Camera, Marco (2018) Gli scavi nell’area delle fortificazioni settentrionali di Leontinoi. FOLD&R FastiOnLine documents & research (406). pp. 1-15. ISSN 1828-3179
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Abstract
The historian Polybius describes the ancient Leontinoi as lying in a valley between two precipitous hills and facing North. The city was defended by a city wall and at each end of the valley there was a gate, the northern gate leading to the plain, the southern leading to Syracuse. At the northern end of the valle San Mauro, archaeological research between 1987 and 1995 led to the discovery of the remains of the northern fortifications. During archaeological excavations carried out systematically since 2009 the foundation levels of the fortifications were investigated, finding ceramics dating to the late fourth or early third century BC. The new data allow us to develop some hypotheses on the organization of an important sector of Hellenistic fortifications and on their spoliation between the Roman conquest of the city in the late III century B.C. and Late Antiquity.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Sicilia, Siracusa, Lentinoi, fortificazioni, IV-III secolo a.C. |
| Subjects: | 900 Storia, Geografia e discipline ausiliarie > 930 Storia dei mondo antico fino al 499 ca. 900 Storia, Geografia e discipline ausiliarie > 930 Storia dei mondo antico fino al 499 ca. > 939 Archeologia – Altre Regioni del mondo antico |
| Depositing User: | Dott.ssa Helga Di Giuseppe |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Jun 2018 14:24 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2018 14:24 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/17961 |
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