Sparta had no walls, relying on it's warriors as its walls.
Athens was protected from attack by its long walls linking city and port. It could therefore resupply itself under seige, and send out amphibious expeditions against its attackers' home cities.
Its Peloponnesian League opponents were superior on land. Athens' strategy was to defend the city walls and attack the opposition cities with its superior navy. This worked until persia financed a comparable navy for the Peloponnesian League.
It was walled, and three 'long walls' were also built connecting it to Athens, so a garrison could move between the two, depending on where the threat eventuated. The port had a sea barrier to protect it. This security enabled Athens to resupply itself from abroad when besieged, and also to send out amphibious forces to attack the home cities of besiegers as a counter.
Pericles had guided Athens into a war with the Peloponnesian League which was led by Sparta. He was confident that the walls of Athens and its superior navy, financed by the empire which Athens had created, would prevail. Two years later Pericles died of a plague which engulfed the Athenians penned up in an unhealthy environment within the city walls. Subsequent populist leaders led the people into risky deviations from his plan, and after another disastrous 25 years of war, Athens surrendered and was stripped of its empire, becoming a second class power.
The long walls of Athens protected Athens and its physical harbour of Piraeus. The distance was 24 kms. Remnants of the wall may be noticed in specific areas even today.
The acropolis is the walls of Athens. To answer your question, it is surrounds Athens.
The human-made system of defense, defense walls, also known as long walls, connected the city of Athens to port of Piraeus. Salvatore Salsa
The building of the long walls linking Athens with its port of Piraeus
To secure Athens from Piraeus
The two great ramparts that protected the roadway from Athens to the sea were known as the Long Walls. They were fortifications that protected the city from invaders.
During siege, they enabled Athens to access its fleet to send it out to harass the home cities of its attackers. It also provided a means of bringing in food supplies.
In 490 BCE in the Plain of Marathon and the same day before the walls of Athens.
The cheapest to listen through walls is a long glass cup with a narrow bottom and wide top.
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Yes, the Celts were known for living in roundhouses with conical thatched roofs rather than long wide houses. These structures were made from natural materials like timber frames and wattle-and-daub walls.
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