KALLITHEA - 2006

Kallithea, Patriarchou Gregoriou E and Spetson Streets (OSK property). Maria Petritaki (ΚΣΤ’ ΕΠΚΑ) reports the discovery of a Hellenistic to Late Roman east-west road, 3.7-6.3m wide (figs. 1, 2), with a retaining wall on one side built of rubble, sherds and mortar (excavated for a length of 36.8m). A 35.3m-long stretch of Roman water channel (0.8-1m wide externally, built in opus caementicium and lined with hydraulic cement) was exposed 1.5m to the northeast of the wall and on the same orientation. The channel was built on top of a Hellenistic road and retaining wall. This area (outside the Long Walls) has produced evidence of roads dating back to the fifth century BC, and so this new road may be a continuation of this system.