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Hexamilion wall

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: Gabriel Moss

Last modified Feb 02, 2021 06:39 PM — History

The Hexamilion wall is an ancient defensive wall built across the Isthmus of Corinth that protected the only land route into the Peloponnese from mainland Greece.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/242076354

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.926111, 22.9725

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- GeoHack location of Hexamilion wall (AD 300 - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 2000 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Εξαμίλιον τείχος (Hexamilion tecihos: Ancient Greek, unspecified date range)

Hexamilion wall makes connections with:

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Hexamilion wall receives connections from:

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Place type:
wall

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, and Gabriel Moss, 'Hexamilion wall: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/242076354> [accessed: 29 December 2024]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/242076354 |title=Places: 242076354 (Hexamilion wall) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=December 29, 2024 1:14 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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