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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.

Larissa/Sizara — by J.P. Brown — last modified Apr 03, 2021 10:46 AM

An ancient settlement located on the Orontes river to the southeast of Apamea. Scholars identify it with modern Shaizar in Syria.

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.

Larsos — by C. Foss — last modified Oct 20, 2012 04:40 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 56 C3 Larsos

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

Lattara — by S. Loseby — last modified Feb 08, 2020 03:23 PM

A walled port city inhabited by Gauls, Etruscans, and Massalian Greeks.

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 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.

Lebedi — by David Braund — last modified Mar 09, 2022 09:22 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 84 D3 Lebedi

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).

Lechaion — by G. Reger — last modified Mar 25, 2024 04:42 PM

The port of ancient Corinth.

Ledon — by J. Fossey — last modified Nov 26, 2024 10:10 AM

An ancient Greek settlement in Phocis, mentioned by Pausanias and abandoned by his time. Possibly to be located at modern Modi.

Ledroi/Leuke Ousia — by D. Rupp — last modified Jul 29, 2020 04:19 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 72 C2 Ledroi/Leuke Ousia