The Agora

The Ancient Agora, or marketplace, is located to the northwest of the Acropolis and is bounded on the south by the hill of the Areopagus ("Hill of Ares" a.k.a. "Mar's Hill" in Roman times) and on the west by the hill of Colonus Agoraeus. It was the political and administrative centre of ancient Athens as well as the place where social, commercial and religious activities concentrated. The site was occupied without interruption in all periods of the city's history. It was used as a residential and burial area as early as the Late Neolithic period (3000 BC). Early in the 6th century BCE, in the time of Solon, the Agora became a public area. After a series of repairs and remodeling, it reached its final rectangular form in the 2nd century BCE. Extensive building activity occurred after the serious damage made by the Persians in 480-79 BC, by the Romans in 89 BC and by the Heruli in 267 CE. After the Slavic invasion in 580 CE, it was gradually abandoned.

Seen from above

This was the busiest place in the city where a lot of people traded some women were even allowed out to buy things but mainly slaves doing work for richer house holds but a mixture of people were there as well. It was nice to see a good mixture of people there.