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    The Themistoclean Wall (Greek: Θεμιστόκλειον τείχος), named after the Athenian statesman Themistocles, was built in Athens, Greece during the 5th century...
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    Athens' destruction by the Persians prompted the Greeks to build the Themistoclean Wall around the city in an effort to deter future invaders, and the event...
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    Pelasgic wall at the foot of the Acropolis the so-called "Archaic Wall", whose existence and course are debated by scholars the Themistoclean Wall, built...
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    Dipylon (category City walls of Athens)
    shortly after, but was not completed until the next century. The Themistoclean Wall was torn down after the Athenian defeat in the Peloponnesian War in...
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    Diateichisma (category City walls of Athens)
    the Macedonian guard of Demetrius Poliorcetes, using the junction of the wall with the Themistoclean Wall on two sides joined to a new wall with towers....
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    Kritios Boy The Rampin Rider Chariot and hoplites, built into the Themistoclean Wall Wikimedia Commons has media related to Perserschutt. Archaic Acropolis...
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    Melitides Gate of the Themistoclean Wall and ended at the western end of the summit where it joined the Diateichisma. The wall featured seven towers set...
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  • Attica, located in the city of Athens. It was located within the Themistoclean Wall, north of the Acropolis. In the past it was believed that this deme...
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    which includes an extensive area both within and outside the ancient city walls, on both sides of the Dipylon Gate and by the banks of the Eridanos River...
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    lived in an immigrant district of Athens, Cynosarges, outside the city walls. However, in an early example of his cunning, Themistocles persuaded "well-born"...
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