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Asharne — by J.P. Brown — last modified Feb 23, 2024 10:47 AM

Tell ‘Acharneh is located 35 km northwest of Hama, on the north bank of the Orontes River, at the crossroads of two main trade routes. This center for the production of oil, wax, and wheat was occupied during the Bronze and Iron Ages, as well as during the First Crusades. Its ancient name, Tunip, is known from second-millennium-BC sources. A stele fragment bearing an inscription of the Neo-Assyrian king Sargon II (r. 721–705 BCE) found there attests to the city’s occupation during the Iron Age.

Ashdod/Azotos (Mesogeios) — by B. Isaac — last modified Nov 20, 2024 09:43 AM

An ancient settlement of the Philistines.

Ashqelon/Ascalon — by B. Isaac — last modified Feb 06, 2024 01:51 PM

Ashqelon/Ascalon was an ancient city in coastal Palestine, located midway between Azotus and Gaza. It became independent in 104 B.C. and remained the only free city in Palestine. Strabo refers to it, while Pliny calls it a free city (oppidum libera).

Ashtishat — by S.E. Kroll — last modified Oct 20, 2012 06:56 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 89 D2 Ashtishat

Ashton — by A.S. Esmonde Cleary — last modified Apr 05, 2017 11:37 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 8 G2 Ashton

Ashur/‘Lamban’?/‘Liba(nai)’? — by M. Roaf — last modified May 02, 2023 06:02 PM

Aššur, modern Qal'at Sherqat, is an Assyrian city on the western bank of the Tigris River. Named after its enigmatic tutelary deity, it was the original capital, ancestral home, and burial place of the Assyrian royal family. From the late third millennium B.C. until 614 B.C., when the city was captured and destroyed by the Medes, Aššur was Assyria's most important religious center. It was also Assyria's principal administrative center until the beginning of the ninth century, when Ashurnasirpal II (883-859) moved the capital to the newly constructed Calah.

Asiake — by M.U. Erdosy — last modified Aug 20, 2012 02:02 PM

An ancient settlement, attested by literary or documentary sources, whose precise location cannot be determined today

Asicha — by J.P. Brown — last modified Oct 20, 2012 07:10 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 69 D3 Asicha

Asido — by Jr. — last modified Sep 27, 2020 12:02 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 26 E5 Asido

Asigramma — by M.U. Erdosy — last modified Oct 20, 2012 04:34 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 6 C3 Asigramma

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

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 28 B3 Asilah

Asinda — by M.U. Erdosy — last modified Aug 20, 2012 02:01 PM

An ancient settlement, attested by literary or documentary sources, whose precise location cannot be determined today

Asine — by G. Reger — last modified Nov 04, 2023 11:28 PM

Asine was an ancient Greek city of Argolis.

Asine — by G. Reger — last modified Mar 28, 2024 09:17 PM

Located on the east coast of the Messenian peninsula of the Peloponnese, the ancient city of Asine is thought to have stood where the modern settlement of Koroni stands now. Based on spolia and topography, its acropolis was probably on the spot now occupied by a Venetian castle (itself having supplanted an earlier Byzantine fortress).

Asinkon — by S.L. Dyson — last modified Oct 20, 2012 07:00 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 48 D2 Asinkon

Asisium — by W.V. Harris — last modified Oct 02, 2023 07:42 AM

A Roman settlement built atop an earlier Umbrian one on a western foothill of the Apennines, Asisium received municipal status and was assigned to the Tribus Sergia. Totila destroyed most of the city in A.D. 545.

Askerris — by S.J. Keay — last modified Oct 20, 2012 07:52 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 25 F3 Askerris

Asklepieion — by C. Foss — last modified Dec 14, 2022 05:17 PM

The Asklepieion at Pergamon is located 3 km south of the Acropolis.

Askra — by J. Fossey — last modified Sep 12, 2024 04:34 PM

An ancient town of Boeotia known as the birthplace of Hesiod.

Askyris — by J. Fossey — last modified Jul 24, 2024 06:53 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 55 C1 Askyris