Themistoklean Wall

wall · 550 BC – 2099 AD · location approximate

The circuit wall of Athens, built by Themistokles in 479 BC. It was abandoned as indefensible in the aftermath of the Herulian Sack of 267 AD.

Coordinates

37.97473, 23.72564

Also known as

Themistokleische Stadtmauer (de), Themistokleische Stadtmauer (de), ho kúklos toû ásteōs, ho kyklos tou asteos (grc), ὁ κύκλος τοῦ ἄστεως (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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