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Coptos — by T. Wilfong — last modified Nov 08, 2023 10:08 AM

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

Corycus — by S. Mitchell — last modified Feb 08, 2024 02:07 PM

Corycus was an ancient city in Cilicia Trachaea.

Cumae/Kyme (Campanian) — by N. Purcell — last modified Aug 07, 2023 03:34 PM

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

Drepanum — by R.J.A. Wilson — last modified Sep 21, 2019 10:32 AM

Drepanum, the modern Trapani, Sicily, is an ancient port city. The archaeological remains of the ancient city are meager. During the First Punic War, Hamilcar fortified the site. The Roman Republic lost a naval engagement near Drepanum in 249 B.C. but then prevailed in the battle of the Egadi islands in 241 B.C. The city was likely of censorial status thereafter.

Dyrr(h)achium/Epidamnos — by J.J. Wilkes — last modified Aug 04, 2023 08:31 PM

A city founded in 627 B.C. by colonists from Corinth and Kerkyra.

Emporiae — by H.S. Sivan — last modified Jan 10, 2022 03:12 PM

A major economic center in the Iberian peninsula, Emporiae (modern Empúries) had indigenous origins but would be the site of a large Greek colonial city.

Erythrai — by C. Foss — last modified Feb 25, 2024 10:55 PM

Erythrai was one of the twelve Ionian cities of Asia Minor. It is located on a small peninsula that extends into the Bay of Erythrae.

Fortified Port Settlement on Cape St. Athanasius — by Tom Elliott — last modified Jan 31, 2020 03:42 PM

An ancient settlement with fortifications and port facilities located on the modern Cape St. Athanasius near Byala in Bulgaria.

Gaza — by B. Isaac — last modified Oct 15, 2023 11:19 PM

An important ancient settlement on the coast of Palestine.

Genua — by M. Pearce — last modified Jan 17, 2024 10:20 PM

Genua was an ancient settlement of Liguria that came to be destroyed by Carthage in 209 BC. Thereafter it received Roman municipal privileges and was rebuilt.

Gerraicus? Sinus — by D.T. Potts — last modified Jan 03, 2023 03:51 PM

A portion of the Persian Gulf mentioned by Pliny who places it between the Sinus Capeus on the north and the Regio Attene to the south.

Gorgippia/Sindikos Limen — by David Braund — last modified Mar 19, 2023 12:37 PM

Gorgippia/Sindikos Limen was a sixth century B.C. colony founded by Pontic Greeks on the site of Sinda.

Graviscae — by W.V. Harris — last modified Apr 17, 2023 06:00 PM

The port of the Etruscan city of Tarquinia.

Gumush tepe/[Abaskun]?/Sokanda? — by M. Roaf — last modified Jan 19, 2017 09:38 AM

Gumush tepe/[Abaskun]?/Sokanda? was a a harbour town located at the south-eastern corner of the Caspian Sea.

Gyth(e)ion — by G. Reger — last modified Jun 05, 2023 04:39 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 58 D4 Gyth(e)ion

Hadrumetum/Iustinianopolis — by R.B. Hitchner — last modified Jul 31, 2023 06:35 PM

Hadrumetum/Iustinianopolis was an important ancient port in North Africa. Founded by Phoenicians, the site pre-dated Carthage. Under Roman administration the site prospered and Trajan assigned it colonial status as Colonia Concordia Ulpia Trajana Augusta Frugifera Hadrumetina.

Halicarnassus/Halikarnassos — by C. Foss — last modified Apr 28, 2023 11:31 AM

An ancient city in Caria, now known as Bodrum in Turkey.

Halieis — by G. Reger — last modified Mar 27, 2024 04:47 PM

An ancient Greek harbor city in the Argolid (across from the modern village of Porto Cheli) that was abandoned toward the end of the fourth century BCE. Excavated remains include fortification walls (as early as the eighth century BCE), a city with an orthogonal street plan, an industrial quarter, and domestic architecture with evidence for agricultural processing. Parts of the city are now under water due to a rise in sea levels.

Harbor at Lechaion — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Mar 26, 2024 01:42 PM

The ancient harbor of Lechaion on the eastern side of the Gulf of Corinth. Historical sources place the founding of Lechaion in the 7th century BCE, but geoarchaeological evidence attests to protohistoric industrial use of the site as early as the 12th century BCE.

Herakleous? Limen — by S.L. Dyson — last modified Dec 08, 2021 12:05 PM

The Herakleous Limen, mentioned by Ptolemy, was an ancient bay or anchorage on the island of Sardinia, probably to be identified with the modern Porto Malfatano, which is located on the southern coast of the island between the Capo Malfatano and the Capo Spartivento.