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Larymna (Boeotia) — by J. Fossey — last modified Sep 25, 2023 01:12 PM

Located on the Gulf of Euboea, Larymna was a town of eastern Locris.

Lato pros Kamara — by J. Bennet — last modified Oct 20, 2013 11:20 AM

Lato pros Kamara was the port of ancient Lato.

Lattara — by S. Loseby — last modified Feb 08, 2020 03:23 PM

A walled port city inhabited by Gauls, Etruscans, and Massalian Greeks.

Lavinium — by L. Quilici — last modified Jan 04, 2024 11:53 AM

An ancient city of Latium on the Numicus river that was founded, according to Virgil, by Aeneas.

Lechaion — by G. Reger — last modified Mar 25, 2024 04:42 PM

The port of ancient Corinth.

Lepti Minus — by R.B. Hitchner — last modified Apr 18, 2021 04:44 PM

Lepti Minus was an ancient port city in Tunisia.

Leuca/Portus Sallentinus — by I.E.M. Edlund Berry — last modified Jul 15, 2021 11:57 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 45 inset Leuca/Portus Sallentinus

Leukai — by C. Foss — last modified Jan 01, 2022 05:07 PM

Leukai was an ancient harbor city on the north shore of the Gulf of Smyrna.

Leukos Limen — by J.P. Brown — last modified Jan 11, 2024 10:25 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 68 A2 Leukos Limen

Lissus — by J.J. Wilkes — last modified Aug 04, 2023 08:47 PM

An important Illyrian port located on the river Drin.

Luna — by W.V. Harris — last modified Jan 17, 2024 04:48 PM

Luna (the modern Luni) is an ancient settlement of Liguria. It was re-founded by the Romans as a colonial settlement in 177 BC.

Mareia?/Philoxenite — by A. Bernand — last modified Jun 30, 2023 06:09 PM

Immediately north of modern Hawwariya on the southern shore of Lake Mariout in Egypt, archaeological excavations have uncovered an extensive and evidently purpose-built settlement of the latter sixth century CE, with remains of harbor and industrial installations, baths, shops, a funerary church, and a large basilica. This site, probably to be identified as Philoxenite, catered to the needs of pilgrims travling to shrine of Saint Menas in Abu Mina. It expanded and replaced a site of at least Hellenistic and Roman date that is perhaps to be identified as Mareia.

Miletus — by C. Foss — last modified Apr 15, 2024 04:31 PM

A major ancient city in Caria.

Mylae — by R.J.A. Wilson — last modified Jun 07, 2018 06:54 PM

An ancient Greek settlement on the north-east coast of Sicily, located at the base of a peninsula that juts into the Tyrrhenian Sea. A colony of Zancle, it was probably founded in the eighth or seventh century BC. In 260 BC, during the First Punic War, the Romans won their first major naval battle against the Carthaginians in the waters off Mylae.

Myriand(r)os — by T. Sinclair — last modified Jun 29, 2022 10:24 AM

Myriand(r)os was an ancient Phoenician port near modern İskenderun, Turkey.

Naulochos/Templum Iovis? — by A.G. Poulter — last modified Mar 02, 2022 08:27 PM

A seaside settlement of ancient Thrace that was a colony of Mesembria. Romans referred to the site as Templum Iovis, although Pliny the Elder refers to it as "Tetranaulochus."

Neapolis (Kavalla) — by E.N. Borza — last modified Apr 18, 2023 12:15 PM

An ancient port city on the coast of Thrace, Neapolis (modern Kavalla in the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace in Greece) was probably founded from Thasos in the seventh century CE. It served as the port for Philippi in Hellenistic and Roman times, and was refortified by Justinian in the sixth century CE.

Neapolis/Lepcis Magna — by D.J. Mattingly — last modified Jan 15, 2023 03:58 PM

Originally a Phoenician colony founded ca. 1100 B.C., Lepcis Magna became a prominent Roman city and birthplace of the emperor Septimius Severus.

Nymphaios Limen — by S.L. Dyson — last modified May 30, 2022 02:39 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 48 A2 Nymphaios Limen

Oiniadai — by W.M. Murray — last modified Jun 07, 2018 03:40 PM

A city at the former mouth of the Achelous river.