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'The Piraeus with the Long Walls, Restored', 1890. Creator: Unknown.

'The Piraeus with the Long Walls, Restored', 1890. The Long Walls connected Athens to the ports of Piraeus and Phalerum. Initially constructed in mid 5th century BC, destroyed by Spartans in 403 BC and rebuilt with Persian support during the Corinthian War in 395-391 BC. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. I - Early and Greek History", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890].

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'The Piraeus with the Long Walls, Restored', 1890. Creator: Unknown.

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'The Piraeus with the Long Walls, Restored', 1890. The Long Walls connected Athens to the ports of Piraeus and Phalerum. Initially constructed in mid 5th century BC, destroyed by Spartans in 403 BC and rebuilt with Persian support during the Corinthian War in 395-391 BC. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. I - Early and Greek History", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890]

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engraving

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5664 x 3779 px | 61.2 MB

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48.0 x 32.0 cm | 18.9 x 12.6 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

19TH CENTURY • 4TH BCE • 4TH CENTURY B. C. • 4TH CENTURY BC • AEGEAN SEA • ANCIENT GREECE • ANCIENT GREEK • ANCIENT • ARCHITECTURAL • ARCHITECTURE • ARTS • ATHENIAN • ATHENS • ATTICA • B & W • B / W • B&W • BLACK & WHITE • BLACK AND WHITE • BOOK • BUSY • CASSELL & CO • CASSELL & COMPANY • CASSELL & • CASSELL AND COMPANY LTD • CASSELL'S ILLUSTRATED UNIVERSAL HISTORY • CASSELLS • CENTURY • CO • COAST • COASTAL • CONCEPT • CONNECTION • COUNTRY • DAY • DESIGN • DISTANT • EARLY AND GREEK HISTORY • EDMUND OLLIER • EDMUND • ENGINEERING • ENGRAVING • ESCAPE • EXTERIOR • FLEET • FOURTH CENTURY B. C • FOURTH CENTURY B. C. • FOURTH CENTURY BC • GALLEY SHIP • GALLEY • GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURE • GEOGRAPHY • GREECE • GREEK • GULF • HISTORIC • HISTORY • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • LANDSCAPE • LANDSCAPES • LITERATURE • LOCATION • LONG WALLS • MILITARY • MONOCHROMATIC • MONOCHROME • NINETEENTH CENTURY • OLLIER • OUTDOOR • OUTDOORS • OUTSIDE • PIRAEUS • PORT • PRECAUTION • REJECTING • REJECTION • RESTORATION • RESTORED • ROUTE • SARONIC GULF • SEA • SHIP • SHIPS • STRATEGIC • STRATEGY • TRADE • TRANSPORT • TRANSPORTATION • TRIREME • WALL • WALLS • WATER TRANSPORT