Port
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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…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…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…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…
Sidon, Persian port, pier |
Smyrna (İzmir)
Smyrna (Greek Σμύρνη): Greek town in Asia Minor, modern İzmir.History Gulf of İzmir Situated at the estuary of the Hermus River Belongs to an…Spalatum (Split)
Spalatum or Aspalathos (Greek: Ασπάλαθος): port in Dalmatia, famous as residence of the retired emperor Diocletian, modern Split.History Ruins of Spalatum today s.III-II BCE:…
The strait of Salamis |
History of Syracuse (1)
Syracuse: the ancient capital of Sicily. Colonization and Tyranny Head of a deity If we are to believe the Athenian…History of Syracuse (6)
Syracuse: the ancient capital of Sicily. Roman Province Since the First Punic War, most of Sicily was part of the Roman empire; the Second Punic War added Syracuse. In c.200, any intelligent observer would have been able to see…
Syracuse's Great Harbor, seen from the northwest |
Tarentum
Tarentum (Greek: Τάρας): Greek town in the "heel" of Italy.Early History Coin of Taras Late Bronze Age and Iron Age: existence of proto-urban…