana, the seat of the Koinon of the Thesprotoi• Elea, the main city of the tribe of Eleates • Dymokastro, probably ancient Elina • and Ntoliani, which is identified with ancient Fanoti. The fortification of the cities of Thesprotia took place in the same or sometime after their foundation in the middle and in the second half of the 4thcentury BC. During the first half of the 3rdcentury BC, when Epirus was among the most powerful Hellenistic kingdoms, the enceintes of the previous period were either extended (Ntoliani, Dymokastro, Elea), either repaired (Elea) or they were modernized (Gitana/U-shaped Tower 10). The Diateichisma of Gitana was constructed, during the second half of the 3rdcentury BC, as a result of the military weakness of the Epirote League. The development of the urban fortifications of the Hellenistic Thesprotia ends in 167 BC when the Romans conquered Epirus.

Language

Greek

Subject

Epirus

Fortifications

Poleis

Thesprotia

Ήπειρος

Θεσπρωτία

Οχυρώσεις

Πόλεις

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