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18 septembre 2023
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mshbordeaux, « How ancient societies dealt with the siltation of their harbours – the example of Ephesus », Le carnet de la Maison des sciences de l'Homme de Bordeaux, ID : 10.58079/ro0y
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Helmut Brückner & Friederike Stock, Institute of Geography, University of Cologne One of the major natural risks for maritime societies in ancient times was the siltation of their harbours. Ephesus is an excellent example of how the inhabitants of this famous city, the capital of proconsular Asia, dealt with this hazard. Evidence of continued siltation of the Gulf of Ephesus is manifold. In ca. AD 77, Pliny the Elder properly describes the reason for the landlocking of the island of S...