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Mogontiacum (Mainz) (photos)

Mogontiacum: Roman city, capital of Germania Superior, important military base, modern Mainz.Photos Aqueduct Bridge Drususstein (cenotaph of Drusus) Arch of Dativus Victor Jupiter column Kaestrich Gate Mainz Pedestals Milestone Ships Temple of Isis and Cybele Theater Tombstones Mainz has several museums dedicated to its ancient history and archaeology, where you will find many…

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Multan

Multan: town in the southern Punjab, probably the capital of the ancient Mallians, who nearly managed to kill Alexander the Great. …

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Myra (Demre)

Myra: town in Lycia, modern Demre. The ancient town is especially well-known because it was the residence of Nicholas of Myra, the original saint behind Santa Claus. …

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Narbonne - museum pieces

Narbo Martius, or Narbonne, in southern France, was the first Roman Colonia in southern Gaul, but there are few remains of the city’s Roman past. Only a bit of pavement of the Via Domitia, some underground warehouses, a small stretch…

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Nautaca

Nautaca: town in Sogdia. Sogdian Nautaca is mentioned only a couple of times in the ancient sources and because we have hardly…

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Nemausus (Nîmes)

Nemausus (Νέμαυσος): Roman city in southern France, modern Nîmes.Origin Coin from Nîmes: the crocodile stands for Egypt, where Augustus' soldiers had been…

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New Paphos

Paphos (Greek Πάφος): name of two cities in the southwest of Cyprus, the Archaic and Classical town (also known as Kouklia) and the Hellenistic and Roman city (which is still called Paphos). …

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Nicaea (İznik)

Nicaea (Greek: Νίκαια): hellenistic town in Mysia, site of two ecclesiastical councils, modern İznik.Hellenistic Nicaea Nicaea, Funerary relief of a Hellenistic…

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