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Roman, early Empire (30 BC-AD 300)

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Place Caepionis Monu. — by Jr. — last modified Jun 13, 2019 12:46 PM
Caepionis Monumentum (Tower of Caepio) was a tower-cum-lighthouse built by the Roman proconsul Quintus Servilius Caepio in 140 BC. The aim was to make the Salmedina reef at the mouth of the river Baitis (Guadalquivir) navigable. The modern toponym is Chipiona.
Place Drepanon (promontory) — by G. Reger — last modified Nov 28, 2022 04:56 PM
The modern Cape Drepano, located at the western narrowing of the Corinthian Gulf, just east of Rhion/Antirrhion.
Place Granianon Akron — by S.L. Dyson — last modified Mar 25, 2023 08:28 PM
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 48 D3 Granianon Akron
Place Hippo? Akra — by E.W.B. Fentress — last modified Jul 21, 2023 05:00 PM
Hippo? Akra (modern Cap de Garde, Algeria)
Place Lattara — by S. Loseby — last modified Feb 08, 2020 03:23 PM
A walled port city inhabited by Gauls, Etruscans, and Massalian Greeks.
Place Leukimma Pr. — by W.M. Murray — last modified Jun 28, 2023 09:35 AM
Leukimma Pr. (Akra Lefkimmis)
Place Pharos — by A. Bernand — last modified Feb 06, 2024 01:50 PM
The Pharos lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, was built under the Ptolemies between 280 and 247 BC.
Place Pharos of Portus Dubris — by A.S. Esmonde Cleary — last modified Apr 04, 2023 04:05 PM
The remains of the Roman lighthouse group at Portus Dubris.
Place Plemmyrium (promontory) — by R.J.A. Wilson — last modified May 09, 2022 10:45 AM
Modern scholars associate Plemmyrium with the modern Penisola della Maddalena located south of Syracuse on the island of Sicily, but they differ as to which cape on the peninsula is meant by ancient sources.
Place Portus Dubris — by A.S. Esmonde Cleary — last modified Aug 29, 2021 04:34 PM
Portus Dubris (modern Dover) was a key commercial site for trade across the English Channel and was a key site connected with the A.D. 43 Roman invasion of Britain.
Place Torre de Hércules — by E.W. Haley — last modified Nov 30, 2021 06:22 PM
A lighthouse that has served as a marker for the La Coruña harbor since the late first century AD.
Place Zaba? Ins. — by M.U. Erdosy — last modified Mar 02, 2023 12:05 PM
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 5 inset Zaba? Ins.