Maestranze sec. IV a.C., Porta d'Arcadia
CODES / CLASSIFICATION
OBJECT
Porta d'Arcadia
AUTHOR
Dating
sec. IV a.C.
400 a.C. - 301 a.C.
LOCATIONS
Messene (Grecia)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Mahaffy J. P. , Rambles and studies in Greece, 1892, pp. 402-403
NOTES
Foto sup 2599, verso del supporto secondario: nota anonima manoscritta: "Messene 370 B.C. / The Arcadian gate. The central stone of the inner door, as shown in photo, / is 6 yards in lenght. The gate is a double portal. / "The walls of Massene were beautifully built with towers at intervals / and gates for sallies. The best extant gate is called the Arcadian and consists / of an outer and an inner pair of folding doors enclosing a large round / chamber for the guard. The size of the doorposts and of their lintels is gigantic / and shows that neither time not labor was spared to make Messene a stately / strong hold". Mahaffy. See Murray for details, also Schreiber, Atlas Classical / Antiquities".
Foto sup 2660, verso del supporto secondario: nota anonima manoscritta: "Messene. / The city was rebuilt and fortified by Epaminondas in 370 B.C.".
Foto sup 2660, verso del supporto secondario: nota anonima manoscritta: "Messene. / The city was rebuilt and fortified by Epaminondas in 370 B.C.".
