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The Piraeus and the Long Walls of Athens Ancient Athens. Although long walls were built at several locations in ancient Greece, notably Corinth and Megara, [1] the term Long Walls (Ancient Greek: Μακρὰ Τείχη [makra tei̯kʰɛː]) generally refers to the walls that connected Athens' main city to its ports at Piraeus and Phaleron.
the Long Walls, built in the 460s and 440s BC, connecting Athens with its ports at Piraeus and Phaleron; the Protocheisma, a second wall built in front of the Themistoclean Wall in 338 BC as an extra defence against the Macedonians; the Diateichisma, built in the 280s BC as a second line of defence against Macedonian-held Piraeus
There were therefore three long walls in all; but the name Long Walls seems to have been confined to the two leading to the Piraeus, while the one leading to Phalerum was called the Phalerian Wall. The entire circuit of the walls was 174.5 stadia (nearly 22 miles, 35 km), of which 43 stadia (5.5 miles, 9 km) belonged to the city, 75 stadia (9.5 ...
As a result, Piraeus flourished, becoming a highly secure port with booming commercial activity, and a city bustling with life. The Long Walls connecting the ancient city of Athens to its port of Piraeus. In the second year of the Peloponnesian War, Piraeus suffered its first setback when the Athens plague spread to it. [15]
Each Gate was reinforced with towers. The city walls were made out of ashlar, comprising large cut rectangular stones and the Gates were linked by two parallel roads that connected the main settlement of Athens with its harbour of Piraeus. One road lay between the Long Walls and the other lay outside them.
Long walls were ancient Greek defensive structures between cities and ports, especially the Long Walls linking Athens to Piraeus and Phalerum. The Long Wall may also refer to: Anastasian Wall; Long Wall on the Thracian Chersonese; Long Wall of China, more commonly known as the Great Wall; Long Wall of Korea, either of two great walls between ...
The Stoa had an open facade and colonnade on one side and on the other side had shops made up of rectangular rooms. The rooms alternated between small and large sizes (widths) and each shop had a space for supplying cereals and a grain storage area, with each area being 5 m by 3.7/3.8 m (in the case of the supply area) and 5 m by 1.7/1.9 m (in the case of the storage area).
The city's fortification was farther reinforced later by the construction of the Long Walls under Cimon and Pericles, with which secure port's (Piraeus) route to Athens main city. Meanwhile, Piraeus was rebuilt to the famous grid plan of architect Hippodamus of Miletus , known as the Hippodamian plan, and the main agora of the city was named ...