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Lade: former island northwest of Miletus, site of two naval engagements, one in 494 BCE and one in 334 BCE (the subject of this page).
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Lade: former island northwest of Miletus, site of two naval engagements, one in 494 BCE (the subject of this page) and one in 334 BCE.
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Lake Gyges (Greek: Γυγαíη λíμνη): lake in western Turkey, northwest of Sardes.
Lake Gyges
Lake Gyges is mentioned in Homer's Iliadnote[Homer, Iliad…
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Lake Thospitis (Greek Θωσπῖτις λίμνη) or Lake Arsissa: largest lake in Armenia, modern Lake Van.
Lake Van from the east
Thospitis, a…
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Nubia: name of the country south of Egypt, more or less identical to modern Sudan. In ancient times, there were three Nubian kingdoms, which are named after their capitals: Kerma, Napata, and Meroe. Other names are Kush and Ethiopia.Late Antiquity
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Lebanon Mountains: the central part of the mountain range along eastern Mediterranean. The northern summits are referred to as Mount Lebanon.
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Lingones: tribe in ancient Gaul, living in the modern French département Haute-Marne.A Celtic tribe
The Lingones in northern Gaul
In the famous…
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Lugdunum: Roman naval base and fortified military granary at the estuary of the river Rhine, modern Katwijk in the Netherlands
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Lupia: river in Germany, modern Lippe.
The confluence with the Rhine
The Roman geographer Pomponius Mela knows only two rivers on the…
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Lycia: the mountainous southwest of Turkey.
The Lycian coast
The landscape of southwestern Turkey, ancient Lycia, is dominated by the fact that…
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Map of Lycia
After the mid-fifth century, we find the Lycians in the Athenian alliance, the Delian League, which was directed…
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Map of Lycia
Yet, Lycia was now part of the Roman sphere of influence and suffered from the First Mithridatic War…
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