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:

Roompot

Roompot: possible location of a Roman fort along the North Sea shore.In 173, the Chauci, a tribe that lived in what is now called Groningen and Ostfriesland, and was well-known for its sea-faring qualities, attacked what is now called Flanders.…

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Sabratha

Sabratha (Greek Σáβραθα): Phoenician, Punic, and Roman town in northwestern Libya, famous for its theater. Sabratha, theater Like Lepcis Magna and Oea,…

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Sagalassus

Sagalassos (Greek Σαγαλασσός): Hellenistic and Roman city in Pisisia (southwestern Anatolia); modern Ağlasun.Hellenistic Age The hill on which the Sagalassians defended thei…

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Sais

Sais (Greek: Σάις): city in the western Delta of Egypt. Neith Situated in the western part of the Delta of the Nile,…

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Salamis (Cyprus)

Salamis (Greek Σαλαμίς): port on eastern Cyprus, just north of modern Famagusta. Personification of Salamis (with a mural crown) Salamis is, essentially,…

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Salmas

Salmas: town in northwestern Iran, site of a Sasanian rock relief. The Sasanian rock relief at Salmas About eight kilometers southeast of…

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Samaria

Samaria (Hebrew Šomron): residence of the kings of ancient Israel, and provincial capital in the Assyrian, Babylonian, Achaemenid, and Seleucid empires. The Jews of Jerusalem did not accept the religious ideas of the people of Samaria, but acknowledged that the…

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Samos

Samos (Greek: Σάμος): Greek island in the eastern Aegean Sea, opposite Cape Mycale and Miletus.The island Samos, seen from Mycale 43 km long…

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Sangarius (Sakarya)

Sangarius (Greek Σαγγάριος): river in Phrygia and Bithynia, modern Sakarya. The Sakarya (ancient Sangarius) near Gordium According to the ancient geographer Strabo…

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