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Place Ithome/Thamiai (Thessaly) by J. Fossey — last modified Nov 24, 2024 04:16 PM
A town in the Hestiaiotis region between Metropolis and Gomphoi. Now modern Phanari, where the visible architecture on the acropolis largely belongs to Byzantine and Ottoman fortresses.
Place Jaén by María Jesús Redondo — last modified Nov 24, 2020 05:07 PM
A Spanish city located in Andalusia that once belonged to the kingdom of Alfonso X. It is now known as Jaén.
Place Kadıkalesi/Anaia by C. Foss — last modified Oct 11, 2024 08:42 AM
The modern Turkish name Kadıkalesi denotes a modern coastal neighborhood in Turkey's Aydın province, the extensive Byzantine fortified settlement (sometimes "Kadı Kalesi") that gave the neighborhood its name, and the multi-period mound on which the remains of the Byzantine castle stand wherein there is evidence for human settlement extending back to the Calcolithic. The mound and vicinity were clearly important in Hittite, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine periods.
Place Konope/Arsinoe by W.M. Murray — last modified Apr 28, 2023 10:41 AM
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 54 D4 Konope/Arsinoe
Place Lascutana Turris by Jr. — last modified Aug 07, 2021 05:40 PM
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 26 E5 Lascutana Turris
Place Lobera by María Jesús Redondo — last modified Jan 30, 2018 05:58 PM
A Spanish village located in the northwest of the province of Jaén, between Jaén and Córdoba, that belonged to the kingdom of Alfonso X. It is now known as Lopera.
Place Lucena by María Jesús Redondo — last modified Feb 07, 2018 04:24 PM
A Spanish village located in the south of the province of Córdoba that belonged to the kingdom of Alfonso X.
Place Lucurgentum by Jr. — last modified Feb 24, 2023 12:46 AM
An ancient city in Hispania Baetica.
Place Lykastos by J. Bennet — last modified Jun 08, 2018 07:32 AM
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 60 D2 Lykastos
Place Madytos by E.N. Borza — last modified Jul 03, 2024 11:12 AM
Settlement located in the modern town of Eceabat on the Gallipoli Peninsula containing signs of continuous habitation from the 3rd millennium BCE through the Medieval period.
Place Marchena by María Jesús Redondo — last modified Feb 01, 2018 12:07 AM
A Spanish village located in the east of the province of Sevilla that belonged to the kingdom of Alfonso X.
Place Matrera castle by María Jesús Redondo — last modified Jul 12, 2022 04:12 PM
Castillo de Matrera is a Spanish castle that originally dates to the ninth century and is located in the northeast of the province of Cádiz. It belonged to the kingdom of Alfonso X (in the thirteenth century). Today it is located in the municipality of Villamartín.
Place Mdina by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Nov 03, 2023 10:35 AM
Mdina, Malta, has ancient origins, being occupied perhaps as early as 4000 BC. The site was first fortified by the Phoenicians ca. 700 BC.
Place Meydancıkkale/Kiršu by S. Mitchell — last modified Apr 13, 2024 06:58 PM
An ancient fortified complex located on a natural outcropping of the Taurus mountains near the modern village of Tırnak in the Gülnar district of Turkey's Mersin Province. Identified as KRS (Kirsi/Kirshu) in neo-Babylonian chronicles, the site continued to be occupied and used into the Hellenistic period when it was destroyed and abandoned around 235 BCE. There is some evidence for reuse of the site in the Byzantine period.
Place Mochlos archaeological site by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Nov 05, 2021 08:15 PM
A multi-period settlement site in use by a number of civilizations dating ca. 3100 B.C. to A.D. 1200.
Place Moger by María Jesús Redondo — last modified Jul 22, 2017 04:35 PM
A Spanish village located in the east of Huelva that belonged to the kingdom of Alfonso X. While there is on-site evidence for long-term human activity since antiquity, the present settlement, known in modern terms as Moguer, is traditionally said to have been founded in 1333 by the Señorío de Moguer ("Seigneury of Moguer").
Place Mogontiacum by J. Kunow — last modified Feb 22, 2023 04:25 PM
The original Roman settlement at Mogontiacum (modern Mainz) was established by Drusus ca. 13/12 BC. The settlement became an important military center throughout Roman times and was the base of operations for numerous Roman legions.
Place Monemvasia by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Oct 03, 2023 12:57 PM
A Medieval refuge settlement founded ca. AD 583 that developed into an important center from the tenth century onward.
Place Monte San Giovanni Campano by Jeffrey Becker — last modified May 18, 2021 08:38 PM
Monte San Giovanni Campano is the site of ancient first millennium BC fortifications, atop which was built the eleventh century fortress, Castello di Monte San Giovanni Campano, where Thomas Aquinas was imprisoned.
Place Monte Serico by I.E.M. Edlund Berry — last modified Oct 17, 2021 08:01 AM
A hill located in the northern part of the modern Basilicata province of Italy. In addition to a prominent Norman castle, archaeological survey indicates human activity stretching back to the Bronze Age.