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Lamos — by S. Mitchell — last modified Jun 29, 2022 08:55 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 66 E3 Lamos

Lanuvium — by L. Quilici — last modified May 01, 2023 07:48 PM

Lanuvium was an important city of Latium located south of the Alban Hills. After opposing Rome at the battle of Aricia (504 B.C.) and Lake Regillus (496 B.C.), Lanuvium was captured by the Romans in 338 B.C.

Laos/Lavinium? — by I.E.M. Edlund Berry — last modified May 09, 2023 11:32 AM

Founded as a colony by survivors of Sybaris after the destruction of the city in 510 BC.

Lapethos/Lepethis Phoinikon — by D. Rupp — last modified Mar 22, 2024 04:08 PM

Located on the north coast of Cyprus 10 km west of Keryneia, Lapethos/Lepethis Phoinikon is known through archaeological remains for the most part. Archaeological evidence shows settlement already in the Late Bronze Age, continuing to the first millennium BCE and beyond. The tradition of Lapethos holds that the kingdom was founded by Praxandros from Lakonia in the Peloponnese.

Larinum — by I.E.M. Edlund Berry — last modified Aug 25, 2023 05:20 PM

A settlement of Apulia that originated with the Samnites and Frentani and later came under Roman influence. During the Second Punic War, the Romans defeated Hannibal at Larinum. The settlement eventually gained Roman municipal status.

Larisa — by J. Bennet — last modified Apr 04, 2021 11:21 AM

A city of southeastern Crete, mentioned by Strabo. It may be associated with the "Kastellos" at modern Kalamafka.

Larisa/Ptolemais? — by C. Foss — last modified Apr 01, 2021 02:12 PM

An ancient city of the Troad, located at modern Limantepe in Turkey.

Larissa — by N. Purcell — last modified Apr 03, 2021 11:08 AM

A putative ancient settlement somewhere in central Italy.

Larissa — by J. Fossey — last modified Apr 10, 2024 04:43 PM

The ancient capital of the Thessalian Pelasgiotis, modern Larisa in Greece.

Larsa — by A. Hausleiter — last modified Jun 30, 2023 07:46 PM

Larsa (modern Tell as-Senkereh), a city located ca. 21 km east of Uruk, was an important southern Mesopotamian cult center of the sun-god (Utu/Šamaš). Its principal religious structure was called Ebabbar, just like the Šamaš temple in the northern Babylonian city Sippar. The Sumerian ceremonial names of some of Larsa’s other religious building are mentioned in two first-millennium-BC lists of ziggurats and some royal inscriptions, especially from the Isin-Larsa Period (ca. 2025–1763 BC) — when the city of Larsa temporarily became a dominant political power (ca. 1924–1763 BC) — and the Neo-Babylonian Period. The most important of these, at least in the sixth century BC, was the temple tower Edurana, which sometimes went by the name Eduranki. At the beginning of the second millennium BC (ca. 1924 BC), under a man called Gungunum (r. 1932–1906 BC), Larsa broke free of Isin’s dominance over it and established its own political dynasty. Although it grew more powerful than its former overlord, Larsa never accumulated a significant amount of territory. At its peak, under the authority of Rīm-Sîn I (r. 1822–1763 BC), it controlled only ten to fifteen other city-states. This city’s political dominance, as well as its dynastic line, was brought to an end by Hammu-rāpi of Babylon (r. 1792–1750 BC). After 1763 BC, Larsa was never again a major political player in Babylonia.

Larymna (Boeotia) — by J. Fossey — last modified Jul 01, 2024 03:26 PM

Located on the Gulf of Euboea, Larymna was a town of eastern Locris.

Latmos — by C. Foss — last modified Oct 25, 2023 01:54 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 61 F2 Latmos

Lato — by J. Bennet — last modified Feb 12, 2024 03:51 PM

Lato was an ancient city of Crete, a Dorian city-state located on Mirabello Bay. The principal ruins date to the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. and the city was destroyed ca. 200 B.C.

Latopolis — by T. Wilfong — last modified Feb 14, 2021 08:28 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 80 B3 Latopolis

Laurentes — by L. Quilici — last modified Jun 16, 2023 08:06 PM

Laurentum was an ancient city of Latium located some 16 miles from Rome, between Ostia and Lavinium. Its precise location can no longer be determined. In Rome's legendary history Laurentum is the site of king Latinus' dwelling.

Lavinium — by L. Quilici — last modified Jan 04, 2024 11:53 AM

An ancient city of Latium on the Numicus river that was founded, according to Virgil, by Aeneas.

Le Castellard-Saint-Lambert — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Oct 10, 2021 09:02 AM

An Iron Age oppidum.

Le Sparne archaeological area — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Mar 01, 2019 05:32 AM

An ancient urban area at Poggio Buco in Italy with a defensive wall that included an agger. Also evidence for an elite building of the archaic period.

Lebadeia — by J. Fossey — last modified Apr 25, 2024 09:44 PM

Lebadeia was an ancient settlement located close to the western frontier of Boeotia.

Lebedos/Ptolemais — by C. Foss — last modified May 18, 2023 07:52 PM

An ancient city of Ionia, located on and behind the modern Kisik peninsula in the Turkish municipality of Mersin Alanı Mahallesi (Izmir Province).