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Serdica (Sofia)

Serdica: Roman town, modern Sofia.History Roman baths and Rotunda Church Thracian town, named after the original inhabitants, the Serdi After 342/341 BCE: briefly occupied…

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Shushtar

Šurkutir: town in ancient Elam, modern Shushtar. The Roman bridge at Shushtar The ancient Royal road between Susa, the capital of Elam,…

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Sicyon

Sicyon (Greek: Σικυών): Greek city on the northern Peloponnese. The Hellenistic theater of Sicyon; in the distance, the Gulf of Corinth;…

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Side

Side: Greek colony in Pamphylia, important port in the Roman Empire.Early History In the late seventh century BCE, Greek settlers from Cyme built Side on a rocky promontory on the Pamphylian shore, about ten kilometers west of the mouth of the…

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Sidon (1)

Sidon (Hebrew: צִידוֹן, Ṣîdôn; Greek: Σιδών): port in Phoenicia, modern Ṣaydā.Bronze Age Sidon-Dakerman, Middle Bronze jar Situated on a promontory halfway between…

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Sidon (2)

Sidon (Hebrew: צִידוֹן, Ṣîdôn; Greek: Σιδών): port in Phoenicia, modern Ṣaydā.Babylonian Age Bustan esh-Sheikh, Remains of the Babylonian sanctuary After the fall…

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Sidon (3)

Sidon (Hebrew: צִידוֹן, Ṣîdôn; Greek: Σιδών): port in Phoenicia, modern Ṣaydā.Hellenistic Age Abdalonymus on the Alexander Sarcophagus from Sidon After the death…

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Sippar

Sippar: one of the most important cities in northern Babylonia.Sippar Victory stela of Naram-Sin Situated in the northwest of Babylonia Founded in the…

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