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.
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Carmania
Carmania (Old Persian Karmanâ): name of a region in ancient Iran, between the heartland of Persia and Gedrosia. Map of the…Carmo (Carmona)
Carmo: city in ancient Andalusia, modern Carmona. Puerta de Seville Carmo is a very ancient town, probably founded by the Iron Age…Carnuntum (Petronell)
Carnuntum (Greek Καρνους): name of a military and civil settlement on the Middle Danube, forty kilometers downstream from modern Vienna.History The…Punic Carthage
Carthage (Phoenician Kart hadašt, "new city"): important ancient city, close to modern Tunis. The ports of Carthage, seen from the north Carthage…Carthago Nova (Cartagena)
Carthago Nova (Phoenician Kart hadašt, "new city"): Carthaginian capital in Iberia, Roman city, modern Cartagena. Iberia in the third century BCE It is hard to…Carvium (Herwen)
Carvium: site of a Roman fort and Drusus' mole, modern Herwen in the Netherlands. The Herwen Mole Inscription (AE 1939, 107) The…Caspian Gate
Caspian Gate: part of the Elburz mountains. The Caspian Gate, seen from a car The Caspian Gate is mentioned in several ancient…Caspian Sea
Caspian Sea (Greek: Κασπία θάλαττα): largest enclosed sea on earth. Whether it was really enclosed on all sides, was hotly contested in Antiquity. …Castellum Menapiorum (Cassel)
Castellum Menapiorum: main settlement of the Belgian Menapii, modern Cassel in northern France. Cassel Situated on a hilltop, Castellum Menapiorum ("castle of the…Catabathmus
Catabathmus (Greek Καταβαθμός, "descent"): cape and frontier town between Ptolemaic Egypt and Cyrenaica, modern Salum, also known as Hellfire Pass. Catabathmus Catabathmus was…Catualium (Heel)
Catualium: town, known from the Peutinger Map, identified with Heel in the Netherlands. Catualium is mentioned on the Peutinger Map and was situated along the road on the west bank of the Meuse. The town has been identified with modern Heel…Cendere
Cendere: name of a little river and a place, site of a Roman bridge, built by the Sixteenth Legion Flavia Firma. The…