Topography and history of ancient Epicnemidian Locris
By: edited by Jose Pascual, Maria-Foteini Papakonstantinou
Series: Mnemosyne. Supplements -- volume 362; Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava -- v. 362.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng; gre
Number of pages: 626
ISBN-13: 9789004256699; 9789004256750
Subjects: Geography; History
Description: "This book presents the results of a major project carried out by a team from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and the 14th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities at Lamia. The book gives a full picture of a extensive area of Greece known as Epicnemidian Locris, on which very little has been studied and published in the past. Its relevance in historical times was due to its natural environment and mainly on the pass at Thermopylae, which marked the physical boundary between central/northern Greece and the south, being the scene of repeated conflicts. The book offers a a complete picture of what Epicnemidian Locris was like in the past: its geography, topography, frontiers and the ancient settlements of the region."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 563-600) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Geography: The natural landscape of Epicnemidian Locris: the historical conditions of its physical environment / J.A. Gonzalez, C. Arteaga, F. Arteaga-Manjon-Cabeza, M. Arjona and R. Garcia; title: Topography: The ancient topography of the Epicnemidian Locris / J. Pascual; title: The Dipotamos valley and the "Phocian corridor" / M. Papakonstantinou and G. Zachos; title: The necropoleis of Epicnemidian Locris and Dipotamos valley /  M. Papakonstantinou and E. Karantzali; title: The fortifications of Epicnemidian Locris / S. Milan; title: Communication routes in and around Epicnemidian Locris / E. Sanchez-Moreno; title: Mountain passes in Epicnemidian Locris / E. Sanchez-Moreno; title: Thalatta lokron: plying the sea of the Locrians / M. Arjona; title: History: From Neolithic to Late Helladic / S. Dimaki; title: Early settlement and configuration of the archaic poleis / A.J. Dominguez Monedero; title: The late archaic period / A.J. Dominguez Monedero; title: The classical period (480-323) / J. Pascual; title: The Hellenistic period (323-146) / J.J. Moreno Hernandez and I.M. Pascual Valderrama; title: The Roman period from 146 BC to Justinian / G. Zachos.