'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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