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Gortyn, Gortys or Gortyna (Greek: Γόρτυν, Γόρτυς, or Γόρτυνα, pronounced) is a municipality, and an archaeological site, on the Mediterranean island of Crete 45 km (28 mi) away from the island's capital, Heraklion. The seat of the municipality is the village Agioi Deka. [2] Gortyn was the Roman capital of Creta et Cyrenaica ...
Gortyna / ɡ ɔːr ˈ t aɪ n ə / (Ancient Greek: Γόρτυνα; also known as Gortyn (Γορτύν)) was a town of ancient Crete which appears in the Homeric poems under the form of Γορτύν; [1] [2] but afterwards became usually Gortyna (Γόρτυνα).
The Gortyn code (also called the Great Code [1]) was a legal code that was the codification of the civil law of the ancient Greek city-state of Gortyn in southern Crete.
The ancient city Gortys was located in the valley of the river Lousios.It reputedly was founded by Gortys, son of Stymphalus, a legendary king of Arcadia.When Megalopolis was founded in the 4th century BC, many inhabitants moved to the new city, but Gortys was still inhabited in the 2nd century AD, a village belonging to Megalopolis then.
Gortyn was the site of the largest Christian basilica on Crete, the Basilica of Saint Titus, dedicated to the first Christian bishop in Crete, to whom the Apostle Paul addressed one of his epistles. The church was founded in the 1st century CE .
Gortyn was made capital of the island, and Crete became a Roman province, along with Cyrenaica that was called Creta et Cyrenaica. Archaeological remains suggest that Crete under Roman rule witnessed prosperity and increased connectivity with other parts of the Empire. [ 58 ]
Crete Titus ( / ˈ t aɪ t ə s / TY -təs ; Ancient Greek : Τίτος , Títos ) was an early Christian missionary and church leader, a companion and disciple of Paul the Apostle , mentioned in several of the Pauline epistles including the Epistle to Titus .
Found in Gortyn (late 2nd century AD), now in Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete. Life of Apollonius of Tyana ( Ancient Greek : Τὰ ἐς τὸν Τυανέα Ἀπολλώνιον ), also known by its Latin title Vita Apollonii , is a text in eight books written in Ancient Greece by Philostratus (c. AD 170 – c. AD 245).