Aim of the research is the scrutiny on the ancient fortified installations of the northern islands of the Dodecanese complex in the Aegean (Fournoi, Agathonisi, Farmakonisi, Arkioi, Leipsoi, Patmos, Leros). These islands, being geographically associated with the Ionian Metropolis of Miletus, were known in antiquity as the Sporades along with the rest islands of the Dodecanese. At the Milesian islands, ruins of various fortification works are observable. Different types of construction are the most characteristic - towers, forts, fortified settlements and fortified farmsteads -, with a chronological range from the late Classical to the late Hellenistic period, eras when the evolution in siege warfare and artillery had a great impact to the design and construction of fortifications in the Mediterranean world. The topographical deployment of the installations on the Milesian islands, which strongly indicates a network formation, the initiative behind their construction, as well as their importance for the Milesian defensive system and rural settlement pattern in the Hellenistic period are topics that this research highlights.

Scopo della ricerca è indagare le antiche fortificazioni delle isole settentrionali dell’arcipelago del Dodecaneso nell’Egeo (Furni, Agatonissi, Farmakonissi, Lipsi, Archi, Patmo, Lero). Queste, geograficamente legate alla Metropoli della Ionia, Mileto, erano note in antico come Sporadi insieme alle altre isole del Dodecaneso. Le isole milesie conservano resti di varie opere di fortificazione, di diversa tipologia - torri, fortezze, insediamenti fortificati e fattorie fortificate - che coprono un arco di tempo compreso tra l’età tardo classica e quella tardo ellenistica, periodo in cui l’evoluzione dell’arte dell’assedio e dell’artiglieria ha avuto una grande influenza sulla pianificazione e la costruzione delle fortificazioni nel Mediterraneo. La disposizione topografica dei siti fortificati nelle isole milesie, che evidenzia lo sviluppo di una rete, le ragioni per cui questi vengono costruiti, nonché l’importanza che hanno per il sistema difensivo di Mileto e per il modello di insediamenti rurali durante l’età ellenistica costituiscono altrettanti argomenti analizzati dalla ricerca.

Milesian islands : the fortified installations in the insular environment of Miletus in the Aegean in context / Sarantidis, Konstantinos. - STAMPA. - 15:(2020).

Milesian islands : the fortified installations in the insular environment of Miletus in the Aegean in context

Konstantinos Sarantidis
2020-01-01

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Aim of the research is the scrutiny on the ancient fortified installations of the northern islands of the Dodecanese complex in the Aegean (Fournoi, Agathonisi, Farmakonisi, Arkioi, Leipsoi, Patmos, Leros). These islands, being geographically associated with the Ionian Metropolis of Miletus, were known in antiquity as the Sporades along with the rest islands of the Dodecanese. At the Milesian islands, ruins of various fortification works are observable. Different types of construction are the most characteristic - towers, forts, fortified settlements and fortified farmsteads -, with a chronological range from the late Classical to the late Hellenistic period, eras when the evolution in siege warfare and artillery had a great impact to the design and construction of fortifications in the Mediterranean world. The topographical deployment of the installations on the Milesian islands, which strongly indicates a network formation, the initiative behind their construction, as well as their importance for the Milesian defensive system and rural settlement pattern in the Hellenistic period are topics that this research highlights.
2020
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