Gortys was already inhabited by the Minoan people and was once the most important city-state in Crete, in the 2nd century BC. It is there that Zeus and Europa…
Roman theater.
Roman theater. The "laws" are kept in the newer building in the back.
The laws of Gortys are the oldest known set of written laws from the Greek world. Lines are read, alternatively, from left to right and from right to left, in…
The laws cover a whole wall, over 13 columns. Some of the stones are now in museums such as Le Louvre.
The praetorium, the seat of the Roman governor of Crete (1st century AD and after), is near the ancient Greek ruins.
Agios Titos basilica (6th century).
Around Gortys.
