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http://agathe.gr/guide/late_roman_fortification_wall.html Late Roman Fortification Wall East of the East Building and Mint we arrive once again at the Panathenaic Way, which in this area is lined along its eastern side by a massive wall built in the 3rd century ... Late Roman Fortification Wall East of the East Building and Mint we arrive once again at the Panathenaic Way, which in this area is lined along its eastern side by a massive wall built in the 3rd century A.D. (Fig. 42). The wall was constructed in the years following the sack of Athens by the Herulians in A.D. 267; it starts at the Acropolis with a new gate, runs north down the east side of the roadway, takes in the ruins of the Stoa of Attalos, and then turns eastward toward the Library of Hadrian. The old Agora, former center of town, is not even within the fortified limits of the Late Roman town, which lay to the east. The wall is made up almost entirely of reused architectural pieces taken from buildings and monuments destroyed by the Herulians: marble architrave blocks, Ionic and Doric columns, inscriptions, and statue bases were all used to make two solid faces, while the interior was filled with rubble. |
| Mended from seven fragments. Whole of base with most of lower wall and about one-third of upper wall. Full profile preserved. Glaze worn. Three non-joining rim fragments (b, c, d) and a wall fragment (e) ... 4th-5th c. A.D. |
| Cyclopean wall and Kimonean wall, with Parthenon in background ... east ... 1954 |
| South Strip: the Late Roman Fortification Wall in center ... AMS east ... March 1937 |
| General view of the South Strip. The Late Roman Fortification Wall in foreground ... AMS east ... March 1937 |
| Section of the Late Roman Fortification Wall in first cut south, extension. Cf. nb. p. 66 ... AMS east ... February 1937 |
| Wall W, Wall X, Wall 2, and Wall 12 in Room 5/6 before removal ... Brian Martens ... East Rotate 90 CW ... 22 Jul 2016 |
| Wall W, Wall X, Wall 2, and Wall 12 in Room 5/6 before removal ... Brian Martens ... East Rotate 90 CW ... 22 Jul 2016 |
| Spur wall in Wall F. [During basket 14] ... Mike Laughy ... east Horizontal (normal) ... 26 Jun 2003 |
| North Trench: Late Roman Fortification Wall ... east Horizontal (normal) ... 6 Jul 1937 |
| South Strip: the Late Roman Fortification Wall in center ... east Horizontal (normal) ... March 1937 |
| General view of the South Strip. The Late Roman Fortification Wall in foreground ... east Horizontal (normal) ... March 1937 |
| North Trench, general view showing in the center the Late Roman Fortification Wall ... east Horizontal (normal) ... June 1937 |
| Original filling of the Late Roman Fortification Wall as preserved in the first cut south ... AMS east 186 ... 17 Feb 1937 |
| Section of the Late Roman Fortification Wall in first cut south, extension. Cf. nb. p. 66 ... east Horizontal (normal) ... February 1937 |
| Inscribed stele in situ in the Late Roman Fortification Wall ... east Horizontal (normal) ... 1938 |
| The Hypapanti Gate in the Late Roman Fortification Wall ... east Horizontal (normal) ... June 1938 |
| Late Roman Fortification Wall with gateway, overlaid by Byzantine street and gate. Compare with 1997.15.0355, for a view after the removal of the road gravel ... AMS east 1372 ... 6 Apr 1938 |
| The Gate after the removal of the Byzantine road gravel. Compare with 1997.16.0432, for a view before removal ... AMS east 1568 ... 8 May 1938 |
| Area between Wall 22 and Wall 24 before excavation ... Marcie Handler ... east Horizontal (normal) ... 7 Jul 2015 |
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