City

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Kourion

Kourion (Greek Κούριον): ancient city on the southern coast of Cyprus. The rocky coast Situated on a high, rocky ridge along the…

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Late Roman Capital

Constantinople (Κωνσταντινούπολις) or Byzantium (Βυζάντιον): Greek city on the Bosphorus, capital of the Byzantine Empire, modern İstanbul. Constantius II Constantine the Great…

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Lepcis Magna: Punic City

Lepcis Magna: Phoenician colony, later part of the Carthaginian empire, the kingdom of Massinissa, and the Roman empire. Its most famous son was the emperor Septimius Severus (r.193-211).Origin …

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Lepcis Magna: Photos

Lepcis Magna: Phoenician colony, later part of the Carthaginian empire, the kingdom of Massinissa, and the Roman empire. Its most famous son was the emperor Septimius Severus (r.193-211). …

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Lepcis Magna: Texts

Lepcis Magna: Phoenician colony, later part of the Carthaginian empire, the kingdom of Massinissa, and the Roman empire. Its most famous son was the emperor Septimius Severus (r.193-211).Literary texts The foundation of Lepcis (Sallust, History of the Jugurthine War 78) The Philaeni (Sallust,…

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Lingones

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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Mactaris

Mactaris: Numidian-Punic-Roman city in western Africa, modern Makthar.Mactaris Mactaris, Tombstone with erote The presence of Libyan and Punic inscriptions proves that Mactaris already…

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