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'Akkaz — by A. Hausleiter — last modified Sep 30, 2022 01:05 PM

Formerly an island but now part of the harbor infrastructure of Kuwait City: Shuwaikh Port.

‘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.

Aigosthena — by G. Reger — last modified Apr 15, 2024 04:02 PM

Aigosthena was a fortified city of in the Megaris that served as one of Megara's ports. In the Hellenistic period, it became an autonomous city.

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

Ancient harbour (submerged) at Aegina — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Jan 03, 2023 01:42 PM

Archaeological remains of Aegina's military harbor.

Ancon(a) — by W.V. Harris — last modified Jan 05, 2024 12:07 PM

A port city founded by colonists from Syracuse in 387 BC.

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 May 08, 2023 09:01 AM

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.

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

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

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 Dec 14, 2020 04:35 AM

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

Byblos — by J.P. Brown — last modified Mar 02, 2023 01:38 PM

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

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.