Period

Roman

58 BCE–c. 330/395 CE

Cyprus as a Roman province from 58 BCE to the fourth century CE, governed from Nea Paphos, mined for copper, and finally wrecked by earthquakes.

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12 entries in 7 sections

Pottery

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Hellenistic and Roman Pottery in CyprusCyprus used a succession of slipped fine wares from c. 310 BCE to the 7th century CE, some made on the island and many imported from Syria, Cilicia and Pamphylia.HellenisticRoman
LampsA small hand-held vessel that burned oil or fat on a wick, made in Cyprus as an open saucer from the Late Bronze Age and as a closed lamp from the Hellenistic period.Late Bronze AgeCypro-GeometricCypro-ArchaicCypro-ClassicalHellenisticRoman
The Pottery of Ancient CyprusSectionThe pottery made and used in Cyprus from the Ceramic Neolithic onward, the island's most abundant artifact class and the basis of its chronology.NeolithicChalcolithicEarly Bronze AgeMiddle Bronze AgeLate Bronze AgeCypro-GeometricCypro-ArchaicCypro-ClassicalHellenisticRoman

Statues

2 entriesSection overview

Tools and Technologies

1 entrySection overview

Glass in Ancient CyprusGlass vessels found on Cyprus from the Late Bronze Age to the Roman period, mostly from tombs, with local workshops argued but never excavated.Late Bronze AgeCypro-ClassicalHellenisticRoman

Daily Life

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Environment

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Earthquakes in Ancient CyprusThe earthquakes proposed for ancient Cyprus, from disputed Bronze Age destructions to the 4th-century CE shocks that left Kourion in ruins.Early Bronze AgeLate Bronze AgeRoman

Chronology

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Late Antique and Early Byzantine CyprusCyprus from the founding of Constantinople to the Arab raids of the mid-seventh century, ruled from Constantia and reshaped by earthquakes and the Church.Roman

Materials

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