- Lavreotiki
Infobox Greek Dimos
name = Lavreotiki
name_local = Λαυρεωτική
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periph =Attica
prefec =East Attica
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population = 10612
population_as_of = 2001
population_ref = [http://www.statistics.gr/gr_tables/S1101_SAP_1_TB_DC_01_03_Y.pdf source]
pop_dens = 299.1
area = 35.484
elevation = 1
lat_deg = 37
lat_min = 43
lat_hem = N
lon_deg = 24
lon_min = 4
lon_hem = E
postal_code = 195 xx
area_code = 22920
licence =
mayor = Dimítris Loúkas
website = [http://www.mylavrio.gr/ www.mylavrio.gr]
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elevation_max =Lavreotiki or Lavriotiki is a municipality at the southeasternnmost tip of the
Attica peninsula in the Greek prefecture ofEast Attica . It has a land area of 35.484 km² and a 2001 census population of 10,612 inhabitants. Its municipal seat is the town ofLaurium (Greek name "Lávrio", pop. 8,558). Its other villages are Káto Poseidonía (pop. 794), Legrená (453), Káto Soúnio (290), Thorikó (265), and Áno Thorikó (252).It is historically important as a significant ancient
mining district, most notably in the villages of Laurium andThorikos on the southeastern seaboard during the 6th, 5th, and 4th centuries BCE. As such it financed the wealth ofAthens and the emergence of theAthenian Empire through the slave-powered mining efforts forsilver andlead , beginning with the discovery of 2 deep-vein mining efforts during the 480's. Prior to that development, which atThemistocles urging in483 BC led to the expansion of the Athenian fleet to 200 ships, only surface-mining was deployed as a technique for harvesting silver. More than 250 ore washeries have been identified byarchaeologist s andgeologist s in the district.External links
* [http://www.mylavrio.gr/ Official website] el icon
* [http://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/profiles/rehren/Metalla%209,%20Laurion.pdf/ Ores from the ore washeries in the Lavriotiki]References
* Austin, M M., and P Vidal-Naquet. Economic and Social History of Ancient Greece: an Introduction. 1st English ed. Berkeley: University of California P, 1977. 1-397.
* Fine, John V. A. The Ancient Greeks: A Critical History. Harvard University Press, 1983
* Finley, M.I., The Ancient Economy. 2nd Ed. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1985, c1973
* Healy, John F. Mining and Metallurgy in the Greek and Roman World. London: Thames and Hudson, 1978.
* Hopper, R J. Trade and Industry in Classical Greece. London: Thames and Hudson, 1979. 6-240.
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