Gortyna

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ancient city archaeological site

Gortyna was an important ancient city on the island of Crete, known as a major political and ecclesiastical center in classical and early Byzantine times.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Gortyn	2

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ
archaeologicalExcavationsBy	Italian School of Archaeology at Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Apostle Paul NERFINISHED ⓘ Saint Titus NERFINISHED ⓘ
capitalOf	Roman province of Crete NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman province of Crete and Cyrenaica NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Greece ⓘ
floruit	1st century BCE ⓘ 1st century CE ⓘ
hasLegalText	Gortyn Code NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasStructure	Odeon of Gortyna NERFINISHED ⓘ Praetorium of Gortyna NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman theater ⓘ Temple of Pythian Apollo NERFINISHED ⓘ acropolis ⓘ early Christian basilica of Saint Titus NERFINISHED ⓘ inscribed law code wall ⓘ
knownFor	Gortyn Code NERFINISHED ⓘ being a major ecclesiastical center in early Byzantine times ⓘ being a major political center in ancient Crete ⓘ early Christian basilicas ⓘ large law code inscription ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalTextDate	5th century BCE (approximate) ⓘ
locatedIn	Crete NERFINISHED ⓘ Gortyn plain NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionedIn	New Testament tradition about Titus in Crete ⓘ
near	Messara plain NERFINISHED ⓘ modern village of Agioi Deka ⓘ
partOf	Byzantine Empire ⓘ Roman province of Crete and Cyrenaica NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalStatus	dominant city of Crete in Roman period ⓘ rival of Knossos in ancient Crete ⓘ
religiousSignificance	metropolitan see in early Byzantine period ⓘ seat of a Christian bishopric ⓘ
timePeriod	Classical period ⓘ Early Byzantine period NERFINISHED ⓘ Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ Minoan period NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman period ⓘ
UNESCOStatus	on the Tentative List of UNESCO World Heritage Sites (Greece) ⓘ
writingSystem	Greek alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mesara Plain → contains → Gortyna ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gortyn

Heraklion regional unit → containsArchaeologicalSite → Gortyna ⓘ

Andrew of Crete → workLocation → Gortyna ⓘ

Federico Halbherr → workLocation → Gortyna ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gortyn