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Athens is one of the oldest named cities in the world, having been continuously inhabited for perhaps 5,000 years. Situated in southern Europe, Athens became the leading city of ancient Greece in the first millennium BC, and its cultural achievements during the 5th century BC laid the foundations of Western civilization.
Athens in 1920. 1904 Athens Metro in operation. [citation needed] Athens Railway Station opens. 1905 – Athens News Agency established. 1907 – Population: 167,479. [12] 1908 – Panathinaikos A.O. football club formed. 1909 – Goudi coup. [5] 1916 – 1 December: "Allied and Greek forces clash." [13] 1919 – Athens Chamber of Commerce and ...
The city of Athens (Ancient Greek: Ἀθῆναι, Athênai [a.tʰɛ̂ː.nai̯]; Modern Greek: Αθήναι, Athine [a.ˈθi.ne̞] or, more commonly and in singular, Αθήνα, Athina [a.'θi.na]) during the classical period of ancient Greece (480–323 BC) [1] was the major urban centre of the notable polis of the same name, located in Attica ...
Athens is served by the Athens International Airport (ATH), located near the town of Spata, in the eastern Messoghia plain, some 35 km (22 mi) east of center of Athens. [112] The airport, awarded the "European Airport of the Year 2004" Award, [ 113 ] is intended as an expandable hub for air travel in southeastern Europe and was constructed in ...
The urban population tripled from 8% in 1853 to 24% in 1907. Athens grew from a village of 6000 people in 1834, when it became the capital, to 63,000 in 1879, 111,000 in 1896, and 167,000 in 1907. [35] In Athens and other cities, men arriving from rural areas set up workshops and stores, creating a middle class.
The peace did not last, however. In 418 BC allied forces of Athens and Argos were defeated by Sparta at Mantinea. [45] In 415 Athens launched an ambitious naval expedition to dominate Sicily; [46] the expedition ended in disaster at the harbor of Syracuse, with almost the entire army killed, and the ships destroyed. [47]
405 Klazomenai and Ephesus betray Athens and join the Peloponnesian League. All Carthaginian subjects (Except Ziz, their islands, Motya, Solus, Elymi, Segesta, and Entella) gain independence; 404 Athens capitulates April 25. Theramenes secures terms, prevents total destruction of Athens, Theramenes and Alcibiades are killed. 404 Delian League ...
In the early 450s BC, fighting began between Athens and various Peloponnesian allies of Sparta, particularly Corinth and Aegina.In the midst of this fighting between 462 BC and 458 BC, Athens had begun construction of two more walls, the Long Walls, one running from the city to the old port at Phalerum, the other to the newer port at Piraeus.