Cassope
Cassope (Ancient Greek: Κασσώπη - Kassōpē, also Κασσωπία - Kassōpia and Κασσιόπη - Kassiopē[1]) was an ancient Greek city[2] in Epirus, today in the Preveza regional unit. Cassope is situated on the south-east slopes of the Zalongo mountain, near the village of Kamarina. It is built on the edge of a cliff, which dragged down a part of the site when it collapsed.[3] It is considered one of the best remaining examples of a city built along the lines of a Hippodamian plan in Greece.[3]
History
First settlements on site are known from the Paleolithic, however the prominent city of Cassope was founded in the middle of the 4th century BC[3] and served as the capital of the Cassopaeans, a sub-tribe of the Thesprotians. It belonged to the Aetolian League.[3] It flourished in the 3rd century BC, when large public buildings were built. Cassope also minted its own coins. It was destroyed by Roman forces in 168-167 BC[4] Cassope was abandoned in 31 B.C. when the remaining inhabitants resettled to Nikopolis.[3]
Archaeology
The ruins of Cassope were visited and described by William Martin Leake in the early 19th century.[5] Extensive excavations were performed by a Greek team under Sotiris Dakaris in 1952 and 1955, and in 1977-1983 by a team from the University of Ioannina together with the German Archaeological Institute,[4] co-led by Dakaris, Wolfram Hoepfner, Konstantina Gravani, and Ernst-Ludwig Schwandner.
References
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- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Guide Bleu, Greece. Hachette Livre, 2000. p. 627.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Cassope page of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture
- ↑ Travels in Northern Greece: Volume 1 by William Martin Leake, 2001, page 252, "... marching from Acarnania into Epirus, pitched his camp near the city Cassopia 3. ..."
See also
External links
- Cassope page of the Zalongo municipality
- Travel information page for Cassope
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References
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