When you're building city walls in a pre artillery culture and don't have to worry about cannon fire from heights having mountains and hills around your city can be useful .
Athens had the advantage of a range of hills to the west that could be used as wall foundations, the Pynx, the Museion, the Areopagus, Kolonos, with the Acroplis rising in the midst of the city and the low rise of Ardettos which may have had a spring of water.
Lycabettos was outsid eof the city walls in ancient times.
Further to the south west Piraeus once a island was built around two hills then linked to the city by the Long Walls.
If you read the previous post you know Attica as a whole was protected by mountains.
Once again think about how geography and history are linked.
Think about environment as well as artifacts.
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