Archaeology
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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…Cartouche
Cartouche (Egyptian: shenu): an oval shape, used by the ancient Egyptians to write the names of their kings. Measure with the cartouches…Carvium (Herwen)
Carvium: site of a Roman fort and Drusus' mole, modern Herwen in the Netherlands. The Herwen Mole Inscription (AE 1939, 107) The…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…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…Cave Dwellers
Troglodytes or Cave Dwellers: way of living in the Sahara, mentioned by several ancient authors. Wadi Awis, cave In the sixth century…Celtic Dacia
Dacia: country north of the Lower Danube, more or less identical to modern Romania. It experienced influences from the Thracians, Scythians, Greeks, and Celts (below) and became a powerful kingdom, added as a province to the Roman Empire, abandoned to…Celts
Celts: common name for the Iron Age civilizations of Western Europe, more or less identical to the La Tène culture.Names The…Cendere
Cendere: name of a little river and a place, site of a Roman bridge, built by the Sixteenth Legion Flavia Firma. The…Ceuclum (Cuijk)
Ceuclum: Roman village in Germania Inferior, along the river Meuse, modern Cuijk in the Netherlands. Peutinger map: Noviomagus and Ceuclum The Peutinger…Charax
Alexandria in Susiana or Charax: city at the head of the Persian Gulf. modern Khayaber. Charax Alexandria in Susiana was founded in…Chauci
Chauci (Greek: Καῦχοι): name of the inhabitants of the southern shore of the North Sea.A Northern Tribe Mask from Middelstum The Chauci are…