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:
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
the Valerian Wall, built in
c. 260 AD, partly along the lines of older walls, partly as a new fortification, to protect the city against barbarian attacks
the Herulian (or Post-Herulian)[2] Wall, a much smaller circuit built in
c. 280 AD, enclosing the centre of the ancient city following its
sack by the
Heruli in 267 AD
the Rizokastro, built in the 13th century around the Acropolis[3]
^E. Makri, K. Tsakos, A. Vavilopoulou-Charitonidou, Rizokastro. The Preserved Remains: New Observations and Re-dating, in Δελτίον τῆς Χριστιανικῆς Αρχαιολογικῆς Εταιρείας 14, 1989, p.362
Sources
Judeich, Walther (1931). Topographie von Athen (in German) (2nd ed.). Munich: Beck.
Theocharaki, Anna Maria (2011). "The Ancient Circuit Wall of Athens: Its Changing Course and the Phases of Construction". Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. 80 (1): 71–156.
doi:
10.2972/hesp.80.1.0071.
JSTOR10.2972/hesp.80.1.0071.
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:
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
the Valerian Wall, built in
c. 260 AD, partly along the lines of older walls, partly as a new fortification, to protect the city against barbarian attacks
the Herulian (or Post-Herulian)[2] Wall, a much smaller circuit built in
c. 280 AD, enclosing the centre of the ancient city following its
sack by the
Heruli in 267 AD
the Rizokastro, built in the 13th century around the Acropolis[3]
^E. Makri, K. Tsakos, A. Vavilopoulou-Charitonidou, Rizokastro. The Preserved Remains: New Observations and Re-dating, in Δελτίον τῆς Χριστιανικῆς Αρχαιολογικῆς Εταιρείας 14, 1989, p.362
Sources
Judeich, Walther (1931). Topographie von Athen (in German) (2nd ed.). Munich: Beck.
Theocharaki, Anna Maria (2011). "The Ancient Circuit Wall of Athens: Its Changing Course and the Phases of Construction". Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. 80 (1): 71–156.
doi:
10.2972/hesp.80.1.0071.
JSTOR10.2972/hesp.80.1.0071.