Koroni (Attica)
Koroni is an ancient place in Attica . It was located on the peninsula of the same name in the south of the bay of Porto Rafti , which is only connected to the mainland by a sandy isthmus . In the past, some scholars believed the ruins on the peninsula to be ancient Prasiai . However, this could be refuted by excavations. The peninsula was first mentioned by Stephanos of Byzantium under the name Koroneia ( Greek Κορώνεια ).
exploration
In 1960 the ancient remains were scientifically examined by Arthur Steinberg and James R. McCredie. They found the remains of a fortified castle on the highest point, 120 meters above sea level. It had six gates and a tower. In addition, there was a wall about 950 meters long on the southern slope that secured the peninsula from the mainland. Strangely enough, the wall had nine towers but no passage, which only led to the conclusion that the place could only be visited by ships. In addition, all the walls were built very negligently, which suggests a hasty construction. The mainly found pottery, referred to as Proto- Rhodian and mostly from Egypt , shows that the place was only a short time around 300 BC. Was inhabited. The very large number of wine amphoras was interpreted to mean that water was brought into the city with them, as there was no spring on the peninsula and there is no source today.
A more precise determination of the time during which the place was inhabited could be obtained from the coin finds. Most of the coins found here were minted in Cyprus and came from Ptolemy I and Ptolemy II. It is believed that the embossed letters correspond to the years of government in which the coins were made. If this assumption is correct, then the settlement period after 285/4 B.C. Started and after 265/4 BC. Have ended. 267 BC Chr. Leaned Athens against Macedonia , and it came to Chremonidean war . Ptolemy II came to the aid of Athens and sent Admiral Patroclus . He founded various bases from the island of Kos . The finds suggest that Koroni was one of these bases.
Individual evidence
- ^ Ernst Curtius , Johann A. Kaupert, Maps of Attica (booklet III-VI): Explanatory Text , Berlin 1889, p. 9. [1] ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically defective marked. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Augustus Meineke , Stephani Byzantii ethnicorum quae supersunt , Berlin 1849. [2]
- ↑ James R. McCredie, Fortified military camps in Attica , Princeton, New Jersey 1966, pp. 1-16. [3]
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Coordinates: 37 ° 52 ′ 16 ″ N , 24 ° 2 ′ 27 ″ E