Beulé Gate

(Mid-3rd c. AD) The Beulé Gate is a fortified Roman gateway leading to the Propylaia of the Acropolis of Athens [1]. Built in the mid-3rd century AD, possibly after the Herulian invasion of 267 AD, it formed part of a program to protect the sacred precinct [2]. The gate was constructed almost entirely from repurposed materials (spolia) taken from the Choragic Monument of Nikias, a 4th-century BCE monument demolished between the 2nd-4th centuries CE [1]. The original dedicatory inscription from Nikias's monument remains visible in the entablature [1]. Today, visitors typically exit through this gate rather than enter.