Mycenaean Citadels C. 1350-1200 Bc (fortress)
by Nic Fields /
2004 / English / PDF
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Mycenaean society was constantly geared for battle and invasion.
Their ‘cities’ were heavy fortresses with unimaginably thick
perimeter walls. Legendary sites such as Mycenae, Tiryns, Argos,
Krisa, the Athenian Acropolis and Gla are all representative of
their fortified citadels that dominated the Greek countryside for
some 300 years until their sudden decline and abandonment around
1100 BC. This title describes the golden age of these
fortifications; it details how these formidable structures were
constructed and extended, as well as revealing the elaborate palace
complexes built by the great Mycenaean warlords immortalised in the
verses of Homer’s Iliad.
Mycenaean society was constantly geared for battle and invasion.
Their ‘cities’ were heavy fortresses with unimaginably thick
perimeter walls. Legendary sites such as Mycenae, Tiryns, Argos,
Krisa, the Athenian Acropolis and Gla are all representative of
their fortified citadels that dominated the Greek countryside for
some 300 years until their sudden decline and abandonment around
1100 BC. This title describes the golden age of these
fortifications; it details how these formidable structures were
constructed and extended, as well as revealing the elaborate palace
complexes built by the great Mycenaean warlords immortalised in the
verses of Homer’s Iliad.
