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Document Details : Title: The Archaic City Walls of Phanagoria Author(s): KUZNETSOV, V.D. Journal: Ancient West & East Volume: 22 Date: 2023 Pages: 35-58 DOI: 10.2143/AWE.22.0.3292240 Abstract : This paper deals with the Archaic-period fortifications discovered in Phanagoria in the course of archaeological excavations in the historical centre of the settlement. The city walls were built soon after the foundation of the apoikia. At some later time, in the 6th century BC, these walls were destroyed, possibly by enemy attack. New fortifications were erected and again demolished between the first and the second quarters of the 5th century BC. This event was connected with Persian aggression, which is testified by a fragment of a Persian cuneiform royal inscription found within a structure erected over the demolished walls. |
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