The walls which the Athenians built, B. C. 457, one, four
miles long, to the harbor of Phalerum, and others, four and
one half miles long, to the Piræus, to protect the
communication of their city with its port, were called the
Long Walls. The same name had been previously given to the
walls built by the Athenians to protect the communication of
Megara, then their ally, with its port of Nisæa; and Corinth
had, also, its Long Walls, uniting it with the port Lechæum.
The Long Walls of Athens were destroyed on the surrender of
the city, at the termination of the Peloponnesian War, B. C.
404, and rebuilt, B. C. 393, by Conon, with Persian help.
See ATHENS: B. C. 466-454.
LONGJUMEAU, Peace of (1568).
See FRANCE: A. D. 1563-1570.
LONGSTREET, General James.
Siege of Knoxville.
See UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
A. D. 1863 (OCTOBER-DECEMBER: TENNESSEE).
LONGUEVILLE,
The Duchess de, and the Fronde.
See FRANCE: A. D. 1649, to 1651-1653.
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, its position, and the battle on it.
See UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
A. D. 1863 (AUGUST-SEPTEMBER: TENNESSEE);
and (OCTOBER-NOVEMBER: TENNESSEE).
LOOM, Cartwright's invention of the power.
See COTTON MANUFACTURE.
LOPEZ, The Tyranny of.
See PARAGUAY: A. D. 1608-1873.