You will be redirected to OpenEdition Search. Geographical index: Monte Palazzi , Locri Epizefiri. Parole chiave: phrourion. Lauter ; Van de Maele , and Thucydides used both the words peripovlion and frouvrion to describe the same Locrian fort on the Halex River which the Athenians attacked twice in and B. Moreover, a growing body of archaeological data indicates that the Greeks of southern Italy began to build masonry forts even before the 5 th century B. Cozzo Presepe ; Carter , p.
In southern Calabria, in particular, remains of three frouvria which can be dated to the archaic period have recently been located at Serro di Tavola, San Salvatore, and Monte Palazzi fig.
Because of their geomorphic setting and their comparable features, they may be described collectively as upland or mountain forts. Each fort lies in a commanding position near of within sight of the territorial boundaries of a Greek city and controlled an important communication or possible invasion route. Their size, structural characteristics, and strategic function, are also very similar. Thus, there are no compelling reasons to doubt that all of them were under Greek control pace Greco , p.
Satellite map of southern Calabria. Courtesy of Bing and Microsoft Corp. After the presence of a Greek settlement on its summit was reported in by E.
Barillaro, a local scholar, S. Settis first proposed that the site be identified as a Locrian frouvrion Knapp et al. This essay highlights preliminary results of the investigations, which aim to reconstruct the role of the fort on Monte Palazzi within the defensive system of the cwvra of Locri Epizephyrii 5.
