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Mounichia Limen — by J.S. Traill — last modified Mar 09, 2021 11:26 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 B3 Mounichia Limen

Muziris — by M.U. Erdosy — last modified Feb 01, 2024 01:46 PM

An important port and trading village

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.

Myos Hormos? — by T. Wilfong — last modified Sep 17, 2023 07:55 PM

Myos Hormos was a port on the Red Sea built by the Ptolemies in the third century BC.

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.

Myrtos — by J. Bennet — last modified Aug 09, 2013 10:56 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 60 E2 Myrtos

Namnatius Portus — by P.O. Spann — last modified Jan 17, 2017 10:57 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 27 unlocated Namnatius? Portus

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."

Naustathmus Portus — by R.J.A. Wilson — last modified Jun 15, 2022 11:54 PM

An ancient port on the east coast of Sicily, mentioned by Pliny. It is probably to be associated with modern Fontane Bianche.

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.

Neorion — by C. Foss — last modified Aug 14, 2018 02:32 PM

Neorion Harbor was a harbor of Constantinople in use from the fourth century until the late Ottoman period.

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.

Oinoe/‘Caena’ — by T. Sinclair — last modified May 23, 2022 03:25 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 87 C3 Oinoe/‘Caena’

Olbia — by S.L. Dyson — last modified Oct 01, 2022 12:07 AM

A Phoenician, Carthaginian, and Roman center in northeast Sardinia.

Onchesmos — by W.M. Murray — last modified Jan 13, 2020 09:55 AM

Onchesmos was a port in Epirus.

Orikon — by J.J. Wilkes — last modified Jan 08, 2023 04:43 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 49 B3 Orikon

Oropos — by J.S. Traill — last modified Feb 28, 2024 08:16 PM

Oropos was an ancient settlement and port located on the border between Boeotia and Attica, and was source of ongoing disputes in antiquity. Colonists from Eretria founded Oropos.

Othoca — by S.L. Dyson — last modified Dec 18, 2023 08:29 PM

The site of a Phoenician port on the Gulf of Oristano in western Sardinia.

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