Themistoclean Wall
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The Themistoclean Wall, named after the Athenian statesman Themistocles, was built in Athens, Greece during the 5th century BC as a result of the Persian Wars and in the hopes of defending against fur
Ruins of the Themistoclean Wall in Athens, Greece, named after the 5th-century-BC Athenian statesman and general Themistocles
Use of spolia at the Odeion of Agrippa in Athens
Themistoclean Wall at the Kerameikos
City walls of Athens
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The city of Athens, capital of modern Greece, has had different sets of city walls from the Bronze Age to the early 19th century. The city walls of Athens include:
Themistoclean Wall
…Melitides Gate (Μελίτιδαι Πύλαι, "Gate of Melite") City walls of Athens Peck, Harry T. “Athenae.” Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, Harper and Brothers, 1898., Perseus…
The fortifications of Classical Athens, including the Themistoclean Wall around the city and the Long Walls