Roman, early Empire (30 BC-AD 300)2009-09-07T19:34:54Zsgilliestag:atlantides.org,2009:pleiades/f041983b1fddafb6a8f229b782594e39Abu Ballastag:atlantides.org,2018:pleiades/5ff631776c224882a320ff19405000792018-03-15T15:11:43ZA sandstone peak approximately 200 kilometers southwest of the Dakleh Oasis containing extensive pottery remains dated from the 3rd millennium BCE through the Roman period. Abu Ballas was likely a way station along a caravan route connecting the Dakhleh Oasis with Gilf Kebir.24.438636 27.648734 24.438637 27.648648 24.438652 27.648594 24.438688 27.648524 24.438739 27.648459 24.438806 27.648409 24.438933 27.648357 24.438990 27.648353 24.439076 27.648358 24.439155 27.648384 24.439344 27.648477 24.439436 27.648558 24.439474 27.648641 24.439490 27.648736 24.439490 27.648827 24.439469 27.648951 24.439416 27.649068 24.439361 27.649151 24.439341 27.649165 24.439293 27.649187 24.439103 27.649232 24.438993 27.649223 24.438918 27.649189 24.438850 27.649144 24.438761 27.649059 24.438727 27.649009 24.438676 27.648908 24.438650 27.648826 24.438636 27.648734Amman/Philadelpheiatag:atlantides.org,2009:pleiades/732a7285fc3fd09cca868a6d31e7a9cf2020-08-05T16:07:30ZAn ancient settlement in northwest Jordan (modern Amman) received a Macedonian settlement and the name of Philadelphia from Ptolemy II Philadelphos (285-246 BC). The modern Amman, Jordan.31.955128 35.934602 31.956454 35.933250Areopagustag:atlantides.org,2024:pleiades/1f28b29e8d20496da2ff492e59fa52c32024-02-25T22:30:23ZNamed after a mythical trial of the god Ares, the Areopagus is a rocky outcropping in Athens located to the northwest of the acropolis. The hill was used as a meeting place for the Council of the Areopagus which functioned as a council of elders for the city of Athens. The Areopagus is also traditionally identified as the setting for Paul's sermon to Athens.37.972222 23.723611 37.972487 23.722984 37.972554 23.723015 37.972573 23.723121 37.972570 23.723183 37.972519 23.723293 37.972222 23.723611Artaxatatag:atlantides.org,2023:pleiades/486eb2ed1190e183928d96dadba369b92023-04-12T00:47:12ZAn ancient city located on and around the hills known today as Khor Virap. This location is near the Armenian village of Lusarat, which is about 8 km south of modern Artashat.39.876985 44.572156 39.877015 44.571349 39.877271 44.570351 39.878107 44.569058 39.880032 44.567029 39.885501 44.573883 39.887142 44.578647 39.887171 44.579164 39.887086 44.579847 39.886864 44.580214 39.886280 44.580798 39.882540 44.581248 39.879267 44.578398 39.878419 44.577630 39.877864 44.577083 39.877781 44.576837 39.877715 44.576504 39.877036 44.572964 39.876985 44.572156Boukolos Collistag:atlantides.org,2010:pleiades/d4dbf5906e0825759d1a2390d4580a1b2013-06-11T18:50:20ZAn ancient place, cited: BAtlas 53 A2 Boukolos Collis41.000000 28.750000 41.250000 28.750000 41.250000 29.000000 41.000000 29.000000 41.000000 28.750000Caelius Monstag:atlantides.org,2022:pleiades/217d4a4abb885a41c846449d5bcd17e32024-01-15T20:08:30ZThe Caelian Hill in Rome.41.884000 12.491000 41.891775 12.486137 41.885688 12.508682 41.884350 12.496739 41.884000 12.491000Capitolinus Monstag:atlantides.org,2013:pleiades/65a7e350e318fd9694e723e952c808372021-08-10T15:05:59ZThe smallest of Rome's hills and one of its most important, the Capitoline served as the citadel (arx) of the city and as the site of its poliadic temple.41.892578 12.482215Colles Leucogaeitag:atlantides.org,2010:pleiades/d29a67bef0b931bbb9f767b00637ad4d2022-09-30T19:13:34ZA name for volcanic hills of a whitish hue around Puteoli.40.870554 14.147706 40.875503 14.166552 40.880262 14.188443 40.883308 14.203291 40.880833 14.195296 40.872838 14.158747 40.870554 14.147706Cynoscephalaetag:atlantides.org,2024:pleiades/07a5e520d44e076daf2a02544f3bc7852024-03-20T16:44:57ZA pass in the hills of Thessaly where a battle was fought in 197 BCE between Rome and Philip V of Macedon.39.000000 22.500000 39.500000 22.500000 39.500000 23.000000 39.000000 23.000000 39.000000 22.500000Dolicha (island)tag:atlantides.org,2010:pleiades/39493c935bda02fae1024a702ea8862f2023-05-30T19:48:33ZThe ancient Ionian island of Dolicha is probably to be associated with the modern, now-landlocked peak known as Koutsilaris in the modern Greek municipality of Mesolongi.38.322480 21.148240Eresostag:atlantides.org,2024:pleiades/ab2c62ae3f0d996393f7eb31f58f74032024-02-02T00:08:04ZAn ancient settlement on the island of Lesbos (modern Skala Eresou), reputed birthplace of the poet Sappho. Strabo describes it as being built on a hill (presumably the modern Vigla) and extending down to the sea.39.133148 25.935414Esquilinus Monstag:atlantides.org,2018:pleiades/2d57631c81f0402e97722348fbb5c4412023-10-14T15:57:12ZThe Esquiline Hill is one of the seven hills of Rome. The eastern section of the hill lay outside the Servian Wall, and served as a pauper's cemetery during the archaic and Republican periods.41.893413 12.496541 41.895190 12.496947 41.895231 12.497019 41.895394 12.503780 41.895113 12.503812 41.895090 12.503793 41.894096 12.501223 41.893413 12.496541Gemelli Collestag:atlantides.org,2010:pleiades/7dcce581f56922b556d48be9f722b0aa2021-08-08T00:30:08ZAn ancient place, cited: BAtlas 47 D3 Gemelli Colles37.622133 13.596165Hutcheson Hilltag:atlantides.org,2013:pleiades/8b986fb4e480648ccca58bbdd03be9f52019-07-07T21:49:07ZFindspot of two Roman distance slabs along the line of the Antonine Wall: RIB 2198 (found in 1865) and 3507 (found in 1969).55.921960 -4.374640Janiculumtag:atlantides.org,2018:pleiades/a946fa2ba3e0d4e2960f9d0fd03da6582021-12-02T22:00:13ZThis hill is located outside of the ancient city of Rome to the west of the Tiber and is not considered one of the Seven Hills of Rome. From an early stage the Janiculum was connected to the city by fortifications and a bridge over the Tiber. It also was the site of important water-powered mills in the Roman Empire.41.883330 12.466670Klin-Yartag:atlantides.org,2018:pleiades/56fe5af908b94886aac27b110f221c5b2019-06-17T15:16:36ZA burial ground near the modern town of Kislovodsk in the North Caucasus. The site contains 270 burials associated with the Iron Age Koban culture and the early medieval Sarmatians and Alans.43.927974 42.660942 43.928005 42.660443 43.928457 42.657283 43.928495 42.657031 43.928592 42.656817 43.928712 42.656887 43.928824 42.657198 43.928874 42.657648 43.928824 42.658153 43.928010 42.663136 43.927997 42.663212 43.927983 42.663194 43.927974 42.660942Kolonos Agoraiostag:atlantides.org,2024:pleiades/32fa5543a00944aa816c3032dad37a212024-02-28T13:08:50ZThe hill flanking the Athenian Agora to the west, site of the Doric temple of Hephaestus.37.975429 23.721214Kolonos Hippiostag:atlantides.org,2010:pleiades/a9910386375d2c1a1da53db354629a3f2021-03-14T11:14:27ZPausanias states that the Kolonos Hippios is a hill that marks the first point that Oedipus reached in Attica. It was a sacred area with rites devoted to both Poseidon and Athena, as well as a hero shrine sacred to Peirithous and Theseus, Oedipus and Adrastus. Antigonus destroyed the shrine of Poseidon.37.994712 23.715026 37.995560 23.714439 37.995806 23.714562 37.996021 23.714732 37.996090 23.714848 37.996172 23.714999 37.996197 23.715063 37.996232 23.715322 37.996243 23.715431 37.996184 23.715962 37.995112 23.716209 37.995040 23.716119 37.994712 23.715026Monte Rocchetag:atlantides.org,2014:pleiades/0ad7cd52038d98dba054f5a7ef1cccab2015-06-26T03:06:21ZA settlement of the Iron Age and Roman period in western Liguria.43.848475 7.867462Monte Testacciotag:atlantides.org,2013:pleiades/ffa3ac580252b185dfc03d175395eb952024-01-30T19:34:09ZAn artificial mountain on the banks of the Tiber river at Rome composed of 580,000 cubic meters of broken amphorae.41.874583 12.475631 41.874648 12.475441 41.875309 12.474446 41.875440 12.474272 41.875553 12.474157 41.875720 12.474040 41.875867 12.473950 41.876038 12.473934 41.876191 12.473928 41.876406 12.473929 41.876550 12.473953 41.877346 12.475914 41.877303 12.475942 41.877125 12.476059 41.875601 12.476519 41.875370 12.476564 41.875233 12.476546 41.874890 12.476353 41.874748 12.476207 41.874655 12.476028 41.874606 12.475831 41.874583 12.475631Munychiatag:atlantides.org,2015:pleiades/04a4c91fcf49db8784b34eb70a5239572021-04-02T15:47:57ZA hill in the Piraeus and the site of extensive fortifications in the Classical and Hellenistic periods.37.940600 23.655900Palatinus Monstag:atlantides.org,2013:pleiades/259ab57f080a71cc165d1a112faa675c2023-09-17T01:21:06ZThe central hill of Rome, Italy. Legend held that Romulus founded the city of Rome on the Palatine.41.889306 12.487109Pnyxtag:atlantides.org,2024:pleiades/2978a9623b604570ab0bdbbba413b7042024-03-01T15:26:40ZThe gathering place of the Athenian Assembly in the Classical Period37.970846 23.719915 37.970880 23.719169 37.971069 23.719040 37.971624 23.718722 37.971793 23.718740 37.971895 23.718843 37.971996 23.719006 37.972061 23.719126 37.972084 23.719184 37.972080 23.719327 37.972047 23.719606 37.972023 23.719744 37.971956 23.719812 37.971069 23.720181 37.970907 23.720181 37.970853 23.720087 37.970846 23.719915Quirinal Hilltag:atlantides.org,2018:pleiades/a47d2d002f8a493eb1ab019881ae97432024-02-11T01:50:47ZOne of the hills of Rome, comprised of several smaller peaks. According to tradition its first inhabitants were Titus Tatius and the Sabines; during the Republic the hill was a mostly residential area.41.900000 12.483330Silpion Orostag:atlantides.org,2009:pleiades/091734c78b291bf6b3730a57943e9d102013-12-23T03:06:08ZAn ancient place, cited: BAtlas 67 C4 Silpion Oros36.000000 36.000000 36.500000 36.000000 36.500000 36.500000 36.000000 36.500000 36.000000 36.000000Skepsistag:atlantides.org,2022:pleiades/8c021a7418b3236a41ef44b0963b8ff42022-11-29T23:20:18ZAn ancient settlement in the upper watershed of the Skamander (modern Karamenderes) river, located at and around the modern village of Kurşunlu in Turkey's Bayramiç (Çanakkale province). Significant archaeological remains, including a probable temple, on the dome-shaped hill immediately west of the modern village were reported in the 19th century, but these are no longer evident, the site having been quarried for construction in the village and in Bayramiç. Rescue excavations between the hill and the river revealed Roman and Byzantine-era structures, including a bath complex, in the late 20th century, prior to the filling of the reservoir created by the Bayramiç dam.39.807552 26.706186 39.807260 26.699656Trachonestag:atlantides.org,2009:pleiades/b224df4e04b73487bc0246b9a6818c062022-09-23T01:08:46ZTrachones, hills located near Damascus mentioned in the text of Strabo.32.787894 36.323962 33.155521 37.212691 33.025840 36.998539 32.966354 36.892653 32.915195 36.789147 32.820017 36.571426 32.798602 36.464350 32.787894 36.323962Traprain Lawtag:atlantides.org,2009:pleiades/b470703783b343bd010af0fdfff1f4c02020-02-09T20:49:33ZAn ancient place, cited: BAtlas 9 E5 Traprain Law55.962880 -2.672850Unnamed lead mines at Halkyn Mountaintag:atlantides.org,2009:pleiades/8148b9d96bedeaf8ca653a72f54647f02017-04-09T00:04:39ZA Roman-era lead mining operation at modern Halkyn Mountain, Flintshire, Wales, UK.53.239170 -3.207500Veliatag:atlantides.org,2017:pleiades/fb1f2e6af37f4420986e22c9cf309f312023-11-14T21:04:51ZThe Velia, no longer extant, was a spur stretching from the north side of the Palatine Hill toward the Oppian Hill.41.890226 12.490308 41.890235 12.490274 41.890581 12.489037 41.891775 12.486137 41.891433 12.489456 41.891172 12.490409 41.891044 12.490604 41.890994 12.490640 41.890898 12.490656 41.890851 12.490634 41.890253 12.490322 41.890226 12.490308Viminal Hilltag:atlantides.org,2018:pleiades/2f58205acfa2428691b2debeec04bf1f2020-11-11T21:50:35ZThe Viminal Hill, located between the Quirinal and Esquiline hills, is the smallest of the so-called seven hills of Rome.41.899528 12.493944