Illyrian Albania - Byllis, Queen Teuta of Illyria, Gentius, Glaucias of Taulanti, Albanopolis, Epicaria, Parthus, Pleurias, Bargulum, Eugenium (Paperback)


Chapters: Byllis, Queen Teuta of Illyria, Gentius, Glaucias of Taulanti, Albanopolis, Epicaria, Parthus, Pleurias, Bargulum, Eugenium. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 34. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Byllis (Greek: ) or (Greek: ) was an Ancient Greek polis in the region of Illyria. It was built at the site of an Illyrian settlement of the tribe of the Bylliones.The tribe itself was under Hellenization early on. The territory between Apollonia and Oricum was called Bylliaca (Greek: ) by Strabo. It was situated west of Avlona (modern Vlore, Albania), 25 kilometers from the sea, near the modern village of Gradica. Image of the ancient site of Byllis and the river Vjosa in the horizonThe elongated triangular urban area of 30 hectares was one of around 2200 meters long surrounding protected. This was originally 8-9 meters high, about 2.5 meters high and consisted in the lower rectangular area, in the stratified layers of limestone blocks. There were six trained as an entrance corridor doors, on their barrel vaults were built watchtowers. Of the four hectares of Agora in the city center are still remnants of adjacent columns halls (Stoa) received. The theater in the middle of the 3rd Century BC with a diameter of 80 meters, provided space for 7500 spectators. The population of Byllis to 7000 at the time estimated that it was therefore also for the surrounding villages thought. For drinking water served a 50-meter-long tank with a barrel vault. The remains of five basilicas have been excavated so far. The largest basilica was the beginning of the 5th Century, the Central Area (Naos) consisted of three columns separated by vessels upstream were Narthex and portico. Attached was a small baptistery. As a church bishop told the investment end of the 5th and in the 6th Century, numerous ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=668451

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Chapters: Byllis, Queen Teuta of Illyria, Gentius, Glaucias of Taulanti, Albanopolis, Epicaria, Parthus, Pleurias, Bargulum, Eugenium. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 34. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Byllis (Greek: ) or (Greek: ) was an Ancient Greek polis in the region of Illyria. It was built at the site of an Illyrian settlement of the tribe of the Bylliones.The tribe itself was under Hellenization early on. The territory between Apollonia and Oricum was called Bylliaca (Greek: ) by Strabo. It was situated west of Avlona (modern Vlore, Albania), 25 kilometers from the sea, near the modern village of Gradica. Image of the ancient site of Byllis and the river Vjosa in the horizonThe elongated triangular urban area of 30 hectares was one of around 2200 meters long surrounding protected. This was originally 8-9 meters high, about 2.5 meters high and consisted in the lower rectangular area, in the stratified layers of limestone blocks. There were six trained as an entrance corridor doors, on their barrel vaults were built watchtowers. Of the four hectares of Agora in the city center are still remnants of adjacent columns halls (Stoa) received. The theater in the middle of the 3rd Century BC with a diameter of 80 meters, provided space for 7500 spectators. The population of Byllis to 7000 at the time estimated that it was therefore also for the surrounding villages thought. For drinking water served a 50-meter-long tank with a barrel vault. The remains of five basilicas have been excavated so far. The largest basilica was the beginning of the 5th Century, the Central Area (Naos) consisted of three columns separated by vessels upstream were Narthex and portico. Attached was a small baptistery. As a church bishop told the investment end of the 5th and in the 6th Century, numerous ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=668451

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September 2010

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978-1-157-19699-0

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