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Actium (promontory) — by W.M. Murray — last modified Apr 25, 2024 10:22 PM

A promontory on the southern side of the entrance to the Ambracian Gulf from the Ionian Sea. It was in the sea off this promontory in 31BC that M. Antonius suffered a famous naval defeat at the hands of Octavian.

Ad Aras — by T.B. Mitford — last modified Dec 29, 2023 10:22 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 64 H4 Ad Aras

Ad Bivium — by L. Quilici — last modified Mar 14, 2021 11:31 PM

A statio in Latium located at the intersection of the Via Latina and the Via Labicana, near the modern Valmontone.

Ad Decimum — by L. Quilici — last modified Feb 04, 2022 12:48 PM

The road station of Ad Decimum corresponds with the archaeological area of Castel di Decima where archaeological excavations in the 1970s identified the remains of a settlement covering some 11 hectares that dates to the eighth through sixth centuries BCE. Excavations revealed not only habitation evidence but also several hundred tombs.

Ad Nonum — by L. Quilici — last modified Aug 21, 2023 09:12 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 43 C2 Ad Nonum

Adramyttium — by C. Foss — last modified Feb 27, 2023 04:38 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 56 D2 Adramyttium

Adranon — by R.J.A. Wilson — last modified Jun 06, 2022 10:22 AM

Adranon was a settlement founded ca. 400 B.C. on the western slopes of mount Aetna.

Adyrmachidai — by D.J. Mattingly — last modified Sep 02, 2022 11:00 AM

An ancient tribe of north Africa. Herodotus indicates that they are the first Libyan people encountered west of Egypt.

Aecae — by I.E.M. Edlund Berry — last modified Dec 03, 2023 04:30 PM

An ancient town of Apulia that in legend was reported to have been founded by Diomedes. In the third century B.C. the Roman general Quintus Fabius Maximus captured the town after the battle of Cannae.

Aedonia (island) — by D.J. Mattingly — last modified Sep 04, 2022 12:04 PM

An island lying off the coast of Libya.

Aefula — by L. Quilici — last modified Sep 05, 2023 03:58 PM

Aefula was an ancient settlement of Latium that had disappeared by the time of Pliny the Elder, although the cult of Bona Dea there continued to flourish.

Aegae — by C. Foss — last modified Feb 21, 2024 05:10 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 56 E4 Aegae

Aegina (island) — by J.S. Traill — last modified Feb 25, 2024 04:44 PM

An island in the Saronic gulf that is surrounded by Attica, Megaris, and Epidaurus.

Aelana/Aila — by D.F. Graf — last modified Apr 17, 2024 05:31 PM

The city of Aqaba on the Red Sea.

Aeolis — by C. Foss — last modified Jun 20, 2023 01:36 PM

Sometimes defined as covering the entrance of the Hellespont to the mouth of the Hermus River, Aeolis was a region centered on the North West coast of Asia Minor and some islands, notably Lesbos. Herodotus lists the eleven ancient cities of Aeolis as Cyme, Lerisae, Neon Teichos, Temnos, Cilla, Notion, Aegiroessa, Pitane, Aegaeae, Myrina, and Gryneia. He also claims that Smyrna was once an Aeolian city, but was taken by the Ionians at an unspecified date.

Aequana — by N. Purcell — last modified Sep 14, 2019 06:50 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 44 F4 Aequana

Aetna (mountain) — by R.J.A. Wilson — last modified Jul 05, 2023 02:25 PM

An active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily (known today as Mount Etna).

Aetolia — by J. Fossey — last modified Sep 20, 2022 10:19 AM

An ancient region and associated ethnic group (tribe) of central Greece.

Ag. Anna — by J. Bennet — last modified Dec 27, 2019 02:10 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 60 D2 Ag. Anna

Ag. Eirene — by G. Reger — last modified Feb 24, 2023 08:40 PM

Ayia Irini, located on Keos, was occupied from the Late Neolithic until the Mycenaean period. The site was extensively excavated under J.L. Caskey.

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