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A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life

Note * — Chapter XIV · The Peiræus and the Shipping.

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Ancient harbors were much harder to defend than modern ones, because there was no long-range artillery to prevent an enemy from thrusting into an open haven among defenseless shipping.

[+] Zea had accommodation for 196 triremes, Munychia, 82, and the Cantharus, 94.

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