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Le rempart de Thasos
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Le rempart de Thasos

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Cet ouvrage sur le rempart de Thasos presente le resultat de travaux

commences par l'Ecole francaise d'Athenes en 1911 et poursuivis ensuite,

a intervalles irreguliers, sous la forme de sondages ponctuels ou de

fouilles programmees. La reunion de toutes les donnees, publiees ou non,

accumulees au cours de ces diverses interventions et la description des

vestiges encore visibles permettent d'etablir un etat des lieux et de

faire plus amplement apprecier un monument trop longtemps reste dans

l'ombre, mais qui soutient la comparaison avec les fortifications

urbaines les plus connues du monde grec. Mieux que les quelques textes

litteraires ou epigraphiques relatifs a une enceinte edifiee au tout

debut du ve s. av. J.-C. et encore entretenue dans la seconde moitie du

iie s. apr. J.-C , ce sont surtout les informations obtenues sur le

terrain qui font apparaitre l'enchainement de differents remaniements

portant sur les portes et sur les courtines ou la succession

d'operations nouvelles destinees a renforcer progressivement la

puissance de la muraille, au rythme des developpements de la

poliorcetique. Mais, au-dela de sa fonction defensive, le rempart

thasien, par l'ampleur de son parcours, la variete et la qualite de ses

appareils, le nombre et l'aspect de ses tours, l'ornementation de

certaines de ses portes, avait une valeur symbolique, illustrant de

maniere ostentatoire la puissance et la richesse de la cite.

This work on the city wall of Thasos presents the results of the studies

which the Ecole Francaise d'Athenes began in 1911 and has pursued ever

since at irregular intervals in the form of punctual test trenches or

programmed excavations. The gathering of all evidence, published or not,

accumulated during these diverse interventions and the description of

the still visible remains allow the author to establish the present

state of the wall and help the reader to better appreciate a monument

that has for too long remained in the shadows, even though it bears

comparison with the best known urban fortifications of the Greek world.

More than a handful of literary or epigraphic texts concerning a city

wall raised at the very beginning of the 5th c. B.C. and still

maintained in the second half of the 2nd c. A.D., it is above all the

information obtained on the ground that reveals the succession of

different modifications brought to the gates and the curtains, as well

as the series of improvements intended to reinforce progressively the

wall following developments in the art of siege warfare. But beyond its

defensive function, the Thasian city wall, owing to the length of its

circuit, the variety and the quality of its masonry, the number and the

aspect of its towers and the ornamentation of some of its gates, had a

symbolic value, ostentatiously illustrating the power and the wealth of

the city.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Ecole francaise d'Athenes
Country
France
Date
31 December 2011
Pages
651
ISBN
9782869582286

Cet ouvrage sur le rempart de Thasos presente le resultat de travaux

commences par l'Ecole francaise d'Athenes en 1911 et poursuivis ensuite,

a intervalles irreguliers, sous la forme de sondages ponctuels ou de

fouilles programmees. La reunion de toutes les donnees, publiees ou non,

accumulees au cours de ces diverses interventions et la description des

vestiges encore visibles permettent d'etablir un etat des lieux et de

faire plus amplement apprecier un monument trop longtemps reste dans

l'ombre, mais qui soutient la comparaison avec les fortifications

urbaines les plus connues du monde grec. Mieux que les quelques textes

litteraires ou epigraphiques relatifs a une enceinte edifiee au tout

debut du ve s. av. J.-C. et encore entretenue dans la seconde moitie du

iie s. apr. J.-C , ce sont surtout les informations obtenues sur le

terrain qui font apparaitre l'enchainement de differents remaniements

portant sur les portes et sur les courtines ou la succession

d'operations nouvelles destinees a renforcer progressivement la

puissance de la muraille, au rythme des developpements de la

poliorcetique. Mais, au-dela de sa fonction defensive, le rempart

thasien, par l'ampleur de son parcours, la variete et la qualite de ses

appareils, le nombre et l'aspect de ses tours, l'ornementation de

certaines de ses portes, avait une valeur symbolique, illustrant de

maniere ostentatoire la puissance et la richesse de la cite.

This work on the city wall of Thasos presents the results of the studies

which the Ecole Francaise d'Athenes began in 1911 and has pursued ever

since at irregular intervals in the form of punctual test trenches or

programmed excavations. The gathering of all evidence, published or not,

accumulated during these diverse interventions and the description of

the still visible remains allow the author to establish the present

state of the wall and help the reader to better appreciate a monument

that has for too long remained in the shadows, even though it bears

comparison with the best known urban fortifications of the Greek world.

More than a handful of literary or epigraphic texts concerning a city

wall raised at the very beginning of the 5th c. B.C. and still

maintained in the second half of the 2nd c. A.D., it is above all the

information obtained on the ground that reveals the succession of

different modifications brought to the gates and the curtains, as well

as the series of improvements intended to reinforce progressively the

wall following developments in the art of siege warfare. But beyond its

defensive function, the Thasian city wall, owing to the length of its

circuit, the variety and the quality of its masonry, the number and the

aspect of its towers and the ornamentation of some of its gates, had a

symbolic value, ostentatiously illustrating the power and the wealth of

the city.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Ecole francaise d'Athenes
Country
France
Date
31 December 2011
Pages
651
ISBN
9782869582286