Where Knossos was
A major ancient settlement of Crete, located some 5 km southeast of Heraklion, Knossos was occupied from the Neolithic period to the time of the Roman Empire. Athenaeum places it in the Islands, Crete & Cyprus region. The source gives a located position.
Periods the source attests
These are the historical periods in which the source records the place. A gap is not evidence that it was empty.
- Bronze Age
- Archaic Greece
- Classical Greece
- Hellenistic world
- Roman world
- Late antiquity
Its names
The source lists these other names and spellings for Knossos.
- Knosos/Col. Iulia Nobilis Cnosos
- 𐀒𐀜𐀰
- ko-no-so
- Knosós
- Knosos
- Col. Iulia Nobilis Cnosos
About the illustration
Generated historical interpretation. Not an archaeological reconstruction.
Questions about ancient Knossos
Where does the information about Knossos come from?
From the place's record in the Pleiades gazetteer, with its references, names and periods kept as the source gives them.
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