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Pholegandros (settlement) — by J. Bennet — last modified Mar 24, 2022 10:41 PM

An ancient settlement on the island of Pholegandros in the Creticum Mare. Located at the modern village of Chora (Palaiokastro).

Piana di Monte Verna — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Mar 02, 2023 12:09 PM

An ancient Oscan center delimited by a megalithic fortification wall.

Pimolisa — by C. Foss — last modified Aug 23, 2021 04:47 PM

A fortified town of Paphlagonia on the Halys river, Pimolisa had been destroyed by Strabo's time. The district retained a memory of its name, however.

Piła — by R. Warner — last modified Feb 09, 2014 11:54 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 2 G3 Piła

Podalia — by C. Foss — last modified Jan 23, 2023 05:15 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 65 D4 Podalia

Pol-e Dokhtar — by Jamie Novotny — last modified Apr 16, 2022 11:12 AM

Pol-e Dokhtar (also Romanized as Pol Dokhtar and Pul-i-Dukhtar) is a city in the Lorestan Province of Iran. The ruins of a Sasanian bridge over the Kashkan River are still visible today a few kilometers north of the city; that structure was part of a Sasanian Royal road that connected the Persian capitals Istakhr and Bishapur with towns in central and northern Mesopotamia. In 1992, a horde of ancient objects were found in the nearby Cave Kalmakareh (also referred to as Cave Kalmakarra).

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.

Ponte Buriano — by W.V. Harris — last modified Sep 16, 2024 05:09 PM

The bridge known as Ponte Buriano is located at the hamlet of Ponte a Buriano, Italy. The bridge spans the Arno River and dates initially from 1277.

Ponte di Malafede — by L. Quilici — last modified Jun 18, 2024 11:27 PM

A Roman bridge that is no longer extant. Quilici notes that the bridge was destroyed both by the Second World War and by urbanization that followed in the post-war period. Blake publishes a photo of E. B. van Deman and indicates that the bridge was built in peperino and of "indeterminate date". She compares the Ponte di Malafede with the construction of the Via Appia viaduct that lies just beyond Ariccia, a structure that was Augustan in its date.

Pontes — by A.S. Esmonde Cleary — last modified Aug 28, 2023 08:32 AM

An ancient settlement, identified with modern Staines-upon-Thames.

Pontes — by C. Haselgrove — last modified Jul 15, 2022 08:33 PM

A place mentioned in the Antonine Itinerary (Pontibus). Scholars tentatively associate it with modern Ponches-Estruval in France's Somme department.

Pontia — by N. Purcell — last modified Mar 13, 2023 03:23 PM

A settlement on Pontia Ins. The largest of the Pontine Islands, Pontia lies 33 km south of Cape Circeo on the Italian mainland.

Portus Aggasus — by I.E.M. Edlund Berry — last modified Sep 03, 2024 04:49 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 45 unlocated Portus Aggasus

Portus Veneris — by H.S. Sivan — last modified Jul 26, 2018 09:25 AM

An ancient seaport located near Cape Béar, modern Port-Vendres in France.

Poseidon Porthmios, T. — by J. Bennet — last modified Feb 09, 2024 02:33 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 60 E4 Poseidon Porthmios, T.

Praetorium — by J.J. Wilkes — last modified Nov 10, 2023 08:22 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 21 E5 Praetorium

Praetorium? — by H.S. Sivan — last modified Jul 19, 2023 03:08 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 25 H4 Praetorium?

Prolaqueum — by W.V. Harris — last modified Jan 05, 2024 12:11 PM

A statio on the road from Nuceria to Ancona.

Ptolemais Theron — by D.T. Potts — last modified Jan 05, 2022 11:43 AM

Ptolemais Theron was an ancient marketplace on the western coast of the Red Sea. Its precise location on the Sudanese Red Sea coast is now unknown, but many scholars view modern Aqiq (Hillat `Agig) as the most likely alternative.

Pydna/Kitron — by E.N. Borza — last modified Feb 06, 2024 01:40 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 50 C4 Pydna/Kitron