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‘Argoos Limen’ — by W.V. Harris — last modified May 30, 2022 02:32 PM

A port on the island of Ilva (modern Elba), so named based on the resting place of the Argonauts, according to Strabo.

Aelana/Aila — by D.F. Graf — last modified Apr 17, 2024 05:31 PM

The city of Aqaba on the Red Sea.

Alalie/Aleria — by S.L. Dyson — last modified Feb 09, 2024 08:01 PM

A city of Corsica with significant pre-historic, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman phases.

Alsium — by L. Quilici — last modified Jan 14, 2024 10:59 PM

Alsium served as a port for Caere, together with Fregenae.

Amathous — by D. Rupp — last modified Aug 05, 2020 05:31 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 72 C3 Amathous

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 Jan 10, 2025 09:29 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.

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

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

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.

Carthago — by R.B. Hitchner — last modified Dec 11, 2024 08:38 AM

The ancient city of Carthage, located in modern Tunis (Tunisia). Carthage engaged the Roman state in a series of wars conventionally referred to as the Punic Wars by scholars.

Catabathmus Maior/Plynos Limen/Tetrapyrgia — by D.J. Mattingly — last modified Oct 06, 2023 10:31 AM

An ancient place, cited: None

Chalcedon — by C. Foss — last modified Jul 02, 2024 11:47 AM

Chalcedon was an ancient maritime city of Bithynia.

Colophon/Colophon ad Mare/Notion — by C. Foss — last modified Jun 08, 2018 07:33 AM

A port city founded by Aeolian settlers at the mouth of the River Avci.

Coptos — by T. Wilfong — last modified Dec 08, 2024 05:11 PM

An ancient settlement on the Nile river (modern Quft/Qift in Egypt) that flourished from pre-dynastic times through late antiquity.

Cumae/Kyme (Campanian) — by N. Purcell — last modified Jul 09, 2024 09:36 AM

An ancient settlement of Campania, Cumae was the first Greek colony established on the Italian mainland in the eighth century BC.