Nijmegen: city in the Netherlands, where several Roman settlements have been discovered.Nijmegen
Fort at the Kops Plateau
Legionary base at the Hunerberg
Aqueduct
Potter's workshop at Holdeurn
Civil settlement Batavodurum
Monument for Tiberius
Civil settlement Ulpia Noviomagus
Bridge
Sanctuary at Elst
Late settlement along the river
Late Roman settlement at the…
Nineveh (Assyrian: Ninua): last capital of the Assyrian Empire, destroyed in 612 BCE, modern Mosul.Early History
Early Ninevite Pottery
Nineveh, the last capital of Assyria,…
Nippur: ancient Sumerian city, sanctuary of Enlil, modern Nuffar.Nippur
Nippur, Temple platform
Founded in the Chalcolithic
Sumerian, famous for its sanctuary of the…
Nisibis (Greek Νίσιβις; modern Nusaybin): ancient town in Mesopotamia, famous for its late-Roman school.Early History
Nisibis, Church of Mar Jacob
Situated along…
Nijmegen: city in the Netherlands, where several Roman settlements have been discovered.
Batavian horsemen
The word Nijmegen is derived from Noviomagus, the…
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.
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Numerian: emperor of the Roman world (r. 283-284).Names:
Milestone of Carus and his sons Numerian and Carinus
c.254: Marcus Aurelius Numerius Numerianus
November…
Numidia: ancient country to the west of the territories of Carthage, more or less modern Algeria. There were two main units, named after the Massylians and the Masaeisylians, which are more or less identical to the Roman provinces Numidia and…
Numidian-Carthaginian War: the conflict between the Numidians and the Carthaginians in 151-150 BCE, pretext for a Roman intervention that culminated in the sack of Carthage (146 BCE).Prelude
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