In ancient Greek architecture, an artificial harbor or inner basin within a fortified port city.
From Ancient Greek 'kothōn,' a word of uncertain origin possibly related to harbor infrastructure in Mediterranean city-states.
The Phoenicians and Greeks engineered nested harbors—the cothon as an inner refuge—showing how maritime empires invested in protected anchorages centuries before modern breakwaters.
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