Lappa
Lappa ( Greek Λάππα or Λάμπα Lampa / Λάμπαι Lampai , also Λάμπη Lampē ) was an ancient city in the interior of western Crete on the site of today's Argyroupoli . Their territory extended to the south coast of the island, where they had the port of Phoinix ( Φοῖνιξ ).
During the conquest of Crete by the Roman general Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus in 67 BC. The city was captured and largely destroyed. After the inhabitants had sided with the later Augustus in the Roman civil war , he gave Lappa freedom as civitas libera . The city minted its own coins in the late Classical-Hellenistic and Roman times. In late antiquity, Lappa was the seat of a bishop; The titular Lappa of the Roman Catholic Church goes back to the diocese .
In the area of modern Argyroupoli there are some scattered remains, mainly from Roman times.
literature
- Lappa, Lampa . In: William Smith: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography . London 1854 ( online )
Web links
- Greek coins from Lappa
- Greek inscriptions by Lappa , addenda in SEG , addenda in L'Année épigraphique
supporting documents
- ^ After Ptolemy , Skylax and Strabo .
- ↑ According to Hierocles .
- ^ William Smith: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography , London 1854 .
- ^ Cassius Dio 36, 18 .
- ^ Cassius Dio 51, 2 .
Coordinates: 35 ° 17 ' N , 24 ° 20' E