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Neorion — by C. Foss — last modified Aug 14, 2018 02:32 PM

Neorion Harbor was a harbor of Constantinople in use from the fourth century until the late Ottoman period.

Oinoe/‘Caena’ — by T. Sinclair — last modified May 23, 2022 03:25 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 87 C3 Oinoe/‘Caena’

Olbia — by S.L. Dyson — last modified Oct 10, 2024 06:27 PM

A Phoenician, Carthaginian, and Roman center in northeast Sardinia.

Onchesmos — by W.M. Murray — last modified Jun 09, 2024 01:18 PM

Onchesmos was a port in Epirus.

Orikon — by J.J. Wilkes — last modified Sep 11, 2024 06:13 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 49 B3 Orikon

Oropos — by J.S. Traill — last modified Oct 16, 2024 08:24 PM

Oropos was an ancient settlement and port located on the border between Boeotia and Attica; the bulk of its Hellenistic - Roman remains are thought to underlie the modern village of Skala Oropou. Oropos was source of ongoing disputes in antiquity. Colonists from Eretria founded Oropos.

Othoca — by S.L. Dyson — last modified Dec 18, 2023 08:29 PM

The site of a Phoenician port on the Gulf of Oristano in western Sardinia.

Panormos — by J.J. Wilkes — last modified Apr 15, 2024 06:44 PM

An ancient coastal station and port (limen) mentioned by Ptolemy, this Panormos is tentatively identified by modern scholars as having been located on the modern Albanian Bay of Palermo

Pantikapaion/Bosp(h)orus — by David Braund — last modified Mar 30, 2022 09:25 AM

The main city and port of the Kimmerian Bosporus, founded by Miletus in the late seventh or early sixth centuries B.C. Modern Kerch.

Parium/Col. Gemella Iulia *Hadriana — by C. Foss — last modified May 24, 2024 03:02 PM

Founded as a Greek city in the Propontis region of Anatolia, perhaps ca. 709 BCE, Persians would come to control Parium in 546 BCE. The city allied itself with Athens during the Peloponnesian War, but was subsequently ruled again by the Persians again. Its long occupation included a Macedonian phase, followed by control exercise by the Seleucids, the Kingdom of Pergamon, the Romans, and the Byzantines.

Patara/Arsinoe — by C. Foss — last modified Jul 19, 2019 10:44 PM

Patara/Arsinoe was an ancient maritime center of southwest Lycia.

Pelusium — by A. Bernand — last modified May 02, 2022 05:04 PM

Pelusium was a fortified ancient city located at the mouth of the eastern-most branch of the Nile river. Its ruins, now land-locked and located approximately 30km southeast of Port Said, are known as Tell Farama.

Petras Megas — by D.J. Mattingly — last modified Aug 09, 2013 11:20 AM

Petras Megas (known as Bardia or Bórdi Slemán) is a port settlement located in eastern Libya.

Phaleron — by J.S. Traill — last modified Mar 09, 2022 10:34 AM

Phalerum was a port of ancient Athens, located approximately 5 km southwest of the Acropolis of Athens, on the Saronic Gulf.

Phoinix — by J. Bennet — last modified Feb 07, 2024 11:19 PM

Phoinix was an ancient coastal city of western Crete that served as the port of inland Anopolis and also of later Aradena.

Podouke/Arikamedu — by M.U. Erdosy — last modified Oct 24, 2023 11:49 AM

Podouke/Arikamedu is an archaeological site located in Kakkayanthope, Ariyankuppam Commune, Puducherry, India.

Pola — by M. Šašel Kos — last modified Oct 24, 2024 08:52 AM

A port city on the Adriatic Sea (modern Pula in Croatia).

Polemonion/Side — by T. Sinclair — last modified May 22, 2024 03:19 PM

A harbor city on the Black Sea, Polemonion/Side was founded in the region of Sidene (Pontus) by either Polemon I or Polemon II of Pontus. Following the Roman annexation of the Pontic kingdom in the 60s CE, the city's importance declined substantially.

Port antique de Marseille — by Niels Christoffersen — last modified Aug 28, 2023 01:05 PM

The Port antique de Marseille is the oldest exposed portion of the city's ancient port, located in the Jardin des Vestiges archaeological park and containing remains from the 6th c. BCE through the 4th c. CE.

Portus — by L. Quilici — last modified Feb 12, 2024 09:53 PM

The great ancient maritime port of Rome, located on the right-hand bank of the Tiber river.