Place

There were many ancient towns and many have been excavated. Here's an overview of ancient sites, usually with maps and photos of the remains.

There are 619 items in Place:

Aalen

Aalen: town in Germany, known for a Roman limes fort. Model of the limes fort at Aalen Aalen was the largest cavalry…

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Aardenburg

Aardenburg: coastal fortress in Germania Inferior. The ancient name may have been Rodanum. Tower of the Aardenburg fort In 173 CE, the…

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Abydus (Çanakkale)

Abydus: city on the southeastern shore of the Hellespont, modern Çanakkale.Abydus, already mentioned by Homer in the Iliad, note[Homer, Iliad 2.836.] was an important Greek city on a promontory on the southeastern bank of the Hellespont. That it was easy to…

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Adana

Adana: town in Cilicia. Adana, bust of Hadrian Originally, Adana used to be less important a city than nearby Tarsus, which had…

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Adrou

Adrou or Adroa: Late Roman fortress, just east of Petra, modern Udruh.History Barracks Mentioned by Ptolemy as a town; this must originally…

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Aegina

Aegina (Greek Αίγινα): main island in the Saronic Gulf, south of Athens and east of Corinth.Early History Aegina, Tombstone of a young man, holding…

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Ağri Daği (the so-called Ararat)

Ağrı Dağı: volcano in eastern Turkey that is commonly but incorrectly known as Ararat. The Turkish name means "mountain of pain" and is a rendering of Çiyaye Agiri, which in Kurdish means "the fiery mountain". In Armenian, it is called Masis. …

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