Archaeology

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Rome, Tomb of Eurysaces

Tomb of Eurysaces: one of the most famous mausolea of ancient Rome.The tomb of Eurysaces near the Porta Maggiore was built in c.30 BCE by a man named Marcus Vergilius Eurysaces. A former slave, he had started a bakery and…

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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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