(ORDO NEWS) — Greek archaeologists presented the results of new excavations that took place in the ancient city of Tenea.
They explored several ancient structures, including buildings from the Roman period, in which they found numerous coins.
So, in one of the buildings, scientists found a cache containing about 2,100 coins, most of which date back to the 5th-6th centuries.
According to legend, after the end of the Trojan War, the Greeks brought captives to the Peloponnese, who were allowed by King Agamemnon of Mycenae to found a city known as Tenea.
Ancient authors reported that this city was located near Mycenae and Corinth. It is known that settlers from Tenea participated in the founding of the Greek colony of Syracuse, and the city itself flourished in the Roman era after the Romans destroyed Corinth.
Perhaps Tenea suffered in the 4th century AD from the Germans, and in the 6th century it was finally abandoned after the invasion of the Slavs.
Until recently, Tenea’s exact location remained unknown. Only in 2018, archaeologists confirmed that the ruins of the ancient city are located in the modern village of Hiliomodi.
Large-scale excavations here began in 2013 (and the first finds were made several decades earlier) and brought a large number of finds.
The researchers found the ruins of buildings with stone and marble floors, examined the necropolis of the Roman period, in the burials of which there were numerous artifacts, including precious items.
Then a complex of Roman baths, covering an area of ​​about 500 square meters, and some other objects were excavated here.
Greek archaeologists led by Elena Korka reported on the results of regular excavations that took place in the ancient city of Tenea.
The researchers worked on several sections of this monument, which, in particular, are the remains of ancient Roman buildings: public buildings, shops, baths and some others.
So, while working in one of the buildings, they discovered a cache in which there were 18 silver and copper coins of the 3rd century AD.
In the same structure, archaeologists found another 13 coins of the 4th-5th centuries, an iron pick and key, a stylus and Roman ceramics.
At another site at this site, archaeologists discovered a collection of votive figurines, as well as a cache of 2,100 coins, most of which were minted in the 5th-6th centuries AD.
Among them were coins with images of Theodosius I the Great, Flavius ​​Marcian, Leo I Macella, Zenon, Anastasius I, Justin I and Justinian I. In addition, there was also one copper coin of the 4th century AD.
In another building with an area of ​​about 145 square meters, the researchers found ceramics of the archaic and classical periods, Corinthian drachmas and half drachmas of the 4th century BC, as well as a large number of small vessels, lamps and figurines depicting deities, birds, horses and other animals.
The researchers also found a Roman funerary structure. Inside the underground chamber, they found a Corinthian coin of the 1st century BC, an Athenian bronze coin of the classical period, as well as a lamp depicting the god Ares, a glass censer, and some other things.
In addition, they discovered the burial of a child. To the east of this funerary monument, the researchers unearthed a retaining stone wall 18 meters long.
It looks like this ancient structure was demolished during the Roman period to build a large cistern to store water.
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