Makra Teiche
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: J.S. Traill Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: J.S. Traill Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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History
tags:
fortification,
ashlar masonry
The Makra Teiche or "Long Walls" of Athens were built in the middle of the fifth century B.C. and connected Athens to its ports at Piraeus and Phalerum. They were destroyed by the Spartans after the Athenian surrender in 403 B.C., and rebuilt during the beginning of the Corinthian War, which started in 395 B.C. The walls were ultimately destroyed by Sulla during his siege against Athens in 86 B.C.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/585128
37.9623675, 23.7026146
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Τμήμα του νοτιου σκέλους των μακρών τειχών επι των οδών Τέω και βρυουλων (550 BC - 30 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- μακρὰ τείχη (Makra Teiche: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - 330 BC)
- Makra Teiche located at Athenae (550 BC - 330 BC)
- Makra Teiche connection Peiraieus/Piraeus (550 BC - 330 BC)
- Makra Teiche connection Phaleron (550 BC - 330 BC)
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None
wall (of a city), city wall
- See Further:
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- BAtlas 59 B3
- Catling 1977 10
- Conwell 2008
- Judeich 1931 155-60
- Livius.org Athens, Long Walls
- New Pauly Fortifications I; Athens [1] II.7
- SEG 37-85
- SEG 58-101
- Scranton 1938
- Theocharaki 2011
- ToposText S Long Wall 1 (Athens) 40 Tauros - Μακρά Τείχη
- ToposText S Long Wall 2 (Athens) Tauros - Μακρά Τείχη
- Travlos 1988 288-91
- Wikipedia (English) Long Walls
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 59 B3
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Makra Teiche, Athens-Peiraieus railway
J.S. Traill, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Ryan Horne, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Makra Teiche: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/585128> [accessed: 20 January 2025]
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