Phocian Wall
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Aug 08, 2022 05:05 PM
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History
Herodotus describes the so-called Phocian Wall at Thermopylae as the most significant element of the built fortifications at the pass.
500 km
Base style derived from Mapbox Satellite Streets. | Pleiades layers and interaction design by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, Ryan M. Horne, and Tom Elliott.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/529934476
38.7942442, 22.5367647
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Τείχος Φωκέων (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- None
- Phocian Wall located at Thermopylae (unspecified date range)
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wall (defensive)
- Evidence:
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Jeffrey Becker, 'Phocian Wall: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/529934476> [accessed: 16 April 2025]
{{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/529934476 |title=Places: 529934476 (Phocian Wall) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=April 16, 2025 4:07 am |publisher=Pleiades}}
