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22 janvier 2019
- doi: 10.4000/books.ausonius.1461
- isbn: 9782910023898
- eisbn: 9782356132772
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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James Roy, « Elis in the Later Hellenistic and Early Roman Imperial Periods », Ausonius Éditions, ID : 10.4000/books.ausonius.1461
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In 146 BC the region of Elis appeared to have certain advantages. Firstly, the whole region was unified as a single polis, probably in 146 though the precise date is not absolutely certain. The territory of this polis was huge, by Greek standards, estimated to be some 2660 km2, and much of this land was very fertile, as it still is today. Secondly, although there are few good harbours on the west coast of the Peloponnese, two of them lay within Elean territory, at Kyllene and Pheia. Thirdly, ...