Rainau: town in Germany, known for its Roman auxiliary fort.
Rainau-Buch, panorama
Rainau-Buch was an ancient Roman infantry fort (castellum) along the…
Randwijk: place of a hypothetical fort in the Roman Rhine limes.Perhaps, there was a Roman auxiliary fort near modern Randwijk on the south bank of the river Rhine. The site was of some strategic importance, because from this place, a…
Ravenna: port in northern Italy, residence of several Roman emperors, capital of the Ostrogoths and Byzantine exarchs.Early History
Ravenna, Mausoleum of Galla…
Resafa or Sergiopolis: ancient town in eastern Syria, important Christian pilgrim town, fortified by the Byzantine emperor Justinian (r.527-565). It is in the desert about thirty kilometers west of Raqqa and thirty-five kilometers south of the river Euphrates.Early History
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Colossus of Rhodes: large statue of Helios, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.The Colossus was erected to commemorate the outcome of the blockade of the city of Rhodes by king Demetrius Poliorcetes. In 305-304, he had attempted…
Rhodiapolis: ancient town in southeastern Lycia, modern Kumluca.Origins
Agora with cisterns
According to Hecataeus of Miletus, Rhodiapolis received its name from the…