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Nikesiane — by E.N. Borza — last modified Oct 20, 2012 06:29 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 51 C3 Nikesiane

Nikonion — by David Braund — last modified Feb 28, 2022 03:40 PM

Nikonion received a sixth-century B.C. colony from either Miletos or Istros. It was assessed tribute by the Delian League in 425/4 B.C. Authors such as Pseudo-Skylax refer to the site as a polis in the urban sense. The colony was under the protection of the Skythian king Skyles. The ancient city was located on the on east bank of the Dniester river where Roksolany, Ukraine, is now located.

Nimlik — by St J. Simpson — last modified Aug 28, 2021 12:48 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 98 G2 Nimlik

Nimrud — by M. Roaf — last modified Jun 15, 2023 08:48 AM

In the ninth century BC, Ashurnasirpal II (r. 883-859 BC) built himself a new administrative center. Kalhu (biblical Calah) — modern Nimrud, a site identified as Larissa, a city mentioned in Xenophon’s Anabasis — became the capital of the Assyrian Empire, replacing Ashur, which had served as Assyria’s capital since the third millennium BC. The city — which is located twenty miles south of the modern Mosul and which occupied a strategic position six miles north of the point where the Tigris River meets the Greater/Upper Zab — served as Assyria’s capital until the reign of Sargon II (r. 721–705 BC). Although Kalhu never again became the primary residence of Assyria’s kings, that city remained a vital administrative, military, and religious center until the fall of the Assyrian Empire.

Nineveh/Ninos — by M. Roaf — last modified Jun 15, 2023 08:50 AM

This important Mesopotamian city flanks the eastern edge of the Tigris flood plain, opposite modern Mosul, of which it is now a suburb. From the third millennium B.C. onwards, Nineveh was the most important religious center of the goddess Ištar in the area that would become the Assyrian heartland. Starting in the Middle Assyrian period, the city came under the authority of the kings of Assyria, who often sponsored large-scale building activities there. However, it was not until 704 B.C. that Nineveh became the administrative capital of Assyria, when the Neo-Assyrian king Sennacherib moved the royal family and court there and transformed the city into a thriving imperial metropolis. Nineveh remained Assyria’s capital until 612 B.C., when it was captured and destroyed by a Babylonian-Median collation led by Nabopolassar and Cyaxares. The visible remains of the (7th-century) Assyrian city include the citadel mound Kuyunjik, the smaller mound of Nebi Yunus, and the twelve-kilometer-long city wall.

Ninia — by P. Kos — last modified Oct 23, 2012 01:48 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 20 D5 Ninia

Nippur/Nufar/‘Hippareni’ — by A. Hausleiter — last modified Jan 25, 2024 02:03 PM

An ancient Sumerian settlement whose ruins lie at Nuffar in modern Iraq. Under various names it persisted as a settlement throughout the periods of Greek and Roman engagement in Babylonia.

Niriz/Narezzash? — by M. Roaf — last modified Oct 20, 2012 03:17 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 3 F4 Niriz/Narezzash?

Nisa — by C. Foss — last modified Oct 23, 2012 01:25 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 65 C5 Nisa

Nisa(ia)/Parthaunisa/Mithradatkert/Shahr-ram-Peroz — by M. Roaf — last modified Sep 18, 2024 10:14 AM

An ancient Parthian fortress containing two settlement mounds, the tells of Old and New Nisa.

Nisaia — by G. Reger — last modified Apr 15, 2024 04:26 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 58 E2 Nisaia

Nisibis/Antiochia — by M. Roaf — last modified Jul 15, 2024 04:35 PM

Nisibis/Antiochia was an ancient city of Mesopotamia that began as part of an Aramaean kingdom that the Assyrian king Adad-Nirari II captured in 896 BC. Following its capture by Alexander the Great, the city became Antiochia Mygdonia under the Seleucids.

Nisyros (settlement) — by C. Foss — last modified Mar 21, 2023 11:23 AM

The eponymous settlement of the volcanic island of Nisyros in the Aegean Sea.

Nitriai — by A. Bernand — last modified Oct 18, 2024 03:01 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 74 C3 Nitriai

Nitriansky Hrádok — by L.F. Pitts — last modified Jun 28, 2023 10:46 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 13 D4 Nitriansky Hrádok

Nizhniy Rogachik — by David Braund — last modified Oct 20, 2012 03:59 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 23 H1 Nizhniy Rogachik

Noai? — by R.J.A. Wilson — last modified Apr 23, 2022 07:19 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 47 F3 Noai?

Noddule nuragic complex — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Dec 23, 2020 04:17 AM

A multi-period settlement site with occupation stretching from ca. 4000 B.C. to the fourth century A.D.

Noega — by E.W. Haley — last modified Apr 21, 2019 09:30 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 24 F1 Noega

Noiomagos/Col. Augusta Tricastinorum — by E. Bertrand — last modified Dec 19, 2016 12:23 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 17 D5 Noiomagos/Col. Augusta Tricastinorum