Pleiades Change Log: 2010-07-01 - 2010-07-31

Aegaeum Mare

The Aegean Sea is the largest body of water between Greece and Asia Minor and an embayment of the Mediterranean Sea.
Creators: Classical Atlas Project Office, G. Reger
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker

Africa Proconsularis (Roman province)

The late Republican and early Roman imperial province, initially subdivided into two provinces known as "Africa vetus" and "Africa nova", but merged into one province ca. 35 B.C.
Creators: J.J. Wilkes, S.T. Parker, R.S. Bagnall, W.V. Harris, A.S. Esmonde-Cleary, C.M. Wells, J.F. Drinkwater, R.C. Knapp, S. Mitchell
Contributors: Sean Gillies, M. Joann McDaniel, Jeffrey Becker, Brian Turner, Tom Elliott, Brian Z. Lund, R. Talbert, Mary E. Downs

Ain el-Sabil

Roman/late antique settlement, with visible remains of streets and mud-brick structures, including a church, two pigeon towers, and possibly residential units. Largely unexcavated.
Creators: Nicola Aravecchia
Contributors: Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Tom Elliott

Deir Abu Matta

Late antique settlement, possibly monastic, with substantial remains of a church, mud-brick structures, and tombs.
Creators: Nicola Aravecchia
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Tom Elliott

Ain el-Gedida

Roman/late antique settlement, with substantial remains of an industrial area, a church complex, and a mud-brick temple reused as a ceramic workshop.
Creators: Nicola Aravecchia
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott
Modifications:
Actors: Nicola Aravecchia

Ain el-Sabil

Roman/late antique settlement, with visible remains of streets and mud-brick structures, including a church, two pigeon towers, and possibly residential units. Largely unexcavated.
Creators: Nicola Aravecchia
Contributors: Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Tom Elliott
Modifications:
Actors: Nicola Aravecchia, Tom Elliott

Deir Abu Matta

Late antique settlement, possibly monastic, with substantial remains of a church, mud-brick structures, and tombs.
Creators: Nicola Aravecchia
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Tom Elliott
Modifications: ; baseline created
Actors: Nicola Aravecchia, Tom Elliott

Kellis

Roman/late antique settlement, with substantial remains of public religious buildings, including a large temple, residential areas, tombs, and three churches.
Creators: G. Wagner
Contributors: R. Talbert, Adam Prins, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, Nicola Aravecchia, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Herbert Verreth, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Richard Talbert, Mark Depauw
Modifications: baseline created
Actors: Nicola Aravecchia

Pont Julien

A bridge that spans the river known as the Cavalon (French), once part of the Via Domitia
Creators: S. Loseby
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: improves coordinates and descriptions for this bridge
Actors: Tom Elliott

Strophades/Plotai (island group)

The modern Strophades/Strofades islands (Stamfani and Arpi): an Ionian island group mentioned in Vergil and other ancient sources.
Creators: Tom Elliott
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Brian Turner, Sean Gillies
Modifications: ; added plotai to title; added re plotai 463-467
Actors: Tom Elliott