Rhamnous

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Rhamnous was an ancient fortified coastal deme of Attica in Greece, known for its sanctuary of Nemesis and strategic position overlooking the Euboean Strait.

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Label Occurrences
Rhamnous canonical 7

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek deme ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
alsoVenerated Themis ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
dedicatedTo Nemesis ⓘ
elevation hill above the sea ⓘ
flourishedInCentury 4th century BCE ⓘ
5th century BCE ⓘ
flourishedInPeriod Classical period ⓘ
governedBy Athens ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalExcavationsBy Greek Archaeological Service ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalExcavationsSince 19th century ⓘ
hasFeature agora ⓘ
cemetery ⓘ
city walls ⓘ
coastal fortifications ⓘ
fortified acropolis ⓘ
harbor ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
two main gates ⓘ
hasMaterial local limestone ⓘ
marble (for temples and statues) ⓘ
hasNotableArtifact cult statue of Nemesis by Agorakritos (known from sources) ⓘ
hasSanctuary Sanctuary of Nemesis ⓘ
hasTemple Temple of Nemesis ⓘ
smaller archaic temple of Nemesis ⓘ
hasViewOf Euboea ⓘ
Petalioi Gulf ⓘ
inhabitedUntil late Roman period ⓘ
locatedIn Aegean region ⓘ
linked to: Aegean Sea region

Attica ⓘ
locatedNear Euboean Strait ⓘ
linked to: Euripus Strait

Marathon ⓘ
Oropos ⓘ
mentionedBy Pausanias ⓘ
Strabo ⓘ
Thucydides ⓘ
militaryFunction garrisoned fortress ⓘ
modernName Ramnous ⓘ
nearestModernSettlement Agia Marina (Marathon area) ⓘ
partOf Athenian polis ⓘ
tribe Aiantis ⓘ
politicalFunction deme assembly center ⓘ
regionType coastal ⓘ
religiousFunction regional cult center of Nemesis ⓘ
strategicRole controlled sea routes in the Euboean Strait ⓘ
protected northeastern coast of Attica ⓘ
served as frontier fortress toward Euboea and Boeotia ⓘ

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