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In the timespan between the end of the 3rd and the first half of the 2nd century B.C., a fortress overlapped the remains of the well-known settlement of the Patela hill, near Prinias. It was not isolated. A massive wall barred the pass between the Patela and the opposite hill. A barren and almost inaccessible rocky spur, around 3 km far from the fortress, had the function of monitoring and countering any threats coming from the south. Another defensive building in the opposite side of the valley had the same function. For the moment, the archaeological evidence is not enough to say exactly when the fortress and the related territorial defensive system were created and in relation to which historical moment: many events occurred in the long span of time between 220 and 150 B.C. However, the whole defensive system seems to have been designed to prevent a potential threat from the south, i.e. from Gortina. The inscriptions under discussion come mainly from the surface or from surface layers and can be dated in a period from the beginning of 3rd to the end of 2nd century B.C. The epigraphic material, albeit small and fragmentary, is quite representative of the epigraphic habits both in public and in private life and attests a wide range of activities in the area during the Hellenistic period.
The Patela and the area of Prinias in Hellenistic times
Biondi G;
2020
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In the timespan between the end of the 3rd and the first half of the 2nd century B.C., a fortress overlapped the remains of the well-known settlement of the Patela hill, near Prinias. It was not isolated. A massive wall barred the pass between the Patela and the opposite hill. A barren and almost inaccessible rocky spur, around 3 km far from the fortress, had the function of monitoring and countering any threats coming from the south. Another defensive building in the opposite side of the valley had the same function. For the moment, the archaeological evidence is not enough to say exactly when the fortress and the related territorial defensive system were created and in relation to which historical moment: many events occurred in the long span of time between 220 and 150 B.C. However, the whole defensive system seems to have been designed to prevent a potential threat from the south, i.e. from Gortina. The inscriptions under discussion come mainly from the surface or from surface layers and can be dated in a period from the beginning of 3rd to the end of 2nd century B.C. The epigraphic material, albeit small and fragmentary, is quite representative of the epigraphic habits both in public and in private life and attests a wide range of activities in the area during the Hellenistic period.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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