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…Aardenburg
Aardenburg: coastal fortress in Germania Inferior. The ancient name may have been Rodanum. Tower of the Aardenburg fort In 173 CE, the…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…Acesines (Chenab)
Acesines: one of the main rivers in the Punjab, modern Chenab. The Chenab between Guhrat and Sialkot (1) The river that the…Acragas (Agrigento)
Acragas (Greek Ἀκράγας): Greek town in southern Sicily, modern Agrigento. The so-called Temple of Concord Situated more or less in the center…Ad Fines (Vinxtbach)
Vinxtbach: little stream, once the border between two Roman provinces, Germania Inferior and Germania Superior. The Vinxtbach emptying itself into the…Adana
Adana: town in Cilicia. Adana, bust of Hadrian Originally, Adana used to be less important a city than nearby Tarsus, which had…Adrou
Adrou or Adroa: Late Roman fortress, just east of Petra, modern Udruh.History Barracks Mentioned by Ptolemy as a town; this must originally…Aegae (Vergina)
Aegae: ancient capital of Macedonia, site of the royal cemetery. Theater Aegae was the old capital of Macedonia and always remained an…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…Aeolian Islands (Isole Eolie)
Aeolian Islands or Liparaean Islands: archipelago northeast of Sicily. The Aeolian Islands from the air The Aeolian or Liparaean islands are a…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. …