RIASSUNTO – Il presente contributo analizza il contesto archeologico di Monte Casasia nel quadro ... more RIASSUNTO – Il presente contributo analizza il contesto archeologico di Monte Casasia nel quadro della frontiera bizantina in Sicilia. Ad una premessa di natura storiografica seguono una prima contestualizzazione topografica, il riesame della letteratura archeologica pertinente e l’esposizione dei dati ricavati da una serie di sopralluoghi condotti in situ. L’elaborato propone infine uno scorcio della regione degli Iblei occidentali alla vigilia dell’invasione musulmana dell’827, provando a ricostruire gerarchie insediative e viabilità e mettendo in luce, quando possibile, alcuni aspetti culturali e politici di una società di frontiera.
SUMMARY – This paper offers an analysis of the archaeological context of Monte Casasia in the historical framework of the byzantine frontier in Sicily. After an historiographical introduction and a topographical overview, a set of data derived from archaeological literature and in situ surveys are discussed. Eventually the article describes the western Hyblaean region on the eve of the Muslim landing of 827, seeking to reconstruct settlement hierarchies and routes networks and trying to highlight, whenever possible, a few cultural and political aspects of a frontier society.
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SUMMARY – This paper offers an analysis of the archaeological context of Monte Casasia in the historical framework of the byzantine frontier in Sicily. After an historiographical introduction and a topographical overview, a set of data derived from archaeological literature and in situ surveys are discussed. Eventually the article describes the western Hyblaean region on the eve of the Muslim landing of 827, seeking to reconstruct settlement hierarchies and routes networks and trying to highlight, whenever possible, a few cultural and political aspects of a frontier society.