City

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Ptolemais (Tolmeitha)

Ptolemais: port in the Cyrenaica.Ptolemais was a city in the Cyrenaica. For a very long time, it was not a rival to Cyrene or Apollonia, but it still was an important port. In the fifth centyry, however, when Libyan nomads took…

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Pydna

Pydna: port in Macedonia, best known for a battle between the Romans and Macedonians. Tombstone of a mother and child Pydna was…

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Ravenna

Ravenna: port in northern Italy, residence of several Roman emperors, capital of the Ostrogoths and Byzantine exarchs.Early History Ravenna, Mausoleum of Galla…

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Rhagae

Rhagae (Old Persian Ragâ): religious center in ancient Media, suburb of modern Tehran. Dancers on a very ancient piece of pottery…

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Rhodes

Rhodes (Greek Ῥόδος): island in the Aegean Sea, originally divided between Ialysus, Kameiros und Lindos, but later one single city-state. Helios…

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Rhodiapolis

Rhodiapolis: ancient town in southeastern Lycia, modern Kumluca.Origins Agora with cisterns According to Hecataeus of Miletus, Rhodiapolis received its name from the…

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Roman Byzantium

Constantinople (Κωνσταντινούπολις) or Byzantium (Βυζάντιον): Greek city on the Bosphorus, capital of the Byzantine Empire, modern İstanbul. Septimius Severus Seen from Rome,…

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