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argos.co.uk. Argos Limited is a British catalogue retailer operating in the United Kingdom and formerly in Ireland, acquired by Sainsbury's supermarket chain in 2016. It was established in November 1972 and is named after the Greek city of Argos.
Oct 28, 2019 · Ancient Argos, located in the Peloponnese in Greece, was a major Mycenaean settlement in the Late Bronze Age (1700-1100 BCE) and remained important throughout the Greek, Hellenistic, and Roman periods until its destruction by the Visigoths in 395 CE. The site's best-preserved example of ancient architecture is the theatre, once the largest in ...
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1200 BCE - 1100 BCE. Argos takes over from Mycenae as most important regional power in the Argolid. 700 BCE - 600 BCE. King Phiedon leads Argos to its greatest expansion. c. 700 BCE. Sparta, Argos and Paros hold the first documented musical competitions in Greece . c. 660 BCE.
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Nov 10, 2019 · N.S. Gill. Updated on November 10, 2019. Located by the Gulf of Argolis, Argos (Ἄργος) is an important polis of Greece in the southern section, the Peloponnese, specifically, in the area called the Argolid. It has been inhabited since prehistoric times. The inhabitants were known as Ἀργεῖοι (Argives), a term that is sometimes ...
History. The earliest evidence of human habitation is a Neolithic settlement at the foot of Aspis hill which dates to around 5000 BC making Argos one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world. In the Late Bronze Age a city developed on the neighbouring hills of Aspis and Larissa.
Apr 28, 2023 · Argos was a significant centre of Mycenaean civilisation and played a significant role in major events of ancient Greece such as the Trojan War and the Persian Wars. As one of the most important cities in Mycenaean civilisation, Argos is home to a wealth of ancient ruins and landmarks.
Argos was believed to be one of the oldest cities in Ancient Greece which dated back to the Dark Ages. It lied on fertile plains of Argolis in the North-East of Peloponnesian peninsula.
