Ravenna: port in northern Italy, residence of several Roman emperors, capital of the Ostrogoths and Byzantine exarchs.Early History
Ravenna, Mausoleum of Galla…
The Assyrian and Babylonian Chronicles are historiographical texts from ancient Mesopotamia. Although they contain references to the earliest times, they deal especially with the second half of the second and the entire first millennium down to the first century BCE.
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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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Rhadamistus: Iberian king in Armenia (r. 51 CE), member of the Artaxiad dynasty.Two brothers were in charge of Iberia (modern Georgia) and Armenia: Pharasmanes and Mithridates. Rhadamistus was the son of Pharasmanes and wanted to become king of Iberia, but his father lived…
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…