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Place Berenice by D.J. Mattingly — last modified Jan 23, 2023 04:38 PM
Berenice was a coastal city of western Cyrenaica, located at modern Benghazi in Libya. Founded in the third century BCE, it replaced the earlier Greek colony of Eusperides, which had been centered a short distance to the northeast. Berenice was named in honor of Berenice of Cyrene, the queen of Ptolemy III Euergetes.
Place Berenice/Berenike by T. Wilfong — last modified Jul 06, 2022 05:09 PM
An ancient port city on the west coast of the Red Sea in modern Egypt.
Place 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.
Place 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.
Place 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.
Place 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.
Place Caieta by N. Purcell — last modified Dec 06, 2021 05:23 PM
Caieta was a town of ancient Latium located on the Tyrrhenian Sea coast between Tarracina and Formiae.
Place Cale by E.W. Haley — last modified Jun 07, 2018 04:49 PM
Cale was the site of an ancient city located at the mouth of the Durius fl. The Roman colony Portus Cale was established there in 136 BC.
Place 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.
Place Carthago by R.B. Hitchner — last modified Jul 28, 2023 01:25 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.
Place Castellum Firmanorum by W.V. Harris — last modified Dec 06, 2020 12:35 AM
Castellum Firmanorum was the ancient port of Firmum Picenum.
Place Castrum Minervae/Athenaion/Limen Aphrodites by I.E.M. Edlund Berry — last modified Mar 21, 2023 10:04 AM
An ancient settlement of the Sallentini in Apulia. Legendary history held that this was the spot where Aeneas first landed in Italy, thus the assignation 'Limen Aphrodites' or 'Portus Veneris'.
Place Catabathmus Maior/Plynos Limen/Tetrapyrgia by D.J. Mattingly — last modified Oct 06, 2023 10:31 AM
An ancient place, cited: None
Place Chalcedon by C. Foss — last modified Jun 07, 2018 07:37 PM
Chalcedon was an ancient maritime city of Bithynia.
Place Circeii 2 by N. Purcell — last modified Jan 09, 2024 08:35 PM
A port on the Tyrrhenian coast. In myth, the site was considered to be one of the stopping points of the hero Odysseus.
Place Civitas Namnetum/Kondeouinkon? by H.S. Sivan — last modified Mar 08, 2023 04:59 PM
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 14 D1 Civitas Namnetum/Kondeouinkon?
Place Clysma by A. Bernand — last modified Sep 22, 2023 09:32 AM
Clysma was an ancient port city at the northern end of the Gulf of Suez (modern al‑Qulzum in the city of Suez).
Place Col. Forum Iulii by S. Loseby — last modified Nov 04, 2023 11:56 PM
Col. Forum Iulii (modern Fréjus) was a Roman military colony, most likely founded by Iulius Caesar, that served as a major naval base.
Place 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.
Place 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.