Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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For a millennium, Gortyn was the most important city on Crete. Its ruins - largely unexcavated - are scattered across a picturesque landscape of stony hills and olive groves.

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Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:34 Agios Titos
1:09 Law code of Gortyn
2:30 Acropolis
4:33 Unexcavated area
5:35 Two temples
6:48 Praetorium
7:18 Metropolitan basilica
8:11 Baths