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:
Philippi
Philippi: town in eastern Macedonia, founded by king Philip II, famous for the double battle in 42 BCE that marked the end of the Roman republic.Beginnings …Philippopolis (Plovdiv)
Philippopolis (Greek Φιλιππούπολις): city in Thrace, founded by king Philip of Macedonia; important town in the Roman province of Thrace; border town in the Byzantine Empire.Origins …Phocaea
Phocaea (Φώκαια): Greek city in Ionia, modern Foça in western Turkey. Death mask Phocaea was the most northerly of the Ionian settlements…Phoenice
Phoenice (Greek: Φοινίκη): main settlement of the Epirote Chaonians, later a Greek and Roman city, modern Finiq.Origins Phoenice, Theater Phoenice was the main settlement…Piazza Armerina
Piazza Armerina: Sicilian town, site of the famous Roman villa of Casale, once the palace of the emperor Maximian (r.285-305 and 306-308). …Pillars of Heracles
Pillars of Heracles (Greek: Ἡράκλειαι Στῆλαι): ancient name for the narrow strait that connected the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, identical to the modern Strait of Gibraltar. …Piraeus
Piraeus (Greek: Πειραιεύς): main port of ancient Athens.Piraeus' Origins Piraeus and Athens Originally a rocky island, losely connected to the mainland; the…Pithecusae
Pithecusae (Greek: Πιθηκοῦσαι): small island in front of the Bay of Naples, first Greek settlement in Central Italy. The modern name is Ischia.In front of the Bay of Naples are several small islands. Pithecusae is the largest of these and was…Pol-e Dokhtar
Pol-e Dokhtar: Sasanian bridge on the river Kashkan, near the place where it empties itself in the Karkheh (ancient Choaspes). The bridge…Pompeii
Pompeii: Italian town at the foot of the Vesuvius, buried by the volcano's eruption in 79 CE.History Model of the ruin…Pont du Gard
Pont du Gard: part of the aqueduct of Nîmes, one of the most famous ancient monuments of France. Pont du Gard The…Pontus (kingdom)
Pontus: Hellenistic kingdom in Anatolia. The royal tombs of Amasia Originally, "Pontus" was the name of the northern part of what is…