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Anthedon — by J. Fossey — last modified Mar 07, 2021 10:57 PM

A port city of northern Boeotia located in the foothills of Mount Messapion on the Gulf of Euboea.

Antikyra — by J. Fossey — last modified Feb 05, 2024 06:46 PM

Antikyra was a port city located east of Kirrha. Pausanias identifies it with the Homeric Kyparissos.

Antipolis — by S. Loseby — last modified Nov 09, 2022 04:30 PM

Antipolis (modern Antibes) was founded as a colony from Massilia in the fifth century BC and it emerged as a key trading center. In the late first century BC the city was incorporated into the Roman province of Gallia Narbonensis.

Antium — by L. Quilici — last modified Jul 18, 2024 11:28 PM

Antium ranked as one of the most important and most powerful centers of Latium and was captured by Rome at the close of the Latin War in the fourth century B.C. Imperial Antium was well known for its number of coastal villas.

Apollonia/Sozousa — by D.J. Mattingly — last modified Sep 16, 2023 08:57 PM

Apollonia was an ancient city in the Cyrenaica and a port of Cyrene. The city was one of the five cities of the Libyan Pentapolis in Cyrenaica.

Asilah — by M. Euzennat — last modified Nov 10, 2024 10:19 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 28 B3 Asilah

Asteria (island) — by W.M. Murray — last modified Sep 13, 2022 09:11 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 54 C5 Asteria Ins.

Balanea/Leukas — by J.P. Brown — last modified Dec 16, 2020 02:08 PM

Balanea/Leukas was an important Phoenician port.

Balarus — by I.E.M. Edlund Berry — last modified Jun 07, 2022 09:00 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 46 unlocated Balarus

Barbarikon — by M.U. Erdosy — last modified Jan 28, 2024 02:13 PM

Barbarikon was a port city near modern-day Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, that was important in the Hellenistic period in Indian Ocean trade.

Bata/Patous — by David Braund — last modified Mar 02, 2022 08:51 AM

Bata/Patous was an ancient Greek colony on the Black Sea.

Berenice — by D.J. Mattingly — last modified Oct 30, 2024 07:46 PM

Berenice was a coastal city of western Cyrenaica, located at modern Benghazi in Libya. Founded in the third century BCE, it replaced the earlier Greek colony of Eusperides, which had been centered a short distance to the northeast. Berenice was named in honor of Berenice of Cyrene, the queen of Ptolemy III Euergetes.

Berenice/Berenike — by T. Wilfong — last modified Jun 26, 2024 04:25 PM

An ancient port city on the west coast of the Red Sea in modern Egypt, Berenice/Berenike was founded in 275 BCE by Ptolemy II Philadelphus, who named it after his mother, Berenice I of Egypt.

Boukephalos — by G. Reger — last modified Jun 07, 2018 07:53 PM

Boukephalos was an ancient port located south of Kenchreai on the Saronic coast of the Corinthia. Wiseman states that it likely corresponds to the modern harbor at Frankolimano on the Bay of Kenchreai.

Bouthroton — by W.M. Murray — last modified Jul 09, 2023 08:43 PM

Modern Butrint (Butrinti) in Albania, ancient Bouthroton was an ancient Greek and later Roman city located in Epirus. The city became an important bishopric by the sixth century. The site was enrolled as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992 because of its archaeological remains, which date from prehistoric times down through the late Middle Ages.

Brundisium/Brentesion — by I.E.M. Edlund Berry — last modified Aug 10, 2024 04:27 PM

A Greek and Roman port, terminus of the Via Appia.

Byblos — by J.P. Brown — last modified Sep 05, 2024 10:29 PM

Occupied since the Neolithic period, historical Byblos was originally a major Punic center called Gebal.

Caieta — by N. Purcell — last modified Nov 11, 2024 09:30 PM

Caieta was a town of ancient Latium located on the Tyrrhenian Sea coast between Tarracina and Formiae.

Cale — by E.W. Haley — last modified Jun 07, 2018 04:49 PM

Cale was the site of an ancient city located at the mouth of the Durius fl. The Roman colony Portus Cale was established there in 136 BC.

Callatis — by A.G. Poulter — last modified Apr 01, 2022 07:37 AM

A Greek colony and port on the west coast of the Black Sea, modern Mangalia in Romania.