The Dorian invasion is a concept devised by historians of Ancient Greece to explain the replacement of pre-classical dialects and traditions in southern Greece by the ones that prevailed in Classical Greece.The latter were named "Dorian" by the ancient Greek writers, after the Dorians, the historical population that spoke them.. Greek legend asserts that the Dorians …

La identidad doria El nombre de los dorios. El nombre de un hombre, Dōrieus, recibe una breve mención en las tablillas de lineal B en Pilos, una de las regiones invadidas y conquistadas por los dorios.La tablilla de Pilos Fn867 lo registra en el caso dativo como do-ri-je-we, *Dōriēwei.Un plural sin confirmar, *Dōriēwes, se habría convertido en Dōrieis, mediante la pérdida de la w y …

The Dorians (/ ˈ d ɔːr i ə n z /; Greek: Δωριεῖς, Dōrieîs, singular Δωριεύς, Dōrieús) were one of the four major ethnic groups into which the Hellenes (or Greeks) of Classical Greece divided themselves (along with the Aeolians, Achaeans, and Ionians). They are almost always referred to as just "the Dorians", as they are called in the earliest literary mention of them in ...

The ephors, along with the Gerousia, held the majority of the power within the Spartan government, as the two kings had to consult either with the ephors or the Gerousia in almost any official matter.The ephors also held power over the Helots and the Perioeci.They controlled the Crypteia, the secret police who repressed the Helots, and they were even able to sentence …

The History of Sparta describes the history of the ancient Doric Greek city-state known as Sparta from its beginning in the legendary period to its incorporation into the Achaean League under the late Roman Republic, as Allied State, in 146 BC, a period of roughly 1000 years.Since the Dorians were not the first to settle the valley of the Eurotas River in the Peloponnesus of …

Dorian Gray is a 2009 British dark fantasy horror film based on Oscar Wilde's 1890 novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, directed by Oliver Parker, and written by Toby Finlay (his first screenplay).The film stars Ben Barnes, Colin Firth, Rebecca Hall, Ben Chaplin, Emilia Fox, and Rachel Hurd-Wood.It tells the story of the title character, an attractive Englishman whose …

The Sicilian Wars, or Greco-Punic Wars, were a series of conflicts fought between ancient Carthage and the Greek city-states led by Syracuse, Sicily over control of Sicily and the western Mediterranean between 580 and 265 BC.. Carthage's economic success and its dependence on seaborne trade led to the creation of a powerful navy to discourage both pirates and rival nations.

The Ionians, before the arrival of the Dorians, lived in the northern Peloponnese, in Megaris, and in Attica.After the loss of their territories to the Dorians and Achaeans of Argolis, they moved farther east and were situated at first in Euboea, displacing the earlier inhabitants, the Abantes.In the middle of the eleventh century BCE they settled the northern Cyclades and, together with …

The siege of Melos occurred in 416 BC during the Peloponnesian War, which was a war fought between Athens and Sparta. Melos is an island in the Aegean Sea roughly 110 kilometres (68 miles) east of mainland Greece.Though the Melians had ancestral ties to Sparta, they were neutral in the war. Athens invaded Melos in the summer of 416 BC and demanded that the …

Unione Sportiva Ancona 1905, commonly referred to as Ancona, was an Italian football club based in Ancona, Marche.. The club changed its name to U.S. Ancona 1905 from S.S. Piano San Lazzaro in 2010, due to the bankruptcy of the main football team of the city, A.C. Ancona.However, after a relegation in 2017, U.S. Ancona 1905 withdrew from the football …