Messenia, Pylos
Julia Domna, Augusta. 193-217 CE
AE Assarion 4.61, 22mm
Obv.: ΙΟΥΛΙΑ ΔΟΜΝA, draped bust right
Rev.: Athena standing right, holding shield and hurling spear
BCD 765.3
Ex Roland Dauwe Collection of 3rd Century Empresses
Pylos was a powerful ancient kingdom and was the seat of Nestor, from Iliad fame. During Mycenaean times it was the capital of the Peloponnese and was reknowned as a rich city. Today, an important Mycenaean palace is still visitable at the site, and is appropriately called the “Palace of Nestor”.
5300 BCE
Earliest evidence of human habitation at Pylos.
425 BCE
Cleon of Athens sends an expedition to Pylos to fortify a rocky promontory there.