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Paperback The Piraeus: From the Fifth to the First Century BC Book

ISBN: 185399622X

ISBN13: 9781853996221

The Piraeus: From the Fifth to the First Century BC

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The Piraeus was one of the largest and most impressive ancient ports in the Mediterranean. During the fifth century BC it was laid out on a grid pattern by the urban planner Hippodamos and linked by the Long Walls with the city of Athens, some 8km away. It served as headquarters for the Athenian navy during the time of Athens' Aegean empire. Its emporion or commercial sector handled the bulk of Athenian imports, especially the grain on which the...

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