Hexamilion wall
Corinth Municipality, Greece
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The Hexamilion wall was a Byzantine defensive fortification stretching across the Isthmus of Corinth, blocking the sole land passage into the Peloponnese from mainland Greece. Constructed between AD 408 and 450 during the reign of Theodosius II, this massive barrier—whose name means "six-mile wall" in Greek—exemplified the military architecture of the later Byzantine Empire. Today it remains an important archaeological site in Corinth Municipality, Greece, bearing witness to the strategic importance of controlling access to the peninsula during the late Roman and early Byzantine periods.
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- Type
- defensive wall, archaeological site
- Place
- Corinth Municipality, Greece
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