Pleiades Change Log: 2015-08-01 - 2015-08-31

Aquas volaternas

A place named on the Peutinger map, possibly to be associated with modern Monte Cerboli, Italy.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Tom Elliott

Beitin

A settlement which originally dates to the Chalcolithic period.
Creators: Ryan M. Horne
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker

Ciota Ciara

A cave in Northern Italy, inhabited in the Late Roman and Early Medieval period.
Creators: Stefano Costa
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker

Coue d'Auzenat

A Gallo-Roman villa.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:

Dothan

An ancient site, connected with the biblical figures Joseph and Jacob.
Creators: Ryan M. Horne
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott

Moab

A mountainous strip of land in Jordan that was also the location of the kingdom of Moab, with its capital at Dibon.
Creators: Ryan M. Horne
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Jamie Novotny

Myrtonion

A fortress in Thrace, whose precise location is now unknown.
Creators: Ryan M. Horne
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker

Nuraghe Coa de Serra

A nuragic complex near Baunei, Sardinia.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:

Phalarium

A fortress named after Phalaris, a tyrant of Acragas and located near the Himera River.
Creators: Ryan M. Horne
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker

"Ponte Sanguinario" at Spoletium

The "Ponte Sanguinario" at Spoleto is a late republican to early imperial Roman bridge. The remains of the bridge are now below street level in the Piazza della Vittoria, not far from the Porta San Gregorio.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:

Roman amphitheater at Volaterrae

The ruins of a sizable Roman amphitheater at Volaterrae came to light in 2016.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:

Roman arch at Spoletium

The so-called "Arch of Drusus and Germanicus" at Spoleto.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:

Temple of Athena Skiras at Phaleron

This sanctuary, reported in Phaleron by Pausanias, is thought to have been located near the modern "old town" of Phaleron in Attica. It is not to be confused with the Temple of Athena Skiras on the island of Salamis, reported by Herodotus.
Creators: Tom Elliott
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Ryan M. Horne

Temple of Nabu at Palmyra

A temple dedicated to the Babylonian god of wisdom.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Contributors:

Villa del Río Roman bridge

A Roman bridge along the Via Augusta.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:

Villamargo

A Roman villa.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:

Abai

Abai was an ancient town in Phocis, said to have been founded by the Argive Abas.
Creators: J. Fossey, J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, G. Reger, R. Talbert
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Abonouteichos/Ionopolis

A coastal town of Paphlagonia.
Creators: C. Foss
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Acelum

Acelum (modern Asolo) was an ancient settlement of the Veneti.
Creators: M. Pearce, R. Peretto, P. Tozzi
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Acharnai (N)

Acharnai (N) was the largest deme of ancient Attika.
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Acherusia Palus

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 44 F4 Acherusia Palus
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Acquarossa

Acquarossa was an Etruscan settlement that was abandoned in the sixth century BC. The settlement occupied a steep-sided plateau and had an area of approximately 32 ha. Its ancient name is unknown.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Ad Fonteclos

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 39 F4 Ad Fonteclos
Creators: M. Pearce, P. Tozzi
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Adoreus (mountain)

A mountain, possibly the source of Sangarius fl.
Creators: T. Drew Bear
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Adulas M.

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 19 unlocated Adulas M.
Creators: H. Bender
Contributors: G. Moosbauer, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, M. Puhane, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Aeclanum

An ancient settlement in Samnium that came to be associated with the Hirpini.
Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added cnxn
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Aequi

The Aequi were an ancient Italic tribe of northeast Latium in the first millennium BC.
Creators: L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli
Contributors: R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added name; added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Aesis

An Umbrian town that became a colonia civium Romanorum under the name of Aesis in 247 B.C.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Aesis (river)

Aesis fl. (modern Esino river) is a river of the Marche region of Italy and flows into the Adriatic Sea.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Ahmadiya

Remains of an ancient village in the Golan that produced Greek and Hebrew Inscriptions probably associated with a synagogue. The site is described by Urman et al. as occupying "two low hills near a group of springs about two kilometers northeast of Qaṣrin."
Creators: E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Ryan M. Horne, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Sarah Bond, Tom Elliott
Modifications: initial revision
Actors: Sarah Bond

Aigialos

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 86 C2 Aigialos
Creators: C. Foss
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Aigiplanktos/Geran(e)ia M.

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 58 D1 Aigiplanktos/Geran(e)ia M.
Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Alabanda/Antiocheia Chrysaoron

Alabanda/Antiocheia Chrysaoron was an ancient city of Caria.
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Adam Prins, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Herbert Verreth, R. Talbert, Mark Depauw, Phoebe Acheson
Modifications:
Actors:

Albanus M.

The second highest summit of the Alban Hills, Mons Albanus is an extinct volcano with an elevation of 950 m (3,117 ft). In the middle of the first millennium B.C. there may have been volcanic activity as noted by the historian Livy. The mountain was sacred for Latin peoples who held important festivals there and a major shrine to Iuppiter Latiaris stands on the mountain top.
Creators: L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli
Contributors: R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, John Muccigrosso, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added name; added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Al(l)ifae

An ancient town of either Oscan or Samnite origin situated in the Volturno river valley.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Alviano Scalo

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 42 C3 Alviano Scalo
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Amaseia

Amaseia (modern Amasya) was a naturally fortified settlement in the Pontic mountains near the Black Sea. It served as the capital of the kingdom of Pontus from ca. 300 BC to 183 BC.
Creators: T. Sinclair, David Braund
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, R. Talbert, B. Siewert-Mayer, Diane Braund, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Amastris/Sesamos

An ancient settlement on the Black Sea coast in Asia Minor, modern Amasra in Turkey.
Creators: C. Foss
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert
Modifications: added name; added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Amenanus (river)

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 47 G3 Amenanus fl.
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Ameria

Ameria, claimed by Cato the Elder as the oldest town in Umbria, was an important center that may have gained Roman municipal status as early as 338 B.C., following the Latin War.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added references; edited
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Ametinum

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 42 unlocated Ametinum
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Amnias (river)

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 86 D2 Amnias fl.
Creators: C. Foss
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Amphitheatrum Castrense

The Amphitheatrum Castrense is a Roman amphitheater built in the third century AD. Its structure was later incorporated into the Aurelianic Walls. Adjacent to the amphitheater is the Christian church of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Amphitrope?

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 D4 Amphitrope?
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Amyclanus Sinus

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 44 E3 Amyclanus Sinus
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: Sean Gillies, Perry Scalfano, R. Talbert, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Amyzon/*Mydon

An ancient settlement in Caria and one of the cities in the Chrysaorian League of Carian cities. By Strabo's time it was deemed a suburb of Alabanda.
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Anadynata

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 86 D3 Anadynata
Creators: C. Foss
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Anagnia

Anagnia was a Hernican town that sided with Rome against the Volscians and later became civitas sine suffragio.
Creators: L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli
Contributors: DARMC, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Anaphlystos

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 C4 Anaphlystos
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Ancon(a)

A port city founded by colonists from Syracuse in 387 BC.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added name; added reference; added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Andros (island)

The northernmost island of the Cyclades.
Creators: J. Bennet, G. Reger
Contributors: R. Talbert, Stuart Dunn, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Angele

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 C3 Angele
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Anneianum

Anneianum was located in the Etruscan Apennines, along the road from Faventia to Florentia.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Anniana/Myrtus

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 47 unlocated Anniana/Myrtus
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added cnxn
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Antium

Antium ranked as one of the most important and most powerful centers of Latium and was captured by Rome at the close of the Latin War in the fourth century B.C. Imperial Antium was well known for a number of coastal villas.
Creators: L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added name
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Antoniopolis

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 86 C3 Antoniopolis
Creators: C. Foss
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Aphrodite sanctuary at Dafni

An ancient sanctuary of the goddess Aphrodite, described by Pausanias and located at modern Dafni (Daphne) along the ancient sacred way from Athens to Eleusis.
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Stefano Costa, Tom Elliott
Modifications: baseline created
Actors: Stefano Costa

Aquae Albulae

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 43 C2 Aquae Albulae
Creators: L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added name
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Aquae Voconiae

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 25 H4 Aquae Voconiae
Creators: H.S. Sivan, S.J. Keay, R.W. Mathisen
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added cnxn
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Araphen

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 D2 Araphen
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: DARMC, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Aratikos

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 25 D4 Aratikos
Creators: H.S. Sivan, S.J. Keay, R.W. Mathisen
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Aricia

Aricia is an ancient Latin settlement and a member of the Latin League.
Creators: L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli
Contributors: DARMC, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, John Muccigrosso, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, J. Muccigrosso, Sean Gillies
Modifications: added name; added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Arsham

An ancient fortress located somewhere between Mosul and modern Zakho; its precise location is unknown today.
Creators: Ryan M. Horne
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: edited
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Artemis Brauronia

A sacred site in Attica dedicated to Artemis Brauronia. The sanctuary is active from the Middle Bronze Age period, although a gap in activity stretches from the Final Bronze Age to the eighth century B.C.
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added name; added references; location from osm created by products.pleiadesentity.browser.osm.osmlocationfactory
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Artemis Elaphebolia, T.

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 55 D3 Artemis Elaphebolia, T.
Creators: J. Fossey, J. Morin
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, G. Reger, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Artemision

A famous temple of Artemis Phakelitis at Mylae, now unlocated.
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added cnxn
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Astaboras (river)

Astaboras fl. (Atbarah River) flows over 800 km from near Lake Tana to the Nile in northern Sudan. The Tekezé river is a tributary of the Atbarah.
Creators: N.B. Millet
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Atene

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 C4 Atene
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Aternum

Aternum (modern Pescara) was a settlement at the mouth of the Aternus river.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Athenae

A major Greek city-state and the principal city of Attika. Modern Athens in Greece.
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Chelsea Lee, Jeffrey Becker, Rachaelle L Browning, DARMC, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Alec Mitchell, Adam Rabinowitz, Tom Elliott, Pierre Motylewicz, April Kissinger, Eric Shea, Ryan M. Horne, Sterling Wright
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Athena, T.

The Temple of Athena at Sounion is an Ionic temple of the fifth century B.C. built atop the foundations of an earlier temple.
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Athmonon

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 C2 Athmonon
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

*Aurinia/Saturnia

An Etruscan town that Dionysius of Halicarnassus claimed had been founded by the Pelasgians, Saturnia received a Roman colony in 183 BC.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Auximum

Auximum (modern Osimo) is an ancient settlement of Picenum. The original foundation was likely carried out by Greeks from Ancona. The Romans made it a base for military operations from 174 B.C.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Avernus L.

A volcanic crater lake located in the Phlegraean Fields, Lake Avernus served a major ritual role for ancient Romans and Greeks as they viewed it as an entrance to Hades.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Baetulo

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 25 H4 Baetulo
Creators: H.S. Sivan, S.J. Keay, R.W. Mathisen
Contributors: DARMC, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: initial revision
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

(B)Aletium

(B)Aletium (Alezio) was a Messapic center that had ties to the Iapyges, according to Pliny. Saracens destroyed the site ca. A.D. 1000.
Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Beitin

A settlement which originally dates to the Chalcolithic period.
Creators: Ryan M. Horne
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: edited; initial revision
Actors: Jeffrey Becker, Ryan M. Horne

Beneventum/Maleventum

Beneventum/Maleventum (modern Benevento) was an ancient city of Campania of Samnite origin.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Gethin Rees, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added name; added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Bergomum

Originally a center of the archaic Golasecca culture, Bergomum became a municipium of the tribus Voturia. In 452 Attila captured and razed the city.
Creators: M. Pearce, P. Tozzi
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Besa

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 D4 Besa
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Birakellon

An ancient settlement, attested by literary or documentary sources, whose precise location cannot be determined today
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Bithynion/Claudiopolis/Hadriana

An ancient settlement in Bithynia, modern Bolu in Turkey.
Creators: C. Foss
Contributors: R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Blanda(e)

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 25 H4 Blanda(e)
Creators: H.S. Sivan, S.J. Keay, R.W. Mathisen
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert
Modifications: added cnxn
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Blauto/Blavia

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 14 E3 Blauto/Blavia
Creators: H.S. Sivan, R.W. Mathisen
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Bobium

A small city of northern Italy with Roman origins.
Creators: M. Pearce, P. Tozzi
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: baseline created; location from osm created by products.pleiadesentity.browser.osm.osmlocationfactory
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Bondelia

An ancient settlement, attested by literary or documentary sources, whose precise location cannot be determined today
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Boscoreale

A settled area of Campania that is especially well known for the Roman country villas of the first century BC that were destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in A.D. 79.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Boudoron

A settlement on the island of Salamis that was sieged by Cnemus in 429 BC.
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Bruttii

An ancient Italic people of extreme southern Italy, the Bruttii inhabited an area that roughly corresponds to the modern Calabria.
Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small
Contributors: R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Caiatia

A Samnite town that eventually became a Roman municipium of the tribus Falerna ca. 89 B.C.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added references; edited
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Calatia

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 44 F3 Calatia
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: DARMC, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added cnxn; added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Caldaccoli aqueduct

A first century A.D. Roman aqueduct that carried water from the locality known as "Caldaccoli" to baths in Pisa.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Ryan M. Horne, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added cnxn
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Camerinum

Camerinum was a town in Umbria on the frontiers of Picenum that was allied to Rome from 309 B.C.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Campania

Campania was a region of southern Italy.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added name; added references; edited
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Capua

An important ancient city of Campania with Villanovan and Etruscan origins.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Wade Tuttle, R. Talbert, Jonathan Fu
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Carystum

An oppidum of the Statielli/Statellati, where the Romans defeated Ligurian tribes in 173 BC.
Creators: M. Pearce, P. Tozzi
Contributors: R. Talbert, Stefano Costa, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: baseline created
Actors: Stefano Costa

Casalbore

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 45 B2 Casalbore
Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Casilinum

A settlement located in the border region between the ager Falernus and the ager Campanus, north of Capua.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Castro

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 42 B3 Castro
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Ryan M. Horne, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
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Cereatae Marianae

Cereatae Marianae, purported to have been the birthplace of Gaius Marius, is thought to have been located where the 13th century abbey church of Casamari now stands (in the modern province of Frosinone, Lazio, Italy).
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added name; added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Ceres et Faustina, T.

The Roman temple dedicated to Ceres and Faustina received patronage from Herodes Atticus. Its remains were eventually repurposed in the construction of the church of Sant'Urbano.
Creators: L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added cnxn
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Chalketor

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 61 F3 Chalketor
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Chalkitis/Demonnesos (island)

Chalkitis/Demonnesos Ins. (Heybeliada)
Creators: C. Foss
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Champniers

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 14 F3 no. 66 (Champniers)
Creators: H.S. Sivan, R.W. Mathisen
Contributors: Sean Gillies, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Ciminius (lake)

A caldera lake of northern Latium.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference; added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Ciminius (mountain)

A volcanic massif rising 1053 meters above sea level; the modern Monte Cimino.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Clanis (river)

Clanis fl. (Chiana river) is a river of central Italy that flows into the Tiber river.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
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Cnidus

An ancient settlement located at Tekir on the western tip of the modern Datça peninsula in Turkey (ancient Knidia), which extends from the southwest corner of Asia Minor. In the later fourth century BCE, it grew markedly, succeeding the site at Burgaz as the political center of the peninsula.
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Noah Kaye, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Collatia

Collatia was an ancient city of Latium located between Gabii and the Anio fl. A colony of Alba Longa, Collatia was one of the most ancient cities of Latium. Subjugated by Rome under the Tarquins, Collatia would decline during the Republican period and numbers among the lost Latin cities by the accounting of Pliny the Elder.
Creators: L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Col. Narbo Martius

Col. Narbo Martius (modern Narbonne) was established in Gaul in 118 B.C. as a Roman colony.
Creators: H.S. Sivan, S.J. Keay, R.W. Mathisen
Contributors: DARMC, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added cnxn
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Col. Ruscino

Col. Ruscino was an Iberian oppidum and town of Narbonese Gaul.
Creators: H.S. Sivan, S.J. Keay, R.W. Mathisen
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added cnxn
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Contenebra

An Etruscan settlement, now unlocated, in the territory of Tarquinii that the Romans razed in 388 B.C.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Cordylusa (island)

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 61 D4 Cordylusa Ins.
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Ryan M. Horne, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Cortuosa

An Etruscan settlement, whose precise location cannot be determined today. Cortuosa was razed by the Romans in 388 B.C. It was likely located in the territory of Tarquinii.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference; added references; edited
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Cromen

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 87 A4 Cromen
Creators: T. Sinclair, David Braund
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Diane Braund, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Daidalidai

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 B3 Daidalidai
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Daphnous

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 55 D3 Daphnous
Creators: J. Fossey, J. Morin
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, G. Reger, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added name; added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Daunii

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 45 B2 Daunii
Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small
Contributors: R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Deciana

Deciana is an important pass through the Pyrenees. The ancient Roman Via Augusta passes through Deciana.
Creators: H.S. Sivan, S.J. Keay, R.W. Mathisen
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added cnxn
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Deiradiotai?

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 D3 Deiradiotai?
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Dianium/Hemeroskopeion

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 27 F3 Dianium/Hemeroskopeion
Creators: P.O. Spann
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, R. Warner
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Dibon

Dibon was the capital of the ancient Moabite kingdom.
Creators: S.T. Parker
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Ryan M. Horne, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: baseline created
Actors: Ryan M. Horne

Dimastos M.

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 61 unlocated Dimastos M.
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added cnxn
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Diomeia

Diomeia was a deme of Attica and it was located both within and outside the walls of Themistocles at Athens. The deme was named after the hero Diomos, a son of Kollytos.
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Doganella

Doganella was an important Etruscan settlement of the Albegna valley, occupied between ca. 600 and 400 B.C. The city may have comprised as many as 240 ha.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
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Dothan

An ancient site, connected with the biblical figures Joseph and Jacob.
Creators: Ryan M. Horne
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: edited; initial revision
Actors: Jeffrey Becker, Ryan M. Horne

Drymaia

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 55 D3 Drymaia
Creators: J. Fossey, J. Morin
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, G. Reger, Tom Elliott
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Ebutiana

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 44 unlocated Ebutiana
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Edeta/Leiria

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 27 E2 Edeta/Leiria
Creators: P.O. Spann
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, R. Warner
Modifications: added cnxn; added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Edetania (region)

Edetania was a region located between the rivers Iberus (Ebro) and Sucro (Iucar). To the west, it was bounded by the mountains of Celtiberia.
Creators: P.O. Spann
Contributors: R. Warner, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Egara

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 25 H4 Egara
Creators: H.S. Sivan, S.J. Keay, R.W. Mathisen
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Elaious?

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 B2 Elaious?
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Elateia

Elateia was an ancient Greek city of Phocis, and numbered as the most important place in that region after Delphi.
Creators: J. Fossey, J. Morin
Contributors: Constantina Argyrakou, Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, G. Reger, R. Talbert
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Eleusis

Eleusis, located some 22 km west of Athens, was the site of the cult of Demeter and the sanctuary in which the Eleusinian Mysteries were celebrated from the Bronze Age to the Roman Imperial period.
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: DARMC, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference; added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Etobesa/Etouissa?

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 27 F1 Etobesa/Etouissa?
Creators: P.O. Spann
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott
Modifications: location from osm created by products.pleiadesentity.browser.osm.osmlocationfactory
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Euesperides

Euesperides was the westernmost Greek colony of Cyrenaica. The remains of the site are found on the outskirts of modern Benghazi near the north Libyan coast.
Creators: D.J. Mattingly
Contributors: DARMC, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Europos/Euromos/Philippoi

Europos/Euromos/Philippoi was a settlement of interior Caria.
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference; added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Fabrateria Vetus

Fabrateria Vetus was a Volscian settlement that surrendered to Rome in 424 B.C.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Falesia

A Tyrrhenian coastal port opposite Elba, some 12 miles south of Populonia.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Stefano Costa, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Falisci

The name for a group of Italic people who occupied the Ager Faliscus within Etruria.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Ferentium

Ferentium (modern Ferento) was a city of Etruria first mentioned in the Liber Coloniarum ca. 123 BC that became a Roman municipium after the Social War. Substantial remains of the city remain; the site was the birthplace of Otho and noted for its fine stone monuments and statues.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Fidentia

Fidentia (modern Fidenza) began as a Roman castrum and in 41 BC it became a municipium. The settlement is located along the Via Aemilia, between Parma and Placentia.
Creators: M. Pearce, P. Tozzi
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added name; added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Firmum Picenum

Firmum Picenum was founded as a Latin colony in 264 B.C. with 6,000 colonists. It received municipal status after 48 B.C.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference; added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Florenti(ol)a

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 39 F4 Florenti(ol)a
Creators: M. Pearce, P. Tozzi
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Forcello

An Etruscan settlement north of the Po river.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Stefano Costa
Modifications: add more references, clearer description; added name; added reference; edited
Actors: Jeffrey Becker, Stefano Costa

Foruli

Foruli was a Sabine town located between Amiternum and Interocrea.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added name
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Forum granary

Roman granaries of the forum in Pompeii. (VII,7,29).
Creators: Athanasia Varveri
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Valeria Vitale
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Forum of Pompeii

Main forum of the Roman city of Pompeii (VII, 8).
Creators: Valeria Vitale
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Gabriel McKee
Modifications: edited
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Fucinus L.

A lake of ancient Italy, site of a major battle of 89 BC. Flood and drainage controls were attempted by both Claudius and Hadrian. The Torlonia family drained the lake in the nineteenth century.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, A. Horsting, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Fulginiae

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 42 D3 Fulginiae
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Galatia

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 63 B1 Galatia
Creators: S. Mitchell
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference; added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Gangra

Also known as Germanicopolis or Germanopolis. An ancient settlement in Paphlagonia, modern Çankırı in Turkey.
Creators: C. Foss
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Gethin Rees, R. Talbert
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Garden of the Fugitives

The so-called "Garden of the Fugitives" (I, 21,1) is an area of the city that was once given over to habitation but that in the final phase of the city was a vineyard with a summer triclinium. Excavation campaigns of the 1960s and 1970s discovered 13 human victims of the AD 79 eruption that destroyed the city.
Creators: Athanasia Varveri
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker
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Gargettos

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 C2 Gargettos
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Gaza

Gaza was a city or strongly fortified place in Sogdiana, captured by Alexander the Great.
Creators: M.U. Erdosy
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference; edited
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Ghiaccio Forte

Ghiaccio Forte was an Etruscan settlement, most likely founded in the fourth century B.C., that was sacked by the Romans ca. 280 B.C.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Gordion/Vindia?

The capital city of ancient Phrygia, the ruins of Gordion are located near the modern village of Yassıhüyük about 10km east of the Turkish city of Polatlı.
Creators: T. Drew Bear
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, Rob Chavez
Modifications: added name; added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Haemimontus

Haemimontus was a late Roman and early Byzantine province located in northeastern Thrace.
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: Brian Z. Lund, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, M. Joann McDaniel, Jeffrey Becker, Mary E. Downs, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Hagnous

Hagnous was a deme of Attica adjacent to the demoi Pallene and Gargettus.
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Halys (river)

The Kızılırmak river, the ancient Halys River, is a major river of Asia Minor that flows into the Black Sea.
Creators: T. Sinclair, David Braund
Contributors: Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, Jonathan Fu, R. Talbert, B. Siewert-Mayer, Diane Braund, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
Modifications: added references; edited
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Heba

A Roman colony that was established in the third or second century B.C., Heba lay near modern Magliano. Funerary evidence indicate previous Etruscan occupation at the site.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Hellas

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 102 D4 no. 10 (Hellas)
Creators: J.J. Wilkes, R.S. Bagnall, S. Mitchell, S.T. Parker
Contributors: R. Talbert, M. Joann McDaniel, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Pierre Motylewicz, Brian Z. Lund, Sean Gillies, Mary E. Downs
Modifications: initial revision
Actors: Pierre Motylewicz

Helvillum

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 42 D2 Helvillum
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference; added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Herculaneum

An ancient Roman town of Campania destroyed by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79. Named as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jonathan Fu, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Herculaneum

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 44 unlocated Herculaneum
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Hermos

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 B2 Hermos
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Hernici

The Hernici (Hernicans) were an Italic tribe of first millennium B.C. Latium. Their territory was bounded by the Trerus fl. (Sacco) and the Lacus Fucinus (Fucine Lake).
Creators: L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli
Contributors: R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Hispalis/Col. Romula

Hispalis/Col. Romula (modern Seville, Spain).
Creators: Jr., F.H. Stanley, R.C. Knapp
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Warner, R. Talbert, María Jesús Redondo
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Honorific arch

An honorific arch built in Pompeii near the intersection of the streets known by the modern names of the Via della Fortuna and the Via di Mercurio.
Creators: Athanasia Varveri
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Horta

The Etruscan settlement of *Hurta (the modern Orte) was close to the Vadimonis Lacus where the Romans fought, and won, two engagements against Etruscan armies.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added name; added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

House of Julia Felix

The so-called House of Iulia Felix (II, 4, 3) is situated on the south side of the Via dell'Abbondanza, near the Palaestra and the Amphitheater. The estate was formed from two complete insulae that were merged. About one-third of the area was occupied by the house, the remainder by a large garden. Following the AD 62 earthquake the proprietress seems to have leased out portions of the property.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Ryan M. Horne
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

House of Meleager

The so-called "House of Meleager" (VI.9.2) is a domus in Pompeii of the "Samnite" type that was excavated first in 1829, then again in 1836 and 1966. The interior boasts rich painted decoration corresponding to Mau's first, third, and fourth styles.
Creators: Valeria Vitale
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker
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House of Menander

A large Pompeian townhouse belonging to one Q. Poppaeus Sabinus at the time of its destruction (I, 10, 4, 14-16).
Creators: Valeria Vitale
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker
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Hyampolis

Hyampolis was a city of eastern Phocis, located some 2.5 km from Abai.
Creators: J. Fossey, J. Morin
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, G. Reger, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt
Modifications: added reference; added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Hydatos Potamoi/Seleukeia Pieria

The capital city of Seleucus I Nicator, established ca. 300 BC.
Creators: T. Sinclair, P.-L. Gatier
Contributors: M. Ballance, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Adam Prins, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Herbert Verreth, R. Warner, Sean Gillies, Mark Depauw
Modifications: added cnxn; added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Hymos? (island)

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 61 F4 Hymos? Ins.
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Iasos

Iasos was an ancient Greek city in Caria.
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Rob Chavez, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Iculisma/*Ecolisna

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 14 F3 Iculisma/*Ecolisna
Creators: H.S. Sivan, R.W. Mathisen
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Ildum

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 27 F1 Ildum
Creators: P.O. Spann
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added cnxn
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Ilici/Helike

The site of Ilici began as a pre-Roman settlement that eventually developed into a Roman municipium. The site continued into the Visigothic and Byzantine periods as a minor urban settlement, controlling a vast territory which reached old Lucentum. The settlement was relocated to the modern site of Elche in the Islamic period.
Creators: P.O. Spann
Contributors: R. Talbert, Jean Luc PIROUX, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Javier Martínez Jiménez, DARMC, R. Warner, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt
Modifications: added cnxn
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Iliturgi

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 27 B4 Iliturgi
Creators: P.O. Spann
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, R. Warner
Modifications: added cnxn
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Incitaria?

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 41 E5 Incitaria?
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Interamna Nahars

An Umbrian center founded in the seventh century B.C. that became an important Roman municipality along the Via Flaminia.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Italia

The Italian peninsula extending northward to the Alps as recognized by the Romans.
Creators: R. Talbert, Brian Z. Lund, Mary E. Downs, M. Joann McDaniel
Contributors: Pierre Motylewicz, Jeffrey Becker, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added name
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Kaisariani

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 C3 Kaisariani
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: initial revision
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Karambis

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 86 D1 Karambis
Creators: C. Foss
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Karambis

A coastal promontory located northwest of Doğanyurt, Turkey. Modern Kerembe burnu.
Creators: C. Foss
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference; title and description
Actors: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott

Kaymakçı

A large Bronze Age settlement on the western shore of lake Marmara in western Anatolia, overlooking the central Gediz river valley. The site is composed of an 8 hectare fortified citadel situated on a ridge, with evidence for a larger lower town below on the surrounding plain.
Creators: Peter Cobb
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Keiriadai

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 B3 Keiriadai
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Kerata M.

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 A2 Kerata M.
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Khirbet Beit-Bassa

An ancient fortress located in Beit Sahour, in the district of Bethlehem in Palestine.
Creators: Ryan M. Horne
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Kinolis

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 86 E2 Kinolis
Creators: C. Foss
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Kirkaion Akron/Veneris Pr.

Kirkaion Akron/Veneris Pr. (Monte Circeo) is a mountainous promontory on the Tyrrhenian coast of Italy.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Koile

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 B3 Koile
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: DARMC, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Konthyle

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 C3 Konthyle
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert
Modifications: added references; edited
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Kopros

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 B2 Kopros
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Kothokidai?

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 B2 Kothokidai?
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Kriou Metopon Pr.

Kriou Metopon Pr. ("The Ram's Forehead) is the modern Cape Sarych, the southernmost point of the Ukraine.
Creators: David Braund
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Diane Braund, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Kromna

Kromna was a Milesian apoikía located on the Paphlagonian coast of the Black Sea, the modern Tekkeönü.
Creators: C. Foss
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added name; added reference; added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Kropidai

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 B2 Kropidai
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Kydathenaion

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 B3 Kydathenaion
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Lago dell’Accesa (archaeological site)

The archaeological site of Lago dell’Accesa, in the locality known as "La Pesta", is situated nearby the lake of Lago dell'Accesa. The site was situated so as to exploit local mineral resources and the archaeological remains provide extensive evidence for habitation from the ninth through sixth centuries B.C.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Lake Tana

Lake Tana is the source of the Blue Nile and the largest lake in Ethiopia.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
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Laurentes

Laurentum was an ancient city of Latium located some 16 miles from Rome, between Ostia and Lavinium. Its precise location can no longer be determined. In Rome's legendary history Laurentum is the site of king Latinus' dwelling.
Creators: L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli
Contributors: R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added name
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Libisosa

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 27 C3 Libisosa
Creators: P.O. Spann
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added cnxn
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Ligures Baebiani

Ligures Baebiani was a Ligurian settlement in Samnium.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Liris/Clanis (river)

The Liris river (modern Liri) is one of the principal rivers of central Italy.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added name
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Liternum

An ancient city of Campania located near the mouth of the Volturnus river; a Roman colony was established at Liternum in 194 B.C. The site is most famous as the location of the villa of Scipio Africanus, as described by Seneca.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added references; edited
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Luca

Luca (the modern Lucca) was originally an Etruscan settlement that became a Roman colony ca. 180 B.C.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference; added references; edited
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Lucani

An ancient Oscan-speaking population of south Italy.
Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small
Contributors: R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Lucentum

Lucentum was a Phoenician and then Roman settlement in Tarraconensis that was largely abandoned after the third century.
Creators: P.O. Spann
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Javier Martínez Jiménez
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Lucrinus (lake)

A small lake near Lake Avernus.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added name
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Maesulus qui et Vesulus M.

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 44 unlocated ‘Maesulus’ qui et ‘Vesulus’ M.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

‘Mandris’

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 86 C3 ‘Mandris’
Creators: C. Foss
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Marakanda

Marakanda (now Samarkand in Uzbekistan) was a major ancient settlement founded ca. 700 BC by the Sogdians. Alexander the Great conquered Marakanda during his eastern campaigns.
Creators: M.U. Erdosy
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added name; added references; initial revision
Actors: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott

Mariandynoi

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 86 A3 Mariandynoi
Creators: C. Foss
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Marsiliana d’Albegna

An ancient settlement located near the confluence of the rivers Albegna and Elsa.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Massaciuccoli

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 41 C2 Massaciuccoli
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Massa Veternensis

A town of Etruria overlooking the Maremma plain.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Mastya

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 86 unlocated Mastya
Creators: C. Foss
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Mefitis

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 45 B3 Mefitis
Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Megara

Megara was an important ancient city of Greece, located in the northern part of the the Isthmus of Corinth opposite the island of Salamis.
Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert
Modifications: added name; added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Melone del Sodo

Etruscan tumulus-type tombs of the seventh through fourth centuries B.C. located near Cortona, Italy, in località Il Mulino.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
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Melpis (river)

The Melfa river flows through Lazio, originating from the Monti della Meta and joining the Liri river near San Giovanni Incarico.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Mentesa

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 27 C3 Mentesa
Creators: P.O. Spann
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added cnxn
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Merenda

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 C3 Merenda
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Minerva Cabardiacensis

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 39 F4 Minerva Cabardiacensis
Creators: M. Pearce, P. Tozzi
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Minori

Minori is the site of a major villa located on the Amalfi coast, some 11 km WSW of Salerno. Destroyed by a possible landslide, the villa was in use from the Iulio-Claudian period through to the Flavian period.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Misenum

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 44 F4 Misenum
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added name; added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Monte Acero

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 44 F3 Monte Acero
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Monte Torre Maggiore

An Italic temple complex in Umbria of the first millennium B.C. that includes the so-called "Ara maior".
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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Mosul/‘Mespila’?

An ancient city located across the Tigris river from the site of Nineveh. Modern Mosul in Iraq.
Creators: M. Roaf, T. Sinclair, S.E. Kroll, St J. Simpson
Contributors: R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Myndos

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 61 E3 Myndos
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger
Contributors: DARMC, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Myrrinous

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 C3 Myrrinous
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert
Modifications: added reference; added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Myrtonion

A fortress in Thrace, whose precise location is now unknown.
Creators: Ryan M. Horne
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: edited; initial revision
Actors: Jeffrey Becker, Ryan M. Horne

Nar (river)

The Nera river, a tributary of the Tiber.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added name
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Necropolis of Santa Maria in Borraccia

A seventh- and sixth-century B.C. Etruscan necropolis located in the territory of Heba.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: edited
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Nertobriga

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 25 D4 Nertobriga
Creators: H.S. Sivan, S.J. Keay, R.W. Mathisen
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Nertobriga Concordia Iulia

Nertobriga Concordia Iulia was a Roman municipium.
Creators: Jr., F.H. Stanley, R.C. Knapp
Contributors: DARMC, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Nisaia

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 58 E2 Nisaia
Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert
Modifications: added reference; added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Novioregum

An ancient road station, identified with the archaeological site at Barzan, in France.
Creators: H.S. Sivan, R.W. Mathisen
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Nuceria (Alfaterna)

Nuceria (Alfaterna) (modern Nocera Inferiore) is an ancient settlement in Campania. In pre-Roman times this was the chief settlement of the Sarnus river valley.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: DARMC, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Nure

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 48 A2 Nure
Creators: S.L. Dyson
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Nure (river)

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 39 F4 Nure fl.
Creators: M. Pearce, P. Tozzi
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Oarakta (island)

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 3 G4 Oarakta Ins.
Creators: M. Roaf
Contributors: Brian Z. Lund, R. Talbert, Mary E. Downs, M. Joann McDaniel, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Obruk Dağı

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 62 D3 no. 4 (Obruk Dağı, near Çakırsaz)
Creators: T. Drew Bear
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: ; location from osm created by products.pleiadesentity.browser.osm.osmlocationfactory
Actors: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott

Odry

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 2 G3 Odry
Creators: R. Warner, A. Bursche
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Oe?

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 B2 Oe?
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Oenotri

An ancient Italic population occupying a portion of southwestern Italy from Poseidonia/Paestum to Calabria. Their name may derive from the Greek 'oinos' meaning wine.
Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small
Contributors: R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added name; added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Opikoi

An ancient people whose territory is unlocated
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference; added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Opous

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 55 E3 Opous
Creators: J. Fossey, J. Morin
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, G. Reger, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Pagus Meflanus

Pagus Meflanus was likely located in the Apennines to the northeast of Beneventum.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Palaia Myndos

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 61 E3 Palaia Myndos
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Elizabeth Robinson, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added name; added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Palmyra

An ancient oasis and trading city with monumental remains, located in modern Syria. Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980.
Creators: J.P. Brown, P.-L. Gatier
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, H. Kopp, Thomas Carlson, B. Siewert-Mayer, Gabriel Bodard, R. Talbert, Adam Prins, Valeria Vitale, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, DARMC, David Michelson, R. Warner, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
Modifications: added reference; added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Panakton

A fort located at the frontier between Attica and Boeotia, on the slopes of Mt. Cithaeron.
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Pandataria (island)

An island in the Pontine archipelago of the Tyrrhenian Sea, Pandataria is volcanic in origin and is best known, in historical terms, as the place to which Augustus banished Julia the Elder, his daughter, in 2 BC and to which Tiberius banished Agrippina the Elder in AD 29.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Paphlagonia (region)

The ancient region as defined in the Barrington Atlas (BAtlas 86 C2 Paphlagonia)
Creators: C. Foss
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Sebastian Heath, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added name; added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Parthenope/Neapolis

Founded as Parthenope by Greeks in the eighth century B.C., the site eventually gave rise to Neapolis in the sixth century B.C. and was one of the most prominent cities of Magna Graecia.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, David Mimno, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Pelekes?

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 B2 Pelekes?
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Pentri

The Pentri were a major tribe of Oscan-speaking Samnites; their chief center was Bovianum Undecumanorum.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: edited
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Pertosa

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 45 B3 Pertosa
Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Petra Ariamazou/Petra tou Oxou/Petra tou Sogdianou

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 6 unlocated Petra Ariamazou/Petra tou Oxou/Petra tou Sogdianou
Creators: M.U. Erdosy
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference; edited
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Phabra (island)

The island of Fleves in the Saronic Gulf.
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Arthur De Graauw, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Phaleron

Phalerum was a port of ancient Athens, located approximately 5 km southwest of the Acropolis of Athens, on the Saronic Gulf.
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Philaidai

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 C3 Philaidai
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Phrearroi

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 C3 Phrearroi
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added name; added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Physkos

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 61 G4 Physkos
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Pisae

A city situated on the Tyrrhenian seaboard and likely of Etruscan origin. Its early nature was that of a mercantile center. The city became a Roman colony in 89 B.C.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added name; added references; edited
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Pistoriae

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 41 D2 Pistoriae
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added cnxn; added name; added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Pitigliano

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 42 B3 Pitigliano
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: edited
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Poggio Buco

Poggio Buco was a pre-Roman site located in the valley of the Fiora river. Its archaeological remains include those of a circuit wall and a necropolis. The archaeological site is located ca. 9 km west of Pitigliano.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Poggio Colla

An Etruscan settlement located in the Mugello valley.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Sean Gillies
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Poggio Pellicia

An isolated tumulus with grave goods ranging in date from the seventh to the fourth centuries B.C.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Polimartium

An ancient Roman settlement (modern Bomarzo in Italy)
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Polytimetos (river)

Polytimetos fl. (Zeravshan River) is a river of central Asia.
Creators: M.U. Erdosy
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Pompeii

An ancient city of Campania destroyed by the volcanic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79, Pompeii was named as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Gabriel Bodard, R. Talbert, Ryan M. Horne
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Pompeiopolis/Sebaste

Pompeiopolis/Sebaste, in Paphlagonia, was founded under Pompeius in 64 B.C. in the valley of the Amnias river.
Creators: C. Foss
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference; added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Pons Campanus

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 44 E3 Pons Campanus
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Ponte alle Conche

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 41 C2 Ponte alle Conche
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Poros?

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 C3 Poros?
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Portus Sucronis

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 27 E2 Portus Sucronis
Creators: P.O. Spann
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, R. Warner, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Potamos Deiradiotes

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 D3 Potamos Deiradiotes
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Potamos Hypenerthen

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 C3 Potamos Hypenerthen
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

‘Potomia Cepora’

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 86 C3 ‘Potomia Cepora’
Creators: C. Foss
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Praeneste

An ancient city of central Italy, the eighth and seventh century B.C. origins of which demonstrate high-level trade contact with the Eastern Mediterranean world. The city withdrew from the Latin League (499 B.C.) and opposed Rome in the Latin war; Cincinnatus eventually subdued Praeneste. Sulla founded a new colony there in the first century B.C.
Creators: L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added name; added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Prasia

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 D3 Prasia
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Prilius L.

A coastal lake of Etruria between Vetulonia and Rusellae; its remains can still be seen in the Padule di Raspollino.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference; edited
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Prolaqueum

A statio on the road from Nuceria to Ancona.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference; added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Prusias ad Hypium/Kieros

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 86 B3 Prusias ad Hypium/Kieros
Creators: C. Foss
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Psyttaleia (island)

An island located in the Saronic Gulf.
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added name; added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Pujol de Benicató

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 27 E2 Pujol de Benicató
Creators: P.O. Spann
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott
Modifications: location from osm created by products.pleiadesentity.browser.osm.osmlocationfactory
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Puntone necropolis

An Etruscan necropolis dating to the seventh-fifth centuries B.C. The ancient settlement associated with the site may have been Palmule.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Ryan M. Horne
Modifications: edited
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Quinto Fiorentino

Quinto Fiorentino is a place located in the plain of the Arno River to the west of Florence. Its location corresponds to the fifth mile of the Roman road. The site is especially known for two Etruscan tholos-type tombs a thòlos, one of which is the Tomba della Mula, and the other the Tomba della Montagnola.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: edited
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Reccopolis

Reccopolis is an urban, Visigothic, ex-novo foundation made under king Liuvigild in A.D. 578. The archaeological remains at the site include a palace complex, public area, basilica, walls, and aqueduct. The site is known today by the Spanish version of its Latin name (Recópolis); it is located near the modern village of Zorita de los Canes in the Spanish province of Guadelajara.
Creators: Javier Martínez Jiménez
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference; edited; location from osm created by products.pleiadesentity.browser.osm.osmlocationfactory
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Respampani

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 42 B4 Respampani
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Rofalco

A fortified Etruscan site located in the territory of Vulci.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: added reference; location from osm created by products.pleiadesentity.browser.osm.osmlocationfactory
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Roma

The capital of the Roman Republic and Empire.
Creators: L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Sebastian Heath, Tom Elliott, R. Talbert
Modifications: added name
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Sabini

The Sabini (Sabines) were an Italic tribe of central Italy and belonged to the Osco-Umbrian language group. Their territory straddled parts of the modern regions of Lazio, Umbria, and the Abruzzo. Ancient writers connect them with Rome at the time of its foundation, as represented by the episode of the 'rape of the Sabine women' reported by various ancient authors.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added name
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Saccumum

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 42 false name Saccumum
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott
Modifications: initial revision
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Saepinum

An ancient town of Samnium captured by the Romans in 293 B.C., located on the road between Beneventum and Corfinium.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Saetabis

Saetabis was a town of the Contestani in Hispania Tarraconensis.
Creators: P.O. Spann
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added cnxn; added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Saguntum/Arse

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 27 E2 Saguntum/Arse
Creators: P.O. Spann
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Salamis (island)

Salamis is the largest island of the Saronic Gulf.
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: R. Talbert, Perry Scalfano, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Saltigi

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 27 D3 Saltigi
Creators: P.O. Spann
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added cnxn
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Samnites

An ancient, Oscan-speaking people who lived in the central southern part of the Apennine mountains in Italy.
Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added name; added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Sanctuary of the Public Lares

A sanctuary located on the east side of Pompeii's forum (VII, 9, 3), the Sanctuary of the Public Lares was likely built after AD 62. The sanctuary measures ca. 18 x 21 m and centers on an open central courtyard.
Creators: Athanasia Varveri
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Valeria Vitale
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Sangarius (river)

The Sangarius river (modern Sakarya) is the third longest river in Asia Minor and flows through ancient Phrygia.
Creators: C. Foss
Contributors: R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Sardinia (island)

The second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea
Creators: S.L. Dyson
Contributors: R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Saronicus Sinus

The Saronic Gulf (also called the Gulf of Aegina) is a part of the Aegean Sea that delimits the eastern side of the isthmus of Corinth.
Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Perry Scalfano, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added name; added reference; added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Saticula

Saticula was a Samnite site in Campania that received a Latin colony in 313 B.C.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Scatebra (river)

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 44 E2 Scatebra fl.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: edited
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Scoglietto

A Roman sanctuary in use from the first century B.C. through fifth century A.D.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Ryan M. Horne
Modifications: edited
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Seleucia/Claudioseleucia/Seleucia Sidera

Seleucia Sidera was an ancient city in the northern part of Pisidia, Anatolia, founded by Seleucus I Nicator or Antiochus I Soter in order to protect the military road across northern Pisidia.
Creators: C. Foss, S. Mitchell
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Seleucia/Sliq Kharawta

Seleucia/Sliq Kharawta was a city founded on the Tigris river by Seleukos I Nikator.
Creators: M. Roaf, St J. Simpson
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, Ryan M. Horne
Modifications: added name; added references; checked-in working copy with added cnxn.
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Seleucid Empire

The Seleucid Empire was a Hellenistic kingdom, founded by Seleucus I Nicator, and ruled by the Seleucid dynasty from 312 to 63 BCE. At its height it stretched from the Aegean Sea to northern India, but it steadily lost territory and prestige. The remnants of the kingdom were eventually incorporated into Roman territory as the province of Syria in 64 BCE.
Creators: Ryan M. Horne
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Seleukeia epi tou Zeugmatos

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 67 G2 Seleukeia epi tou Zeugmatos
Creators: T. Sinclair, P.-L. Gatier
Contributors: DARMC, M. Ballance, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Sena Gallica

Located at the mouth of the river Misa, Sena Gallica was founded by the Senonian Gauls in the fourth century B.C. and became the site of Rome's earliest Adriatic colony before 280 B.C. Pompeius Magnus destroyed the city in 82 B.C.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added name; added reference; added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Septempeda

Septempeda was an ancient settlement of Picenum. Its Roman phase began as a conciliabulum in the third century B.C.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added cnxn; added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Sicilia (island)

Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea and has been the site of human habitation since ca. 8,000 BC. In historical terms Sicily has seen important settlement activity connected to numerous culture groups - Punic, Carthaginian, Greek, Roman, Vandalic, Ostrogothic, Byzantine, Arabic, and Norman.
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Contributors: Pierre Motylewicz, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Signia

A city of Latium Adjectum established as a Latin colony ca. 494 B.C.
Creators: L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added name
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Sinope

Sinope (modern Sinop, Turkey) on the Black Sea has been a major port since the time of the Hittites.
Creators: T. Sinclair, David Braund
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Diane Braund, DARMC, Francis Deblauwe, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Eric Kansa, Brady Kiesling, H. Kopp, W. Röllig, B. Siewert-Mayer, R. Talbert
Modifications: added reference; added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Sinues(s)a/Sinope

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 44 E3 Sinues(s)a/Sinope
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Ryan M. Horne, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: edited
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Skambonidai

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 B3 Skambonidai
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Sogdiana

Sogdiana was a wide region of the Achaemenid Empire lying between the Oxus (Araxes) and Iaxartes rivers.
Creators: M.U. Erdosy
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added name; added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Sora

An ancient city of Latium located in the valley of the Liris river that likely had Volscian origins. The Romans captured the city in 345 BC and later established a colony there in 303 BC after the Second Samnite War.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added references; edited
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Sounion

The fortified port settlement at Sounion served the Athenian grain ships originating in Euboea and was the site of the sanctuary of Poseidon, among others.
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Ryan M. Horne, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Sphettos

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 C3 Sphettos
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: DARMC, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference; added references; edited
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Spoletium

An ancient city along the route of the Via Flaminia; an initial colony was established there in 241 BC.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added name; added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Statonia

An ancient city of south Etruria.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Steiria

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 D3 Steiria
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: DARMC, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Stephane

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 86 E2 Stephane
Creators: C. Foss
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Sthenelou monu./Lyre

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 86 unlocated Sthenelou monu./Lyre
Creators: C. Foss
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Stoa of Attalos

The Stoa of Attalos, located on the eastern side of the ancient Athenian agora, is a long, rectangular, two-story building of limestone and marble, with an external and internal colonnade. It was originally constructed around 150 BCE and then reconstructed in the 1950s.
Creators: Justina Gil, Janna Newman
Contributors: Shanell Smith, Christian Dukes, Brady Kiesling, Jeffrey Becker, Monica Beltran, Adam Rabinowitz, Noah Kaye
Modifications: edited
Actors: Adam Rabinowitz, Jeffrey Becker

Stratonikeia

An ancient city in Caria founded by Antiochus I Soter, according to Strabo. The city had several phases, including a period of Rhodian influence, before coming under the umbrella of Roman administration. The city was elaborately embellished with monumental programs of public art and architecture.
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Suana

Suana (Sovana) has Etruscan origins but later became a Roman municipium. In the fifth century A.D. it became an episcopal see.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Sucro

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 27 E2 Sucro
Creators: P.O. Spann
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, R. Warner
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Sucro (river)

The Júcar river flows 509 km from its source at Ojuelos de Valdeminguete to the Gulf of Valencia.
Creators: P.O. Spann
Contributors: R. Warner, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Suor Marchesa

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 47 E4 Suor Marchesa
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added cnxn
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Susa/Seleucia ad Eulaeum

An ancient city of the Elamite, Persian, and Parthian empires of Iran. Located at modern Shush, Susa was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2015.
Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke
Contributors: P. Flensted Jensen, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Taouion/Tabia

The main settlement of the Galatian tribe of the Trocmi, it was inhabited from the fourth millennium BCE.
Creators: S. Mitchell
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Ryan M. Horne, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference; check-in of working copy with additional references, plus one new location and one new name resource.; initial revision
Actors: Jeffrey Becker, Ryan M. Horne

Taurokomon

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 22 unlocated Taurokomon
Creators: A.G. Poulter
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Tautaendia

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 62 unlocated Tautaendia
Creators: T. Drew Bear
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Telamon

An ancient city of coastal Etruria, Telamon was eventually razed by L. Cornelius Sulla.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added name; added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Telesia

An ancient Samnite city located in the valley of the Calor river.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Temple of Aphrodite Euploia

The temple of Aphrodite Euploia is a tholos constructed in the fourth century BC in Knidos, a coastal city on the Datça Peninsula. It was built to house Praxiteles' famous nude statue of Aphrodite.
Creators: McKenna Hubbard, Hannah Wilmeth (hwilmeth)
Contributors: Bianka Torres, Terry Orr, Adam Rabinowitz, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: edited
Actors: Adam Rabinowitz, Jeffrey Becker

Temple of Athena Skiras on Salamis

This sanctuary, reported by Herodotus, is thought to have been located on the modern Cape Arapis in the northeast part of the island of Salamis, just north of the modern naval base. It is not to be confused with the Temple of Athena Skiras in Phaleron, reported by Pausanias.
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added name; added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Temple of Diana at Nemi

A site sacred to Diana near Lake Nemi, comprised of a Tuscan-style sanctuary and a sacred grove.
Creators: L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, Ryan M. Horne
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Temple of Fortuna Augusta

A Corinthian order temple in Pompeii dedicated to Fortuna Redux and likely dating to the late first century BC (VII, 4, 1).
Creators: Athanasia Varveri
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Valeria Vitale
Modifications: edited
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Temple of Hera, Olympia

The Temple of Hera at Olympia, also known as the Heraion, is a peripteral temple in the northwest corner of the Altis precinct that is dedicated to Hera. Built ca. 600-590 B.C., the Heraion is the oldest temple at Olympia and one of the earliest known examples of the Doric order in Greece.
Creators: Shanell Smith, Christian Dukes
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Justina Gil, Adam Rabinowitz, Janna Newman, Monica Beltran
Modifications: edited
Actors: Adam Rabinowitz

Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus

The poliadic temple of the city of Rome located on the Capitoline hill.
Creators: Wade Tuttle
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Brady Kiesling, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Thiar

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 27 E4 Thiar
Creators: P.O. Spann
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, R. Warner
Modifications: added cnxn
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Thorikos

Thorikos was a deme of Attika. A significant Mycenaean prescence existed at the site during the Bronze Age.
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, Ryan M. Horne
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Thria

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 B2 Thria
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, DARMC, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Throne Room in Palace of Minos

The Throne Room in the "Palace of Minos" at Knossos, a room with ritual features located on the west side of the central courtyard of the palace. The room takes its name from the masonry throne, flanked by frescoes depicting griffins, that occupies one of its walls.
Creators: McKenna Hubbard, Hannah Wilmeth (hwilmeth)
Contributors: Terry Orr, Bianka Torres, Adam Rabinowitz, Tom Elliott
Modifications: edited
Actors: Adam Rabinowitz

Tinea (river)

The Topino river in Umbria.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
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Tisia

An ancient place in Bruttium mentioned by Appian. Its precise location is unknown today.
Creators: Ryan M. Horne
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Tissa

A settlement of the Sicilian interior whose location is now unknown.
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Tomba della Montagnola

A tholos-type tomb dating to the seventh century B.C.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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Tomba della Mula

A tomb near Sesto Fiorentino, that dates to the seventh century B.C.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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Tomba dell'Arciere

An Etruscan tumulus dating to the seventh century B.C. at the locality known as La Collina in the comune of San Casciano in Val di Pesa.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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Tomba di Boschetti

An archaic Etruscan tumulus located near Comeana, Italy.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: edited
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Trebia (river)

A river of Liguria and Emilia-Romagna and one of the four main right-bank tributaries of the river Po.
Creators: M. Pearce, P. Tozzi
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added name; added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Trebula Suffenas

An ancient Sabine city.
Creators: L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
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Trifanum

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 44 unlocated Trifanum
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Trokmoi

An ancient Celtic people who likely migrated into Anatolia in the early third century BCE.
Creators: S. Mitchell
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Ryan M. Horne, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added name; added reference; checked-in working copy with additions.; initial revision
Actors: Jeffrey Becker, Ryan M. Horne

Tuficum

Tuficum was an ancient city of Umbria located on the Aesis river. It became a municipium of the tribus Oufentina.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference; added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Tumulo del Principe etrusco

A seventh century B.C. Etruscan tumulus located near Pisa.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Tuscana

An ancient city that traced its legendary origins to Ascanius, son of Aeneas. The site became an important Etruscan mercantile center and eventually achieved Roman municipal status in 88 B.C.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Tusculum

Tusculum was a Latin city of the Alban Hills in central Italy. After 381 BC Tusculum became the first "municipium cum suffragio".
Creators: L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Ugia Martia

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 26 unlocated Ugia Martia
Creators: Jr., F.H. Stanley, R.C. Knapp
Contributors: R. Warner, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Unit IV-1 at Nichoria

Unit IV-1 is a large, megaron-style building constructed during the 11th century BCE at the site of Nichoria in Messenia, Greece.
Creators: McKenna Hubbard, Hannah Wilmeth (hwilmeth)
Contributors: Terry Orr, Bianka Torres, Adam Rabinowitz, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference; edited
Actors: Adam Rabinowitz, Jeffrey Becker

Unnamed bridge

An unnamed bridge over the Nure fl., southeast of Placentia.
Creators: M. Pearce, P. Tozzi
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Unnamed hot spring

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 62 E4 no. 21 (hot spring at Heybeli, formerly Kızıl Kilise)
Creators: T. Drew Bear
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Unnamed rock relief

An unnamed Persian rock relief located near Sundurlu.
Creators: T. Drew Bear
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: edited title
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Unnamed spring

An unnamed warm spring, cited: BAtlas 62 F3 no. 3, located southeast of Çifteler.
Creators: T. Drew Bear
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: edited title
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Unnamed villa

A large, Gallo-Roman villa of the later Imperial period.
Creators: H.S. Sivan, R.W. Mathisen
Contributors: Sean Gillies, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Untitled

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 34 D2 unnamed feature ()
Creators: E.W.B. Fentress
Contributors: DARMC, R. Warner, R. Talbert, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies
Modifications: edited
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Urbana

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 44 F3 Urbana
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Vadimonis (lake)

A partially dry lake of ancient Etruria near Orte. The Romans were victorious in two battles fought against the Etruscans there (310 and 283 BC).
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference; added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Valvata

Valvata was a statio on the Via Quinctia between Faesulae and Pisae.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Varignano Vecchio

A villa maritima in eastern Liguria, inhabited from ca. 100 BC to the fifth century AD.
Creators: Stefano Costa
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: edited
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Vatl/Vetulonia

The Etruscan Vatluna resisted Rome's influence in the seventh century, although the city may have been the source of Rome's adoption of the curule chair and the fasces.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added name; added references; edited
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Veh Ardashir/Coche/Mahoza/‘Seleucia’

A significant Hellenistic city that served as a capital of both the Seleucid and Parthian empires. The city was founded by Seleucus Nicator.
Creators: M. Roaf, St J. Simpson
Contributors: R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Velathri/Volaterrae

A major Etruscan city of North Etruria.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Veleia

Veleia was an ancient Ligurian settlement (regio VIII).
Creators: M. Pearce, P. Tozzi
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Velitrae

Velitrae (modern Velletri) was an ancient Volscian settlement. In the Roman Republican period, Velitrae was attacked by Marcus Furius Camillus (379 B.C.) and again by Cincinnatus (377 B.C.); the Romans controlled the site by 365 B.C. The gens Octavia hailed from the city and a youthful Octavian spent time there.
Creators: L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added name; added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Venafrum

Venafrum was an ancient town of Campania.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Vesidia

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 41 unlocated Vesidia fl.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Vesidia (river)

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 42 unlocated Vesidia fl.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott
Modifications: initial revision
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Vestini

The Vestini were an ancient tribe of Italy and lived in the southern part of the modern Abruzzo, between the Gran Sasso and the northern bank of the Aterno river. A major center was located at Pitinum.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added name; added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Vesuvius M.

A stratovolcano located in the Gulf of Naples, Vesuvius stands to an elevation of 1,281 m (4,203 ft). It is notable in historical terms for its eruption of AD 79 in which numerous settlements, including Pompeii and Herculaneum, were destroyed.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference; edited; location from osm created by products.pleiadesentity.browser.osm.osmlocationfactory
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Via Augusta

A Roman road stretching some 1,500 km from Cádiz to the Coll de Panissars.
Creators: Jr., F.H. Stanley, R.C. Knapp
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Via Labicana

An ancient Roman road connecting Rome and Labicum.
Creators: L. Quilici and S. Quilici Gigli
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Via Quinctia

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 42 unlocated Via Quinctia
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Via Statilia tombs

Late Republican chamber tombs (ca. 100 B.C.) located at the intersection of the modern Via Statilia and Via di Santa Croce in Rome.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Villa of the Papyri

A suburban villa located northwest of Herculaneum that was originally owned by Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Virasia

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 87 A4 Virasia
Creators: T. Sinclair, David Braund
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Diane Braund, Tom Elliott
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Volturnus (river)

The Volturno river flows 175 km from the Apennines to the Tyrrhenian Sea at Castel Volturno.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications:
Actors:

Yazılıkaya (Eskişehir)

Yazılıkaya (also known as 'Midas City') is an archaeological site in Eskişehir Province, Turkey, known for its Phrygian rock-cut monuments.
Creators: T. Drew Bear
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Zagora

Site of an Early Iron Age settlement on the western coast of the island of Andros (ninth-eighth centuries B.C.).
Creators: J. Bennet, G. Reger
Contributors: R. Talbert, Andrew Cabaniss, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Zephyrion

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 61 unlocated Zephyrion
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger
Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Zeugma

An ancient settlement whose site is located in the Gaziantep province of modern Turkey, at the modern village of Belkis (a.k.a. Kavunlu). The majority of the ancient remains were covered by water in the year 2000, due to the construction of the Birecik Dam.
Creators: T. Sinclair, P.-L. Gatier
Contributors: M. Ballance, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Warner, R. Talbert
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Zeus Ombrios, T.

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 C3 Zeus Ombrios, T.
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: added reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker