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Argolis — by G. Reger — last modified Jul 10, 2023 08:31 PM

Argolis (also known as 'the Argolid') occupied the eastern part of the Peloponnese; comprising primarily the Argolid peninsula and the coastal region lying to the east of Arcadia, and north of Laconia.

Armenia — by S.E. Kroll — last modified Dec 29, 2013 05:31 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 90 B1 Armenia

Armenia (region) — by M. Roaf — last modified Jul 15, 2024 04:15 PM

A plateau region between the Black and Caspian Seas.

Assyria (kingdom) — by M. Roaf — last modified Dec 04, 2020 02:43 PM

Aššur, later Māt Aššur ('the land of the god Aššur'), grew from a small city-state and important trading center to a powerful, wide-spread empire. At is zenith in the seventh century BC, the Assyrian Empire (883-609 BC) dominated much of the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean, stretching from the Persian Gulf in the south to the Mediterranean Sea in the west. Assyria's heartland, an area also referred to as Subartu, roughly corresponds to northern Iraq (Nineveh Governorate) and includes the numerous important cities, especially Aššur (Assyria's traditional religious and administrative capital), Kalhu, Dur-Šarrukin, and Nineveh (the capital of the Assyrian Empire).

Attica — by J.S. Traill — last modified Oct 05, 2024 10:36 AM

Historical region of Greece, centered on the Attic peninsula.

Azania — by G. Reger — last modified Sep 25, 2023 01:44 PM

An ancient region in the Peloponnese.

Babylonia — by A. Hausleiter — last modified Sep 01, 2022 09:22 PM

An ancient Akkadian region in Mesopotamia.

Bactria (region) — by F.T. Hiebert — last modified Nov 11, 2023 04:58 PM

An historic region at the eastern limits of the Iranian plateau connected with the Oxus civilization (Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex).

Belminatis — by G. Reger — last modified Sep 27, 2022 08:53 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 58 C3 Belminatis

Bithynia (region) — by C. Foss — last modified Oct 04, 2024 06:16 PM

Bithynia was an ancient region, kingdom, and Roman province of northwestern Asia Minor.

Boeotia — by J. Fossey — last modified Feb 05, 2024 02:13 PM

A region of central Greece inhabited since prehistoric times.

Botti(ai)a/Emathia — by E.N. Borza — last modified Feb 09, 2024 01:20 PM

A district surrounding Pella in Macedonia. Its extent seems to have shifted over time.

Bottike — by E.N. Borza — last modified Sep 03, 2022 09:16 AM

Bottike was a western area of ancient Chalcidice.

Campania — by N. Purcell — last modified Jun 09, 2020 07:58 PM

Campania was a region of southern Italy.

Campi Phlegraei — by N. Purcell — last modified Apr 08, 2023 05:13 PM

The Campi Phlegraei (Phlegraean Fields) is a large caldera (13 km wide) in the Bay of Naples region of Italy. In total, the the area comprises 24 craters, although a good portion of the caldera now lies under water. The area was important in Greek and Roman times; the Greeks established their first mainland colony at Cumae within the Campi Phlegraei.

Cappadocia (region) — by T.B. Mitford — last modified Sep 27, 2023 12:55 PM

A region that stretched from Lake Tatta in the east to the upper Euphrates River and from the Black Sea southward to Cilicia.

Caria (region) — by C. Foss — last modified May 26, 2023 08:29 PM

A historical region of western Anatolia.

Carmania — by M. Roaf — last modified Jul 29, 2024 08:34 AM

A province of both the Achaemenid Empire and the Sassanid Empire.

Carpetania — by P.O. Spann — last modified Aug 30, 2022 07:15 AM

Carpetania is the territory of the Carpetani, a powerful tribe of the Iberian interior that clashed with Hannibal during the Second Punic War.

Chalcidice — by E.N. Borza — last modified Sep 29, 2022 11:26 AM

A peninsula in northern Greece. It was hotly contested between Athens and Sparta during the Peloponnesian War, and was later the site of important gold mines under Philip II of Macedon.