Gortyn(a)
The Roman capital of Creta et Cyrenaica province, then Creta, and later seat of the Archbishop of Crete, Gortyna was a thriving community from the Geometric period to the Middle Byzantine period. The first traces of urban settlement date from the Archaic period. The ancient Greek law code known as the "Gortyn Code" was discovered there in 1884.
Gortyn(a)
The Roman capital of Creta et Cyrenaica province, then Creta, and later seat of the Archbishop of Crete, Gortyna was a thriving community from the Geometric period to the Middle Byzantine period. The first traces of urban settlement date from the Archaic period. The ancient Greek law code known as the "Gortyn Code" was discovered there in 1884.
bibliographicCitation
Myers 1992 96-103
Wikipedia (English) Gortyn code
Wikipedia (English) Gortyn
coverage
Gortyna/Ag. Deka
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description
The Roman capital of Creta et ...... was discovered there in 1884.
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2017-11-19T22:04:57-05:00
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dare:feature=major settlement
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