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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 |
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