Sofia Kravaritou
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780199654130
- eISBN:
- 9780191814747
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199654130.003.0008
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, Archaeology: Classical
This chapter addresses the issues related to the reorganization of sacred space in Eastern Thessaly, following the foundation of Demetrias under Macedonian rule (293 BC). Demetrias was first ...
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This chapter addresses the issues related to the reorganization of sacred space in Eastern Thessaly, following the foundation of Demetrias under Macedonian rule (293 BC). Demetrias was first established by synoecism of the local Thessalian and Magnesian communities, controlling the Pagasetic port and the Magnesian peninsula respectively. It was subsequently ruled by the local Magnesian Koinon, while Macedonians returned briefly before relinquishing permanent control to the Koinon and to the Romans. As a result, this Macedonian basileion, being concurrently an international port and a trading centre, was inhabited by Macedonians, local populations relocated from their original communities, and individuals from all over Greece and the entire Mediterranean. Eventually, the ethnic diversity of these post-Classical groups, expressing a series of changing and competing claims, had a serious impact on the reorganization of Demetrias’ sacred space in terms of continuity and change.Less
This chapter addresses the issues related to the reorganization of sacred space in Eastern Thessaly, following the foundation of Demetrias under Macedonian rule (293 BC). Demetrias was first established by synoecism of the local Thessalian and Magnesian communities, controlling the Pagasetic port and the Magnesian peninsula respectively. It was subsequently ruled by the local Magnesian Koinon, while Macedonians returned briefly before relinquishing permanent control to the Koinon and to the Romans. As a result, this Macedonian basileion, being concurrently an international port and a trading centre, was inhabited by Macedonians, local populations relocated from their original communities, and individuals from all over Greece and the entire Mediterranean. Eventually, the ethnic diversity of these post-Classical groups, expressing a series of changing and competing claims, had a serious impact on the reorganization of Demetrias’ sacred space in terms of continuity and change.
