Excavations at Sparta: The Roman stoa, 1988–91 Part 3

Abstract

This is the third and concluding report on the survey and excavations carried out on the site of the Roman Stoa at Sparta in 1988–91, following on from earlier reports in BSA 88 (1993), 219–86 and BSA 89 (1994), 377–432. It presents a catalogue and description of the most significant small finds and fragments of Byzantine wall-paintings recovered, gives a full list of coins found and their identities, and offers a detailed discussion of the environmental programme and its preliminary results. An appendix publishes the results of analysis of concrete samples from the ancient theatre at Sparta, taken during the excavations of 1992–95 (BSA 90 [1995], 435–60).

Sparta and Its Topography

“…1982). 14-21;Waywell and Wilkes (1994). 410-24. close to the Roman Stoa in 1991, contained a fine tall statue base with a dedication to a woman called Octavia Agis, dating to c. AD 110-130 (PI.…”

“…The upper walls, which were of mud-brick, seem to have been reveted in thin bronze plates, traces of which have survived, so explaining the goddess' epithet. l4 Waywell and Wilkes (1994). 421; A. J. S. Spawforth, ibid.…”

“…This was surely the route followed by Pausanias at 111.14.1, where he '"This interpretation is favouredby Torelli (1991), 210-1 I . Waywell and Wilkes (1994);cf. eidem (1997).…”

With Pausanias (and Others) in the Agora of Sparta

“…|| 18Waywell and Wilkes 1993;Waywell and Wilkes 1994.19 Baudini 2006 calculates both the probable boundaries and the area of the square, around 4 ha. 20 Robert 1939, 103-119 discusses the passage of Pausanias, comparing it to that in Plutarch in the Instituta Laconica 17 (= Morals 238c-d):…”

Η Ιστορία Της Μητρόπολης Λακεδαιμονίας Κατά Τη Βυζαντινή Περίοδο

“…: Die Legitimation einer fremden und der Versuch einer eigenen Herrschaft. Quellenkritische Darstellung von 25 Jahren byzantinischer Geschichte nach dem ersten Ikonoklasmus, τ. Β΄, Munich 1978, 531 • V. Popovič, " Aux origins de la slavisation des Balkans : la constitution des premiers sklavinies macédoniennes á la fin du VI sièlce", Comptes rendus des séances de l' Academie des Inscriptions etBelles -Lettres 124 (1980), 69 πόλεως, Ιουστινιανού Β΄ (685 -695 και 705 -711) σε διάφορα σημεία της πόλης110 καθώς και μία μεταλλική πόρπη, μάλλον του 7 ου αιώνα, που, αν και είναι αντικής ή γερμανικής προέλευσης, είναι κατασκευασμένη σε βυζαντινό εργαστήριο 111. Επίσης, έχει εντοπιστεί και ένα μαρμάρινο επίθημα, με λοξότμητες πλευρές και γλυπτό διάκοσμο θρησκευτικής θεματολογίας, που έχει χρονολογηθεί στα τέλη του 7 ου αιώνα/αρχές του 8 ου αιώνα 112.…”