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Ai Khanoum (Alexandria Oxiana?) — by F.T. Hiebert — last modified Oct 15, 2024 12:33 PM

Ai Khanoum, probably to be identified with the attested name "Alexandria Oxiana" (Alexandria on Oxus), was founded in the fourth century BCE in the wake of the campaigns of Alexander the Great. It was a chief city of the Graeco-Bactrian kingdom, but was abandoned around 145 BCE.

Alcimoennis — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Aug 20, 2016 01:37 PM

An oppidum located on Michelsberg hill in Bavaria, occupied from ca. 500 BC until the first century BC.

Amman/Philadelpheia — by S.T. Parker — last modified Aug 05, 2020 12:07 PM

An ancient settlement in northwest Jordan (modern Amman) received a Macedonian settlement and the name of Philadelphia from Ptolemy II Philadelphos (285-246 BC). The modern Amman, Jordan.

Areopagus — by Ryan Horne — last modified Feb 25, 2024 05:30 PM

Named after a mythical trial of the god Ares, the Areopagus is a rocky outcropping in Athens located to the northwest of the acropolis. The hill was used as a meeting place for the Council of the Areopagus which functioned as a council of elders for the city of Athens. The Areopagus is also traditionally identified as the setting for Paul's sermon to Athens.

Artaxata — by M. Roaf — last modified Jul 04, 2024 07:36 PM

An ancient city located on and around the hills known today as Khor Virap. This location is near the Armenian village of Lusarat, which is about 8 km south of modern Artashat.

Colle Rotondo — by L. Quilici — last modified Aug 08, 2024 01:47 PM

Colle Rotondo was the site of a prehistoric settlement inhabited from the Bronze Age until the early Iron Age.

Cynoscephalae — by J. Fossey — last modified Mar 20, 2024 12:44 PM

A pass in the hills of Thessaly where a battle was fought in 197 BCE between Rome and Philip V of Macedon.

Dolicha (island) — by W.M. Murray — last modified May 30, 2023 03:48 PM

The ancient Ionian island of Dolicha is probably to be associated with the modern, now-landlocked peak known as Koutsilaris in the modern Greek municipality of Mesolongi.

Eiron (mountain) — by M.U. Erdosy — last modified Mar 01, 2021 05:43 PM

Eiron M. (Makli Hill, Pakistan)

El Chuche (settlement) — by P.O. Spann — last modified Sep 07, 2024 08:45 PM

A Roman-period hilltop site, partially excavated in the 20th century, that lies just west of the modern Spanish village of El Chuche in the municipal district of Benahadux, Almeria. It is probably to be associated with the attested Roman name "Urci". The archaeological record of human habitation on and near the site stretches back to the Chalcolithic.

Ephesus/Arsinoe(ia) — by C. Foss — last modified Aug 24, 2024 10:11 PM

Ephesus/Arsinoe(ia) was the most important ancient metropolis of Ionian Asia Minor.

Eresos — by C. Foss — last modified Feb 01, 2024 07:08 PM

An ancient settlement on the island of Lesbos (modern Skala Eresou), reputed birthplace of the poet Sappho. Strabo describes it as being built on a hill (presumably the modern Vigla) and extending down to the sea.

Esquilinus Mons — by Sara Hales — last modified Oct 14, 2023 11:57 AM

The Esquiline Hill is one of the seven hills of Rome. The eastern section of the hill lay outside the Servian Wall, and served as a pauper's cemetery during the archaic and Republican periods.

Hippana — by R.J.A. Wilson — last modified Aug 05, 2023 10:34 PM

Ancient settlement in the western part of Sicily, probably founded in the seventh century B.C.

Klin-Yar — by Gabriel Mckee — last modified Jun 17, 2019 11:16 AM

A burial ground near the modern town of Kislovodsk in the North Caucasus. The site contains 270 burials associated with the Iron Age Koban culture and the early medieval Sarmatians and Alans.

Kolonos Agoraios — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Feb 28, 2024 08:08 AM

The hill flanking the Athenian Agora to the west, site of the Doric temple of Hephaestus.

Kolonos Hippios — by J.S. Traill — last modified Mar 14, 2021 07:14 AM

Pausanias states that the Kolonos Hippios is a hill that marks the first point that Oedipus reached in Attica. It was a sacred area with rites devoted to both Poseidon and Athena, as well as a hero shrine sacred to Peirithous and Theseus, Oedipus and Adrastus. Antigonus destroyed the shrine of Poseidon.

Monte Cila — by N. Purcell — last modified Aug 08, 2024 02:10 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 44 F3 Monte Cila

Monte Rocche — by Stefano Costa — last modified Jun 25, 2015 11:06 PM

A settlement of the Iron Age and Roman period in western Liguria.

Monte S. Angelo — by N. Purcell — last modified Sep 06, 2023 07:15 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 44 F3 Monte S. Angelo