Bouthroton
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: W.M. Murray
Creators: W.M. Murray
Contributors:
R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Elizabeth Robinson, Adam Rabinowitz, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Taylor Harrison, Noura Alavi, Sean Gillies, Ryan Horne
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Last modified
May 18, 2017 11:14 AM
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History
Modern Butrint (Butrinti) in Albania, ancient Bouthroton was an was an ancient Greek and later Roman city located in Epirus. The city became an important bishopric by the sixth century. The site was enrolled as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992 because of its archaeological remains, which date from prehistoric times down through the late Middle Ages.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/530824
39.7458504667, 20.0216612667
- OSM location of Lion Gate (750 BC - AD 300)
- Theater at Butrint (550 BC - AD 640)
- Center of the Theater at Butrint (330 BC - AD 300)
- Approximate Center of Roman House/Palace at Butrint (30 BC - AD 1450)
- Approximate Centerpoint: Visible Remains of "The Great Basilica" at Butrint (AD 300 - AD 1200)
- Centerpoint of the Baptistry at Butrint (AD 300 - AD 640)
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theatre, theater, architectural complex, gate (of a city), city gate, settlement, port
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- BAtlas 54 B2 Bouthroton
- Bergemann, Johannes.1998. Die römische Kolonie von Butrint und die Romanisierung Griechenlands. München: F. Pfeil
- Butrint Foundation
- Cabanes, P. 1986. “Recherches archéologiques en Albanie, 1945-1985.” RevArch n.s. 1:107-42. esp. pp. 120-4.
- Coins from Butrint: Numismatic research on archaeological excavation
- Excavations of the Roman Forum at Butrint
- FGrH 274 fr. 1
- Hansen, I. L., R. Hodges and R. A. Abdy. 2007. Roman Butrint : an assessment. Oxford: Oxbow.
- Hansen, I. L., R. Hodges and S. Leppard. 2013. Butrint. 4, The archaeology and histories of an Ionian town. Oakville CT: Oxbow.
- Hodges, R. et al. 2004. Byzantine Butrint : excavations and surveys 1994-1999. Oxford: Oxbow.
- Karaiskaj, G. and. Andrew Crowson. 2009. The fortifications of Butrint : English edition of Butrinti dhe fortifikimet e tij (Tirana 1984). London: Butrint Foundation.
- Livius.org, Buthrotum (Butrint)
- New Pauly, Buthrotum
- PECS, BUTHROTUM (Butrinto) Epeiros, S Albania.
- Roman and Byzantine Butrint (Albania)
- Smith 1854 (Perseus), BUTHROTUM
- Soustal, P. and J. Koderpp. 1981. Nikopolis und Kephallēnia. (Tabula Imperii Byzantini, Bd. 3). Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. pp. 132-34
- UNESCO World Heritage List, Butrint
- Ugolini, L. M., O. J. Gilkes and A. Liberati. 2003. The theatre at Butrint: Luigi Maria Ugolini's excavations at Butrint 1928-1932 (Albania antica IV). Athens: British School at Athens.
- Wikipedia (English) Buthrotum
- World Monuments Fund: Burtrint Archaeological Site
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 54 B2 Bouthroton
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Butrinti ALB
W.M. Murray, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Elizabeth Robinson, Adam Rabinowitz, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Taylor Harrison, Noura Alavi, Sean Gillies, and Ryan Horne, 'Bouthroton: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2017 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/530824> [accessed: 20 April 2018]
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