Pleiades Change Log: 2011-06-01 - 2011-06-31

Africa (region)

The region of modern North Africa to which the Romans referred as "Africa", effectively the majority of same with the exception of Egypt, later truncated to correspond to the Roman province of the same name.
Creators: Mary E. Downs, Brian Z. Lund, R. Talbert, M. Joann McDaniel
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott

Africum Mare

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 1 D3/F3 Africum Mare
Creators: R. Talbert, Brian Z. Lund, Mary E. Downs, M. Joann McDaniel
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott

Gallicum Mare

The Gulf of Lion, or Sinus Gallicus.
Creators: S. Loseby
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker

Abydos/Ebot

Ancient Egyptian city and burial place of its first kings. Primary cult place of the god Osiris.
Creators: M. Drew Bear
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Adam Prins, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Herbert Verreth, R. Talbert, Mark Depauw
Modifications: baseline created; updated periods for ancient egypt, description, additional references (dbpedia, nyu excavations)
Actors: Tom Elliott

Africa (region)

The region of modern North Africa to which the Romans referred as "Africa", effectively the majority of same with the exception of Egypt, later truncated to correspond to the Roman province of the same name.
Creators: Mary E. Downs, Brian Z. Lund, R. Talbert, M. Joann McDaniel
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott
Modifications: add connection to the med; add primary reference and time period
Actors: Sean Gillies

Apollonopolis Magna

The city of Apollonopolis Magna was located on the west bank of the Niles, south of Thebes. As the seat of Horus, Greeks regarded it as a site connected with Apollo. It served as the capital of the second nome of Upper Egypt.
Creators: T. Wilfong, S.E. Sidebotham, J. Keenan
Contributors: Sean Gillies, Valeria Vitale, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Gabriel McKee, Jonathan Fu, R. Talbert, Nate Nagy, Gabriel Bodard
Modifications: baseline created; merged new/useful content from separate entry by way of consolidation.
Actors: Tom Elliott

Calavon (river)

Tributary of the Druentia river (modern Durance). Its ancient name is unknown.
Creators: Sean Gillies
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: add connection to the druentia river
Actors: Sean Gillies

Carthago

The ancient city of Carthage, located in modern Tunis (Tunisia).
Creators: R.B. Hitchner
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Jonathan Prag, R. Warner, R. Talbert
Modifications: add connection to gulf of tunis; add dbpedia reference
Actors: Sean Gillies

Diospolis Magna/Thebai

Diospolis Magna/Thebai was known in ancient Egypt as Waset, "City of the Sceptre". The site was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979.
Creators: T. Wilfong, S.E. Sidebotham, J. Keenan
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, H. Kopp, Herbert Verreth, B. Siewert-Mayer, Mark Depauw, R. Talbert, Adam Prins, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Roko Rumora, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
Modifications: add missing notes from ba
Actors: Sean Gillies

Druentia (river)

Called the Durance (French), a tributary of the Rhone.
Creators: S. Loseby
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: add dbpedia reference, reference to rhodanus; put "fl" back in the title
Actors: Sean Gillies

Internum Mare

The Mediterranean Sea or Mare Nostrum is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean that is surrounded almost completely by land.
Creators: R. Talbert, Brian Z. Lund, Mary E. Downs, M. Joann McDaniel
Contributors: Francis Deblauwe, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott
Modifications: add wikipedia, dbpedia links, open water type
Actors: Sean Gillies

Lattara

A walled port city inhabited by Gauls, Etruscans, and Massalian Greeks.
Creators: S. Loseby
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: add details, types, and key reference from cnrs web site; edited; initial revision
Actors: Sean Gillies

Ledus (river)

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 15 B2 Ledus fl.
Creators: S. Loseby
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: add connecting to the coastal lagoon
Actors: Sean Gillies

Medinet Habu

The New Kingdom mortuary temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu, on the West bank of the Nile near Luxor.
Creators: Nate Nagy
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott
Modifications: fixed dbpedia reference
Actors: Tom Elliott

Mendes

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 74 F3 Mendes
Creators: A. Bernand
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt
Modifications: baseline created; initial revision; updated names, dates, dbpedia ref.
Actors: Tom Elliott

Omboi

The Ptolemaic temple to Sobek and Horus the Elder at Kom Ombo.
Creators: T. Wilfong, S.E. Sidebotham, Nate Nagy, J. Keenan
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Adam Prins, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Herbert Verreth, Jonathan Fu, R. Talbert, Mark Depauw
Modifications: baseline created; initial revision; nate added dbpedia references, commentary on names, two additional latin names, greek for the existing name, better coordinates.
Actors: Nate Nagy, Tom Elliott

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: add connection to the cavalon river
Actors: Sean Gillies

Rhodanus (river)

The river now known as the Rhône is the second longest river in Gaul.
Creators: S. Loseby
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: add details, a dbpedia reference, and a connection; change connection from med to gallicum mare
Actors: Sean Gillies

Taurus/Volcarum Stagna

The coastal lagoons of Languedoc
Creators: S. Loseby
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: add types and description; connect to gulf of lion
Actors: Sean Gillies

Tentyra

The Ptolemaic temple to Hathor at Dendera.
Creators: T. Wilfong, S.E. Sidebotham, J. Keenan
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Adam Prins, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Herbert Verreth, R. Talbert, Nate Nagy, Mark Depauw
Modifications: baseline created; initial revision; nate added better coordinates, details and sources for names, pecs, etc.
Actors: Nate Nagy, Tom Elliott

Uticensis Sinus

The Gulf of Tunis
Creators: R.B. Hitchner
Contributors: R. Warner, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: mark as water and connect to africum mare
Actors: Sean Gillies