Morgantina
Tina Morgan is an ancient city in Sicily in the field of the place Aidone in the province of Enna. The place was from prehistory to the Roman period an important place in Sicily.
Location and excavations
The archaeological sites are located on the territory of the village Aidone about 35 km southeast of Enna. The place was thus easily accessible from Syracuse, Gela, Enna and Catania. Piazza Armerina is located 15 km southwest of Morgan Tina away. The ancient city is located in the Erei on an approximately three kilometers traversed by hills plateau, is the highest point of the citadel hill of the Acropolis.
The excavations are operated by an American team at Princeton University. The excavations began in 1955 and continue to this day.
One of the most important Morgan Tina associated archaeological remains, is the statue of Aphrodite by Tina Morgan. She was issued until 2010 in the J. Paul Getty Museum and then returned to Italy. It is now exhibited in the regional museum on site.
History
Since the 3rd millennium BC, the area was settled. Around 1100 BC immigrated Italic settlers from the mainland, where it is believed to be a sikulisches people. In the 6th century BC, the Greeks settled on the citadel hill, which lived peacefully with the locals. 459 BC Morgan Tina was conquered by Sikulerkönig Ducetius ( Diodorus 11, 78, 5), which destroyed the Greek settlement. Ducetius is attributed to the rectangular layout of the city. Around 450 BC, the city of Akragas and Syracuse was conquered, it passed into the possession of Syracuse. This occurred Tina Morgan in the year 424 BC, at the congress of Gela Kamarina from ( Thucydides 4, 65, 1). 396 BC conquered Dionysius of Syracuse the city. The city experienced a boom at the time of Timoleon, as evidenced by archaeological findings. Their greatest heyday Morgan Tina but in the time of Agathocles and Hieron II In 2.Punischen war the Romans conquered Morgan Tina, who gave it BC 212 the Spaniards as a reward for faithful service.
Construction
Tina Morgan is to be divided into two districts. There are, firstly, the plant in the east, called Citadel and the block in the west on the hill Serra Orlando.
The Citadel
In this district, the residential town of Morgan Tina was. Here various homes and public buildings have been excavated. Here also necropolis dating from the 8th century have been to the 5th century BC, found.
Archaeological Regional Museum
In Aidone is the Archaeological Regional Museum, where the finds from the excavations are exhibited. Since a few years, it also houses the famous again Aphrodite by Tina Morgan.