Greek Agora

The Agora was the heart of ancient Athens, the focus of political, commercial, administrative and social activity, the religious and cultural center, and the Seat of justice. It was used as a residential and burial Area as early as the Late Neolithic period (3000 BC). Early in the 6th Century, the Agora became a public Area. It was finally form in the 2nd Century BC. However, it changed after a series of damages made by the Persians in 480-79 BC, by the Romans in 89 B.C. and by the Herulae in 267 AD. Later on, after the Slavic invasion in 580, it was gradually abandoned. From the Byzantine period until after 1834, the Agora developed again as a residential Area.