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Modern Description: Roman fortification wall of Athens, constructed 276-282 AD using blocks from buildings destroyed by the Herulians in 267.
[Judith Binder: Post-Herulian Wall: formerly called the Valerian Wall or the Late Roman Fortification Wall, constructed all the way around the Akropolis slopes, completed during or after the reign of Maximianus (286-305 A.D.): Agora_XXIV, 5-11 (see esp. note 40 for the coin of Maximianus), 125-141, pls. 3-15; the general assumption that the wall enclosed and protected only the Akropolis North Slope was shown to be mistaken in the 1990s, Tanoulas, T. 1997, Vol. I, 265, 267; [since in A.D. 267 the Athenians had no way of knowing when or if the Herulians would return, next week, next month, or next year, it is well-nigh incredible that they would put off strengthening their defences for some twenty or more years. The Athenians would have repaired the old Themistoklean circuit before constructing an inner line of defence, the Post-Herulian Wall; see Themistoklean City Wall Wal34]]
Wikidata ID: Q110834205
Trismegistos Geo: 364

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