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Archaic Sphinx, Athenian Acropolis
Archaic period sphinx (6th century BCE), Acropolis Museum, Athens.

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Cimon
Cimon (c. 510 – 450 BCE) was an Athenian statesman and, as strategos, frequent commander of the Athenian fleet when the city was at the height of its power. He won military glory by defeating Spartan rival Pausanias and then the Persians...

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Agora and Acropolis of Corinth
The Agora, or Roman Forum, was the heart of the ancient city of Corinth. It is located south of the Temple of Apollo. In the background, the Acrocorinth, a monolithic rock overseeing the city (Greece).

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Agora Film Poster
A promotional poster for the 2009 film Agora about the life of Hypatia of Alexandria (c. 370-415 CE).

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Agora Gate, Ephesos
The Mazeus-Mithridates Gate, consisting of three arched entrances, led from the library of Celsus to the Roman Agora of Ephesos. It was built by and named after two emancipated slaves of emperor Augustus in 4 or 3 BCE, who dedicated the gate...

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Antoninus Pius, Agora, Athens
Bust of Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius from the Ancient Agora Museum in Athens, 138-161 CE.

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Nymphaeum in the Agora of Amathous, Cyprus
The nymphaeum and reservoir located to the north of the Agora of Amathous. It dates to the Hellenistic period but had major repairs done in 118 CE during the early reign of Hadrian.

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Agora of Amathous, Cyprus
View of the Agora and the lower city of Amathous (Cyprus) from the Acropolis.

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Mycenaean Agora at Hagia Triada, Crete
The Agora (marketplace) at the Minoan settlement of Hagia Triada (Crete) belonging to the Mycenaean era (1400-1100 BCE) with eight spacious rooms, probably shops, arranged behind a portico.

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Agora and Roman Forum, Butrint
The Agora of Butrint (Albania) with the Roman Forum and the Sanctuary of Asclepius in the background.