Gertus
GertusorGertous(Ancient Greek:Γερτοῦς[1]) was an ancient town in the southernIllyrianregion ofDassaretia,mentioned byPolybiusin the 2nd century BC in the accounts of theIllyrian WarsandMacedonian Wars.[2][3][4]The location of the ancient town is still unknown.[4][5]It was probably situated betweenLychnidusandAntipatrea.[6]
Along withAntipatrea,ChrysondyonandCreonion,Gertus was one of the Dassaretan towns (also described ascastella) around which theIllyriandynastSkerdilaidasand theMacedoniankingPhilip Vfought in 217 BC.[2][5]The settlement of Gertus was evidently walled.[5]
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[edit]- ^Polybius.The Histories,5.108.2: "ῆς δὲ Δασσαρήτιδος προσηγμένον πόλεις, τὰς μὲν φόβῳ, τὰς δ’ ἐπαγγελίαις, Ἀντιπάτρειαν, Χρυσονδύωνα, Γερτοῦντα, πολλὴν δὲ καὶ τῆς συνορούσης τούτοις Μακεδονίας"
- ^abŠašel Kos 1997,p. 331
- ^Mesihović & Šačić 2015,p. 47
- ^abCabanes 1988,p. 64: "Selon Polybe, (122), en dehors de Pélion, les Dassarètes possèdent, au début du IIe siècle avant J.-C., plusieurs villes, Antipatreia (généralement identifiée avec la position privilégiée de la forteresse de Bérat, mais l'unanimité des chercheurs n'est pas réalisée sur cette identification), Chrysondyon, Gertous ou Gerous, Créônion, mais leur localisation reste à établir."
- ^abcMorton 2017,pp. 37, 42
- ^Hammond 1967,p. 607: "The other two towns, Chrysondyon and Gertous, probably lay on Scerdilaidas route, between Lycnidus and Antipatrea [...]"
Sources
[edit]- Cabanes, Pierre (1988).Les illyriens de Bardulis à Genthios (IVe–IIe siècles avant J.-C.)[The Illyrians from Bardylis to Gentius (4th – 2nd century BC)] (in French). Paris: SEDES.ISBN2718138416.
- Hammond, Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière (1967).Epirus: The Geography, the Ancient Remains, the History and the Topography of Epirus and Adjacent Areas.Oxford: The Clarendon Press.
- Mesihović, Salmedin;Šačić, Amra (2015).Historija Ilira[History of Illyrians] (in Bosnian). Sarajevo: Univerzitet u Sarajevu [University of Sarajevo].ISBN978-9958-600-65-4.
- Morton, Jacob Nathan (2017)."Shifting Landscapes, Policies, And Morals: A Topographically Driven Analysis Of The Roman Wars In Greece From 200 Bc To 168 Bc".Publicly Accessible Penn Dissertations.2484.University of Pennsylvania.
- Šašel Kos, Marjeta (1997). "Dassaretia". In Hubert, Cancik; Schneider, Helmuth (eds.).Der neue Pauly: Enzyklopädie der Antike. Altertum: Cl-Epi.Vol. 3. Metzler.ISBN9783476014733.
