Third Century Fortification Wall

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In 267, a group of the Gothic people, the Heruli, sacked Athens, and many of the buildings were heavily damaged. After this tragic experience, a new fortification wall was constructed enclosing only small part of the ancient Athens.

This so-called "Post-Herulian Wall" was constructed reusing the materials from the destroyed building; as you can recognized from these photos.

Bibliography

• Christopher Mee and Antony Spawforth, Greece. An Oxford Archaeological Guide,Oxford/ OUP, 2001, p. 72.
• Robin Barbar, Greece (Blue Guide), London- N.Y. 2001 (Revised reprint of the 6th edition of 1995).

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* Altar of the 12 Gods
* Middle Stoa
* Drainage
* Heroon
* Temple of Zeus Agoraios
* Funerary Inscription
* Third Century Fortification
* Tripod Base
* Offering Container
* Torso of Hadrian
* Temple of Ares
* Tholos


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