Nea Paphos, fondation chypriote ou lagide? Nouvelles considérations sur la genèse du port et de la ville
Résumé
Nea Paphos is generally considered to have been founded by Nikokles, the last king of Paphos. Some scholars have
proposed that Ptolemy may have founded the new city ca. 312 BC or aft er 294 BC. In this paper, the author tries to
analyse and summarise the diff erent proposals and suggests another hypothesis, namely that the foundation was not
the result of a global scheme but instead, of diff erent steps. Nikokles seems to have created the harbour, Ptolemy may
have established a military settlement (katoikia), and then, once becoming king, and aft er taking control of the island
again from 294 BC onwards, may have encouraged the development of the city. Is it possible that the Antigonids played
a role in the development of its harbour when they controlled the island between 306 and 294 BC. Nevertheless, it
is only aft er Paphos becomes the seat of the Ptolemaic strategos in the early second century BC, probably aft er the
Ptolemaic fl eet was withdrawn from the Aegean in 145 BC, that Nea Paphos is protected by a strong city walls with
perhaps another protected harbour in front of the North West gate: the intra muros city seems to have been enlarged
and reshaped as a small version of Alexandria in Cyprus, until its destruction by an earthquake in the last quarter of
the fi rst century BC and its rebuilding under Augustus’ auspices.
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