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
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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…
Phoenicians (Greek: Φοίνικες): Greek name of the inhabitants of the ancient cities of Aradus, Tripoli, Byblos, Berytus, Sidon, and Tyre. In the Iron Age, they founded colonies on Cyprus (Kition), on Sicily (Motya, Panormus), in Libya (Lepcis, Oea, Sabratha), in…
Phrygians: an ancient nation in western Turkey. Their capital was Gordium.Origin
Phrygian antefix
Compared to several other nations in Anatolia, the Phrygians…
Piraeus (Greek: Πειραιεύς): main port of ancient Athens.Piraeus' Origins
Piraeus and Athens
Originally a rocky island, losely connected to the mainland; the…
Poseidon (Greek: Ποσειδῶν): ancient Greek god of the sea, horses, and earthquakes. Adopting Greek mythology, the Romans identified him with Neptune.Poseidon
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