Chaussée Brunehaut ("Via Belgica")

Chaussée Brunehaut: French name of the Roman road that connected Amiens, Bavay, Tongeren, and Cologne. In Germany, it is called Agrippa-Straße and sometimes, the quasi-Latin name Via Belgica is used. …

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Chios

Chios (Greek: Χίος): great island in the Aegean Sea. Chian coin Situated along the trade routes in the eastern part of the…

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Choga Zanbil - Inner Court

Dur Untaš: name of an Elamite town, famous for it ziggurat, modern Choga Zanbil. Footprint in the pavement Between the ziggurat and the inner…

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Choga Zanbil - Outer Court

Dur Untaš: name of an Elamite town, famous for it ziggurat, modern Choga Zanbil. The Outer Wall and the Eastern Gate, near the…

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Choga Zanbil - Ziggurat

Dur Untaš: name of an Elamite town, famous for it ziggurat, modern Choga Zanbil. Model of the ziggurat of Choga Zanbil In the center…

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Chorasmia

Chorasmia (Old Persian Uvârazmiya): satrapy of the ancient Achaemenid Empire, in modern Uzbekistan. Later, it was an independent kingdom. Map of…

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Cirta

MicipsaCirta: Numidian-Punic settlement, Roman city, capital of the province of Numidia, modern Constantine.Cirta Cirta today; the ancient citadel to the left Situated…

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Claudian Army Reforms

Claudian Army Reforms: modern name of a wide-ranging series of changes of the Roman military, initiated early during the reign of the emperor Claudius (41-54). …

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Clupea

Aspis (Greek Ἀσπίς) or Clupea: fort and port on the Cape Bon peninsula. Clupea The hill on which the fort of Aspis…

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Clusium (Chiusi)

Clusium: Etruscan town, modern Chiusi. The so-called Pluto Clusium was one of the cities of the ancient Etruscans, sometimes called Camars ("by…

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Colijnsplaat

Colijnsplaat: site of an ancient temple in the Netherlands, dedicated to Nehalennia. The ancient name may have been Ganuanta. Colijnsplaat, reconstructed…

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