The Abandonment of Butrint
From Venetian Enclave to Ottoman Backwater
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9858519 |
|---|---|
| Authors | HERNÁNDEZ HERNÁNDEZ (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 88 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 365 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Hesperia The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-098X • E-ISSN: 1553-5622 |
| Publisher | American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2972/hesperia.88.2.0365 |
| OpenAlex | W2953274915 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
This article examines Butrint under Venetian and Ottoman rule during the period of its final settlement and subsequent abandonment, before the start of archaeological excavations (A.D. 1386-1928). On the basis of excavated Venetian houses and later burials at the site of the Roman forum, it is argued that the Republic of Venice abandoned the Butrint headland after Süleyman the Magnificent sacked the city in 1537 and that Butrint was never resettled thereafter due to environmental adversities posed by malaria and emergent wetlands. Plague, border-zone dynamics, and state decay also exacerbated local conditions. Throughout its abandonment, however, Butrint and its environs remained economically active and strategically important, primarily to Corfu
Abandonment (legal · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Excavation · Geography · Headland · Period (music · Plague (disease · Political science · Settlement (finance · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeological Research and Protection · Byzantine Studies and History · Geology · History · Law
| Citations per year | 1.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |