Last Week in Pleiades (11-18 September 2023)
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Last week the Pleiades editorial college published 6 new place resources and approved updates to 100 existing place resources. Work by Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Noah Kaye, Brady Kiesling, and Gabriel McKee.
New Place Resources
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The probable sanctuary of Apollo Aegileos on the modern Aegean island of Antikythera is attested by the presence of a squared marble platform and various artifacts, including sculptural remains.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Tom Elliott -
The archaic period city walls and gate of Phocaea excavated under the Maltepe tumulus.
Creators: Noah Kaye
Contributors: -
Tumulus located approximately 13km southeast of Parion. The tomb contained two burials dated to 350-300 BCE.
Creators: Gabriel Mckee
Contributors: -
The bridge known as the Ponte del Viceré de Ribera crosses the Fosso di Sant'Andrea on the line of the Via Appia. The viceroy of Naples, one Parefàn de Ribera, renovated the bridge in 1568. During the Second World War, the bridge was bombed and was eventually restored in 2005.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: -
A cenotaph monument in western Attica praised by Pausanias, the Pythionike monument was located along the Sacred Way linking Athens and Eleusis. Stewart (2012) speculates whether Sulla could have plundered statuary from the monument when he marched on Athens.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modified Place Resources
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The Acropolis of Eretria became the site of the settlement during the Middle Helladic period.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: created OSM location of Acropolis of Eretria
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
An area of northwest Thessaly at one time in antiquity occupied by a people named Aithikes, whence the name.
Creators: W.M. Murray
Contributors: Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Michael Heubel; Ryan Horne; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert; Richard Talbert
Modifications: modified name "Aithikia" (adjusted attested form to nominative case, add Greek name, Strabo reference)
Actors: Tom Elliott -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 49 B2 Akrolissos
Creators: J.J. Wilkes
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 17 D3 Andance
Creators: E. Bertrand
Contributors: Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A sanctuary dedicated to Apollo Nasiotas located on the islet of Apsiphia.
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: created OSM location of Αψηφιά
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
An ancient settlement of Lycia, located just south of modern Sahilkılınçlı, in Turkey's Antalya province.
Creators: C. Foss; S. Mitchell
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: added RE links; added PECS reference provided by bkiesling; summary; added associated modern names; added Trismegistos reference provided by bkiesling; create DARMC citation to preserve cross-project linkage after retracting DARMC location; created OSM location of Apollonia; created name "Sahilkılınçlı"; created name "Kiliçli"; created name "Sıçak"
Actors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 52 D4 Apollonia ad Rhyndacum
Creators: C. Foss
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Ryan Horne; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: created name "Apollonia epi Ryndako"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
Apollonia/Sozousa was a coastal town located between Jaffa and Caesarea. It should not be confused with the similarly named ancient site located in Cyrenaica.
Creators: E.M. Meyers; J.P. Brown
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: modified name "Apollonia" (add Latin name, add Pliny reference)
Actors: Tom Elliott -
Apollonia was an ancient city in the Cyrenaica and a port of Cyrene. The city was one of the five cities of the Libyan Pentapolis in Cyrenaica.
Creators: D.J. Mattingly
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: edited
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 72 D3 Apollo, T.
Creators: D. Rupp
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: added TM GEO ID, Chronique en ligne, Topostext references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 62 E4 Apollo, T.
Creators: T. Drew Bear
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: modified name "Apollo" (reference, change type, add BAtlas reference)
Actors: Tom Elliott -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 55 D4 Apollo Thourios, T.
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: modified name "Apollo Thourios" (ctype, add BAtlas reference); created name "neos Apollonos Thouriouνεὼς"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 17 D2 Asa Paulini
Creators: E. Bertrand
Contributors: Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: Aurenche 2020; update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 42 B2 Asciano
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 46 unlocated Badiza
Creators: A.M. Small; I.E.M. Edlund Berry
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Belas Knap is a Neolithic chamber tomb located on Cleeve Hill in Gloucestershire, England. The tomb is dated ca. 3800 BC.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: created OSM location of elas Knap Longbarrow
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 46 unlocated Besidiae
Creators: A.M. Small; I.E.M. Edlund Berry
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 46 unlocated Buthrotus/Bulotus fl.
Creators: A.M. Small; I.E.M. Edlund Berry
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Byzantine tombs at the site belong to the sixth century when the Temple of Concordia was converted into a Christian church.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: modified OSM Location of Byzantine arcosolia (Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 46 unlocated Camere Ager
Creators: A.M. Small; I.E.M. Edlund Berry
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 46 unlocated Carissanum
Creators: A.M. Small; I.E.M. Edlund Berry
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 46 unlocated Celennia Praerupta
Creators: A.M. Small; I.E.M. Edlund Berry
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A district of Epirus inhabited by the Chaonians, a Greek tribe.
Creators: J.J. Wilkes
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Michael Heubel; Ryan Horne; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert; Richard Talbert
Modifications: add MANTO 11307417: Chaonia (Epeiros)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Chersonesos was an ancient Greek colony founded in the southwestern part of the Crimean Peninsula, ancient Taurica. Settlers from Heraclea Pontica established the site in the sixth century B.C.
Creators: David Braund
Contributors: Adam Rabinowitz; Brady Kiesling; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; Diane Braund; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 46 D5 Cittanova
Creators: A.M. Small; I.E.M. Edlund Berry
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Now drained, Lake Copais was a lake located in the center of Boeotia to the west of Thebes.
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Ryan Horne; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: Paus. 9.38.7; add MANTO 10774304: Lake Copais (Boiotia)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 20 D7 Diomedeae Inss.
Creators: M. Šašel Kos; P. Kos
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Modern Point Ploča in Croatia.
Creators: M. Šašel Kos; P. Kos
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: edited; modified OSM Location of Rt Ploča (Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance, change type, add time period = modern)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Located in the Upper Agroa, the Ekklesiasterion at Akragas dates to the fourth and third centuries B.C.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: add wikidata; add Arachne
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient people, tribe, or cultural group. Located: N Lake Ohrid MAC.
Creators: J.J. Wilkes
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Michael Heubel; Ryan Horne; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert; Richard Talbert
Modifications: Paus. 9.5.3; update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The Mull of Kintyre.
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: update references; modified name "Mull of Kintyre" (update reference)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 60 D5 Episkopi
Creators: G. Reger; J. Bennet
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: edited; update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 46 unlocated Facenio
Creators: A.M. Small; I.E.M. Edlund Berry
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The island called Gozo in modern times, part of the country of Malta.
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; Valeria Vitale; R. Talbert
Modifications: add MANTO 11306921: Gaudos (island); modified name "Gaudos" (update reference)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 50 A4 Haliakmon fl.
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: add MANTO 9878403: River Haliacmon (N. Greece)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 20 C6 Hyllis Pr.
Creators: M. Šašel Kos; P. Kos
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: add Pliny reference, Latin name as attested; update references; modified OSM location of Punta Planka (Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance, update type, time period, title)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 56 F4 Hyrkanis
Creators: C. Foss; G. Reger; S. Mitchell
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: add url to RE reference; update reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The island of Imbros (modern Gökçeada in Turkey) was colonized by Athens in antiquity.
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors: Arthur De Graauw; Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: Str. 10.3.21; add wikidata Q658437: Imbros
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The Italian peninsula extending northward to the Alps as recognized by the Romans.
Creators: Brian Z. Lund; M. Joann McDaniel; Mary E. Downs; R. Talbert
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Pierre Motylewicz; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott
Modifications: add MANTO reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 55 C2 Kierion
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 55 D3 Kytinion
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: add MANTO 11303632: Cytinion (Doris); modified name "Kytinion" (Baseline created)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The Capo Colonna, the ancient Promunturium Lacinium, is a cape of Calabria located near Crotone.
Creators: A.M. Small; I.E.M. Edlund Berry
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references, add topostext; modified name "Promunturium Lacinium" (update references)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The island of Kardiotissa in the Aegean Sea.
Creators: G. Reger; J. Bennet
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Noah Kaye; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; modified name "Lagousa" (update reference)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 15 C2 Lansargues
Creators: S. Loseby
Contributors: Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 46 unlocated Latapadon fl.
Creators: A.M. Small; I.E.M. Edlund Berry
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Locri is a town and comune in the province of Reggio Calabria, Calabria, in southern Italy. Epizephyrian Locris was founded ca. 680 BC near modern Capo Zefirio, by the Locrians, apparently under the Opuntii (East Locrians) from the city of Opus, but also including Ozolae (West Locrians) and Lacedaemonians.
Creators: A.M. Small; I.E.M. Edlund Berry
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; K. Bender; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: edited
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 80 D1 Maximianon
Creators: J. Keenan; S.E. Sidebotham; T. Wilfong
Contributors: Adam Prins; Jeffrey Becker; Ryan Horne; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; Herbert Verreth; Jen Thum; Mark Depauw; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Medma (Rosarno) was an ancient settlement founded from Lokroi Epizephyrioi.
Creators: A.M. Small; I.E.M. Edlund Berry
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: edited; update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The Mesima river of southern Italy.
Creators: A.M. Small; I.E.M. Edlund Berry
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: edited; modified OSM location of Mésima (Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Megara Hyblaia was an ancient Greek colony in eastern Sicily founded in the eighth century B.C.
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Jonathan Prag; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; Valeria Vitale; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: Orsi and Cavallari 1889; Bérard 2023
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 65 C5 Megiste
Creators: C. Foss; S. Mitchell
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: add tm geo id; update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Megiste Ins. (modern Kastellorizo) is the easternmost Greek island. In antiquity it was colonized by Dorian Greeks.
Creators: C. Foss; S. Mitchell
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Ryan Horne; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; modified location of Megiste (Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The Archaic to Classical period settlement of Mekyberna served as a port city for Olynthos. (Kalyves Polygyrou, Halkidiki Macedonia).
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A harbor settlement (in the vicinity of modern El Kantara) in the southern part of the Tunisian island of Djerba (ancient Meninx/Lotophagitis/Girba).
Creators: D.J. Mattingly
Contributors: Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: add Duval 1942; update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient settlement located on the western side of the Magnesian peninsula on a hill named Nevestiki near modern Lekhonia (Volos municipality, Greece).
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: add MANTO 9720439: Methone (Thessaly)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient settlement sited on the west coast of the Messenian peninsula of the Peloponnese. The collocated modern settlement is called Methoni and is located in the administratively part of the Pylos-Nestoras municipality, Messenia regional unit, of the modern Greek state.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: add arachne
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 65 D3 Milyadeis
Creators: C. Foss; S. Mitchell
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Ryan Horne; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert; Richard Talbert
Modifications: update reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
According to Strabo, Milyas is a region that strethes from Termessus as far as Sagalassus and the territory of Apameia.
Creators: C. Foss; S. Mitchell
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Ryan Horne; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert; Richard Talbert
Modifications: update tm geo id reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 101 L3 Moesiae
Creators: A.S. Esmonde-Cleary; C.M. Wells; J.F. Drinkwater; J.J. Wilkes; R.C. Knapp; R.S. Bagnall; S. Mitchell; S.T. Parker; W.V. Harris
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; Brian Z. Lund; M. Joann McDaniel; Mary E. Downs; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 33 G1 Moknine
Creators: R.B. Hitchner
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Myos Hormos was a port on the Red Sea built by the Ptolemies in the third century BC.
Creators: J. Keenan; S.E. Sidebotham; T. Wilfong
Contributors: Adam Prins; Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; Herbert Verreth; Jen Thum; Mark Depauw; R. Talbert
Modifications: add Peacock 1993
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Myrtoion Mare (Myrtoan Sea) is a part of the Mediterranean Sea lying between the Cyclades and the Peloponnese.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: add MANTO reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Originally a city of the Ozolian Locrians, Naupactus eventually fell to Athens; under Macedonian rule Philip II ceded it to the Aetolians.
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A river of Bruttium (modern Neto in Italy) mentioned in various sources. It is identified in the epitome of Apollodorus as the location where the Trojan women burned the Trojan ships after arriving in Italy.
Creators: A.M. Small; I.E.M. Edlund Berry
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: edited
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient Italic population occupying a portion of southwestern Italy from Poseidonia/Paestum to Calabria. Their name may derive from the Greek 'oinos' meaning wine.
Creators: A.M. Small; I.E.M. Edlund Berry
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: edited; MANTO 10137174: Oinotria (Italy)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A town of the Ozolian Locrians, situated at the western entrance of the Crissaean Gulf.
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; update references; modified name "Oiantheia" (Baseline created)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A mountain in central Greece (between Olympus and Pelion), important in Greek mythology. Several ancient cities and a shrine to the Muses were located on its western slopes.
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: add MANTO 9063139: Mount Ossa (Thessaly)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The port city of ancient Rome located at the mouth of the river Tiber.
Creators: L. Quilici; S. Quilici Gigli
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Ryan Horne; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: modified connection "Tiberis (river)" (cnxn); created connection "Roma"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 57 B6 Palaiokastro
Creators: Classical Atlas Project Office; G. Reger
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: add topostext
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The central hill of Rome, Italy. Legend held that Romulus founded the city of Rome on the Palatine.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Tom Elliott
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The Penestae were an ancient people of Illyricum.
Creators: J.J. Wilkes
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Michael Heubel; Ryan Horne; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert; Richard Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 55 D2 Pereia
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient settlement of Asia Minor, modern Foça in Turkey.
Creators: C. Foss; G. Reger; S. Mitchell
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Ryan Horne; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update TM GEO ID reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 46 unlocated Portus Herculis/Herakleous Limen
Creators: A.M. Small; I.E.M. Edlund Berry
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 55 C4 Poteidania
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Ryan Horne; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: created name "Potidania"; created name "Potidania"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 88 C3 Qatlanikhevi
Creators: David Braund
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; Diane Braund; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A villa maritima discovered in 1910-11.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: modified OSM location of Ramla bay Roman villa (Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Seriphos is an island of the western Cyclades. The island was settled by the third millennium B.C. The island was a member of the Delian League.
Creators: G. Reger; J. Bennet
Contributors: Adam Rabinowitz; Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: created location "OSM Location: modern Σέριφος"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
An ancient settlement on the island of Seriphos. Modern Seriphos town, also known as Chora.
Creators: G. Reger; J. Bennet
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: added iDAI gazetteer reference provided by bkiesling; summary; title; added associated modern location, which supersedes BAtlas grid square location currently published on baseline; added Chronique reference; place type = settlement; added RE link; added Wikidata reference; created OSM Location of modern Σέριφος (Χώρα); created connection "Seriphos (island)"
Actors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 60 D5 Sikinos Ins.
Creators: G. Reger; J. Bennet
Contributors: Arthur De Graauw; Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A small, rectangular Greek temple-type building dated to the first century B.C. and located in the upper agora of Agrigento, on the Poggetto di San Nicola. The name "Oratory" comes from its later use as a Christian chapel.
Creators: Valeria Vitale
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Jonathan Prag
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 65 C5 Strongyle Ins.
Creators: C. Foss; S. Mitchell
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Ryan Horne; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: edit title, add Pliny, update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The so-called Temple C at Selinus is a Doric temple that dates to the second half of the sixth century B.C.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott
Contributors:
Modifications: add arachne
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A peripteral Doric temple built in the mid-6th c. BCE and destroyed by fire in the 2nd c. BCE. The temple faces east, and was built of mudbrick on foundations of local sandstone, with sandstone column drums and a terracotta roof. A 4th c. BCE dedicatory inscription found in the cella attests the worship of Apollo. The structure was discovered in 1994 following the activity of looters.
Creators: Dan Diffendale
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: created OSM location
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
The Temple of Concord, located in the so-called "Valle dei Templi" of Agrigento, dates ca. 440-430 B.C.
Creators: R. Talbert; R.J.A. Wilson
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC
Modifications: changed deprecated place type, update references, add Arachne
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The Temple of Heracles is one of the oldest temples in the Valley of the Temples in ancient Akragas, Sicily, dating from around the late 6th century BCE.
Creators: Asta Rossi; Freya Schlaefer
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Thomas Landvatter
Modifications: edited; modified OSM Location of Temple of Heracles (Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 46 F3 Hera, T.
Creators: A.M. Small; I.E.M. Edlund Berry
Contributors: Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: added Arachne; update reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient Phoenician settlement located in western Sardinia on a promontory in the Gulf of Oristano, just south of modern San Giovanni di Sinis. While it originates as a Punic or Carthaginian settlement ca. 700 BCE, it continued as a major town in Roman times.
Creators: S.L. Dyson
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update arachne
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Thouria is a settlement of the Peloponnese, with archaeological evidence ranging in date from the Bronze Age to the Roman period. The nature of the archaic and classical polity is debated in the sources.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; jfu
Modifications: add MANTO
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 102 E3 no. 3 (Thrake)
Creators: J.J. Wilkes; R.S. Bagnall; S. Mitchell; S.T. Parker
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; Brian Z. Lund; M. Joann McDaniel; Mary E. Downs; R. Talbert
Modifications: update reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 55 D3 Thronion
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient island mentioned by Pausanias, it can be identified with the modern Trikeri.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: edited
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The Tyrrhenian Sea is part of the Mediterranean Sea off the western coast of Italy. It takes its name from the Tyrrhenian people, another name for the Etruscans.
Creators: Brian Z. Lund; M. Joann McDaniel; Mary E. Downs; R. Talbert
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott
Modifications: MANTO 9051553: the Tyrrhenian Sea; modified name "Tyrsēnikòn pélagòs" (update references)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Medma → Cittanova → Lokroi Epizephyrioi
Creators: A.M. Small; I.E.M. Edlund Berry
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Col. Lugdunum → Asa Paulini → Lunna
Creators: E. Bertrand
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The Upper Agora at Akragas at Poggetto di San Nicola is the site of the ekklesiasterion, the so-called "Oratory of Phalaris", and the bouleuterion.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: modified OSM location of Agora Superior (Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A major Sumerian city-state founded during the Ubaid period, ca. 3800 B.C. In archaeological terms, Ur is particularly well known for the lavish tombs of its Royal Cemetery, its massive Ziggurat. The site served as the capital of the Ur III dynasty.
Creators: A. Hausleiter; M. Roaf; R. Wenke; St J. Simpson
Contributors: Eric Kansa; Francis Deblauwe; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; B. Siewert-Mayer; DARMC; H. Kopp; P. Flensted Jensen; R. Talbert; W. Röllig
Modifications: add TGN 7002485: Tall Muqayyir (deserted settlement) as reference; cleanup references; added Hammer and Di Michele 2023; modified name "Tall al-Muqayyar" (add Geonames reference as source for Arabic name, Baseline created, update TAVO reference)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 49 C2 Uscana
Creators: J.J. Wilkes
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: add wikidata Q46187190: Uscana
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The ancient city of Elea / Velia was said to have been founded by Phocaean Greeks in the sixth century B.C. and then became an ally of Rome in the third century B.C.
Creators: A.M. Small; I.E.M. Edlund Berry
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 46 E4 Vivarium
Creators: A.M. Small; I.E.M. Edlund Berry
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker