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Attica (Greek: Αττική, Ancient Greek Attikḗ or Attikī́, Ancient Greek: [atːikɛ̌ː] or Modern:), or the Attic Peninsula, is a historical region that encompasses the entire Athens metropolitan area, which consists of the city of Athens, the capital of Greece and the core city of the metropolitan area, as well as its surrounding suburban cities and towns.
Fenton's pictures during the Crimean War were one of the first cases of war photography, with Valley of the Shadow of Death considered "the most eloquent metaphor of warfare" by The Oxford Companion to the Photograph. [13] [14] [s 3] Sergeant Dawson and his Daughter: 1855 Unknown; attributed to John Jabez Edwin Mayall [15] Unknown [e]
The name indicates that the polemarch's original function was to command the army; presumably the office was created to take over this function from the king. The title held a high position in Athenian society, alongside the archon eponymos and the archon basileus. In Athens the polemarch was the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the ...
Attica (/ ˈ æ t ɪ k ə / AT-ih-kə; Greek: Περιφέρεια Αττικής, romanized: Periféria Attikís, [periˈferi.a atiˈcis]) is an administrative region of Greece, that encompasses the entire Athens metropolitan area, the core city of which is the country's capital and largest city, Athens.
A satellite view shows a closer image of Old Fort, before being damaged by Hurricane Helene, on Jan. 7, 2022, and after the storm on Oct. 2. (Maxar Technologies via Reuters)
Deutsch: Kasematte aus der Zeit des Amerikanischen Bürgerkriegs, Fort Point National Historic Site, im Presidio von San Francisco, September 2019 This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America .
As polemarch, Callimachus had a vote in military affairs along with the 10 strategoi, including Miltiades. Miltiades convinced Callimachus to vote in favour of a battle when the strategoi were split evenly on the matter. Miltiades is supposed to have said to Callimachus just before the polemarch cast his vote: "Everything now rests on you."
We dug up these photos showing daily life, from prize hogs at the Keller Fair to a devastating fire in downtown. PHOTOS: Keller, Texas (1920s-1950s). Check out these shots from Star-Telegram archive