Last Week in Pleiades (13-20 March 2023)

The "Anfiteatro Fausto" or "Amphitheater of Faustus" refers to a Roman amphitheater that was built during the reign of Tiberius (likely 30 or 32 CE) at Terni.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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A monumental fountain dating to the second century CE at Gerasa (modern Jerash in Jordan).
Creators: Tom Elliott
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The Paglicci cave or Grotta Paglicci is located near Rignano Garganico, Apulia, in southern Italy. Discovered in the 1950s, the cave is an important archaeological site documenting life in the Paleolithic period. In addition to artifact finds and zooarchaeological information, the cave provides evidence of the harvesting of wild oats ca. 36,000 BCE. The cave also includes Paleolithic mural art.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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An early Christian necropolis with tombs dating to the fourth through sixth centuries CE in the Italian comune of Vieste.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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A Roman municipium, listed on the Peutinger map on a route between "Syda" (Bida, modern Djemaa Saharidj, Tunisia) and Saldae (modern Béjaïa, Algeria) whose precise location cannot be determined today.
Creators: Tom Elliott
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At Sant'Annèa are the remains of an extensive Roman villa located near the port of Gargano, about 3 km south of Lake Lesina. The villa probably originates in the late republican period and flourishes in the third and fourth centuries CE.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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Creators: Tom Elliott
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Creators: Tom Elliott
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Early dynastic necropolis in southern Mesopotamia. The site was inundated by the creation of Lake Hamrin in 1981.
Creators: Zachary Rosalinsky
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker

An archaic temple of Athena on the acropolis of Thasos was dismantled in the 5th century BCE. Planning, procurement of materials, and construction of its replacement seem to have begun shortly thereafter, but were never finished.
Creators: Tom Elliott
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An inscription found beside the Via Appia near the tomb of Cecelia Metella in 1851 identifies a cepotaphium, i.e. a tomb in a garden, belonging to an Aur(elius) Inachus.
Creators: Yuyao Liu
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 23 unlocated Acisalitae
Creators: David Braund
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; Diane Braund; R. Talbert
Modifications: place type + = people; update references; modified name "Acisalitaea" (Latin name, reference, type = ethnic); created connection "Taurike Chersonesos"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 31 unlocated Ad Basilicam
Creators: E.W.B. Fentress
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Modern Diyarbakir in Turkey.
Creators: M. Roaf; S.E. Kroll; St J. Simpson; T. Sinclair
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Eric Kansa; Francis Deblauwe; Gabriel Bodard; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; Valeria Vitale; B. Siewert-Mayer; DARMC; H. Kopp; R. Talbert; W. Röllig
Modifications: created connection "al-Jazirah (region)"
Actors: Gabriel McKee; Jeffrey Becker

An ancient people whose territory is unlocated
Creators: M.U. Erdosy
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: edited; update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 32 E3 Ain-el-Blate
Creators: R.B. Hitchner
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 30 H3 Akbou des Ait bou Mahdi
Creators: T.W. Potter
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: update reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 84 C4 Alekseyevskoye
Creators: David Braund
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; Diane Braund; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 90 D4 (A)Mardoi
Creators: S.E. Kroll
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Ryan Horne; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert; Richard Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

A river of Scythia.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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Modifications: created connection "Danuvius/Istros/Hister (river)"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient settlement, attested by literary or documentary sources, whose precise location cannot be determined today
Creators: C. Foss; G. Reger; S. Mitchell
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Ryan Horne; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: created connection "Thebes Pedion"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient settlement of Calabria that, according to Pliny the Elder, was located between Hydruntum and the Iapygian Promontory. Modern Vaste, Italy.
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

Ben Shemen Forest is the largest forest in Central Israel and it contains several archaeological sites, including Bir a Shemi, Tel Gimzo, Tel Hadid, and several Hasmonean-period tombs.
Creators: Jamie Novotny
Contributors: Carolin Johansson; Jeffrey Becker; Rune Rattenborg
Modifications: ctype wikidata +=related
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 30 H3 Bida
Creators: T.W. Potter
Contributors: Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: add TM GEO ID 3823: Bida (Djemaa Saharidj); update references; created connection "Ruzai"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 8 E2 Blackwardine
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 30 G3 Blad Guitoun
Creators: T.W. Potter
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 23 H1 Blagoveshchenskoye
Creators: David Braund
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; Diane Braund; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 56 unlocated Bla(un)dos
Creators: C. Foss; G. Reger; S. Mitchell
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: add Strabo; update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 23 unlocated Caliordi
Creators: David Braund
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; Diane Braund; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; modified name "Caliordi" (ethnic name, reference, Latin); created connection "Taurike Chersonesos"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An Etruscan necropolis located to the south of the city of Orvieto with tombs ranging in date from the eighth to the third centuries B.C.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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Modifications: Arachne Building 2111839: Kammergrab B in der Cannicella Nekropole (Orvieto) Terni (Provinz)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 30 E3 Casae Calventi?
Creators: T.W. Potter
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: update references; created connection "Icosium"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

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'.
Creators: A.M. Small; I.E.M. Edlund Berry
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: add references; update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

The modern village of al-Karmil in the West Bank is the site of Biblical "Carmel". The site remained active in the Roman, Byzantine, and Ayyubid/Crusader periods.
Creators: B. Isaac
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: added Wikidata; summary; cleaned up references; updated Names; wikipedia; Avi-Yonah 1976; created OSM location of Al Karmil; created name "al-Karmil"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 31 C3 Choba
Creators: E.W.B. Fentress
Contributors: Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: update references; add TM GEO ID 20395: Choba (Ziama Mansouria); created connection "Igilgili"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

A desert monastery, founded in the fifth century CE, which was located where the 19th-century Greek Orthodox monastery of Deir Mar Jirys now stands on the north cliffs above the Wadi Qelt/Kelt in the West Bank, nearly 5km west from the center of modern Jericho.
Creators: B. Isaac
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: updated Names; summary; added ECCMHL reference; place type (replaced deprecated church/monastery type with monastery); added Wikidata; cleaned up references; added wikipedia reference; create DARMC citation to preserve cross-project linkage after retracting DARMC location; update; modified OSM location of St. George Monastery (edited); created OSM location of St. George Monastery; created name "Deir Mar Jirys"; created name "Deir Mar Jiryis"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 2 H3 Chronos fl.
Creators: A. Bursche; R. Warner
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient city of Numidia located on the Sinus Olcachites.
Creators: E.W.B. Fentress
Contributors: Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: update references; modified name "Chullu" (update Pliny reference); created connection "Rusicade/Thapsus"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 24 C2 Cirro
Creators: E.W. Haley
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references, add vici.org references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 30 G3 Cissi
Creators: T.W. Potter
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: created connection "Rusuccuru"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

Coppa Nevigata is an archaeological site located on the Apulian coast of the Gargano peninsula southwest of Manfredonia.
Creators: A.M. Small; I.E.M. Edlund Berry
Contributors: Elizabeth Robinson; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: wikidata Q3691795: Coppa Nevigata; add TGN 6001543: Coppa Nevigata (deserted settlement); update references; created name "Coppa Nevigata"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 89 E2 Cymiza/*Balaleisa/‘Balouos’
Creators: M. Roaf; S.E. Kroll; St J. Simpson; T. Sinclair
Contributors: Carolin Johansson; Eric Kansa; Francis Deblauwe; Jeffrey Becker; Rune Rattenborg; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; B. Siewert-Mayer; DARMC; H. Kopp; R. Talbert; W. Röllig
Modifications: modified name "Badlīs" (Baseline created, Removed Bronze age time period from Arabic name)
Actors: Jordy Didier Orellana Figueroa; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 94 unlocated Dropikoi
Creators: A. Hausleiter; M. Roaf; R. Wenke
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; P. Flensted Jensen; R. Talbert
Modifications: place type, Hdt. ref.; modified name "Dropikoi" (edited)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Entremont was the site of a Celtic oppidum occupied from ca. 180 BC to 90 BC.
Creators: S. Loseby
Contributors: Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; modified OSM location of Oppidum d'Entremont (title, summary)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Euesperides was the westernmost Greek colony of Cyrenaica. The remains of the site are found on the outskirts of modern Benghazi near the north Libyan coast. Under Ptolemy III Euergetes, the new city of Berenice was built a short distance southwest of Euesperides and the original site was subsequently abandoned.
Creators: D.J. Mattingly
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: modified name "Euesperides" (update reference)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Gorgippia/Sindikos Limen was a sixth century B.C. colony founded by Pontic Greeks on the site of Sinda.
Creators: David Braund
Contributors: Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; Diane Braund; R. Talbert
Modifications: add SEG 29:708
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 56 F2 Hadrianoutherai
Creators: C. Foss; G. Reger; S. Mitchell
Contributors: Eric Kansa; Francis Deblauwe; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; B. Siewert-Mayer; DARMC; H. Kopp; R. Talbert; W. Röllig
Modifications: modified name "Balıkesir" (Removed Bronze Age time period for Turkish name of a Roman Imperial city, Baseline created); modified name "Balıkesir" (Baseline created, Removed Bronze Age time period for Turkish name of Roman Imperial city)
Actors: Jordy Didier Orellana Figueroa; Tom Elliott

A river of Dacia and tributary of the Danube. Identified with the modern Siret.
Creators: A.G. Poulter
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; modified connection "Danuvius/Istros/Hister (river)" (Hdt. reference)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 23 F2 Hippolaou Akra
Creators: David Braund
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; Diane Braund; R. Talbert
Modifications: create DARMC citation to preserve cross-project linkage after retracting DARMC location; update Hdt.; created OSM location of мис Станіслав; modified name "Hippolaou Akra" (Greek name, Hdt. reference, time period)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

Icosium (modern Algiers) was a Punic and, later, Roman settlement in coastal north Africa. Legend holds that 20 of Herakles' companions founded the original town.
Creators: T.W. Potter
Contributors: Gabriel Bodard; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; Valeria Vitale; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: created connection "Rusguniae"
Actors: Tom Elliott

Originally a Carthaginian trading post, Igilgili eventually came to be part of Mauretania Caesariensis as a Roman colony.
Creators: E.W.B. Fentress
Contributors: Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: created connection "Paccianis Matidiae?/Tucca?"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An Umbrian center founded in the seventh century B.C. that became an important Roman municipality along the Via Flaminia.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: references; created OSM location of modern Terni; modified name "Interamna Nahars" (corrected reference); created name "Terni"; created name "Interamnates Nartes"; created name "Interamna"; created name "Interamnates"; created connection "Nar (river)"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 30 H3 Iomnium
Creators: T.W. Potter
Contributors: Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: update references; created connection "Rusazus?"; created connection "Rusippisir"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

Ruins of the walled acropolis of ancient Isinda in Lycia are variously said by modern scholars to be located either "above" or 2-3km south of the modern Turkish village of Belenli, which is in Antalya province. BAtlas and OpenStreetMap generally agree (within their accuracy and precision limits) with the location further south.
Creators: C. Foss; S. Mitchell
Contributors: Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Jordy Didier Orellana Figueroa; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: added TKP reference; summary; place type += fortified settlement; added Wikidata; cleaned up references; cleaned up references; title; create DARMC citation to preserve cross-project linkage after retracting DARMC location; created Barrington Atlas map location; created OSM location of Isinda; created name "Belenli"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Jordy Didier Orellana Figueroa; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; admin

An ancient settlement of Pisidia, located at modern Korkuteli in Turkey's Antalya province. The acropolis hill was heavily damaged by the construction of the modern dam in the 20th century. The majority of the ancient settlement probably lay to the east of the acropolis and is now covered by the neighborhood of Alaaddin (Alaeddin Mahalessi).
Creators: C. Foss; S. Mitchell
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Jordy Didier Orellana Figueroa; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: updated Names; summary; place type; cleaned up references; added French 1994; title; place type += archaeological site; created location "Imagery Location: Remains of Isinda "acropolis hill""; created name "Korkuteli"; created name "Alaeddin Mahallesi"; created name "Alaettin Mahalle"; created name "Stenez"; created name "Istanoz"; created name "Kışla"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Jordy Didier Orellana Figueroa; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 23 G3 Kerkinitis?
Creators: David Braund
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; Diane Braund; R. Talbert
Modifications: modified name "Karkinitis" (update Hdt. (Godley: Perseus))
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 58 C1 Kerynitis fl.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update Paus. (Spiro: Perseus)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 84 C4 Khutor Blagoveshchenskiy
Creators: David Braund
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; Diane Braund; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 69 C4 Kochaba/Choba
Creators: E.M. Meyers; J.P. Brown
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 69 B5 Korea(i)
Creators: E.M. Meyers; J.P. Brown
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references, add Avi-Yonah 1976; modified name "Coabis" (Latin name, TP reference)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 47 unlocated Krastos
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Jonathan Prag; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; Valeria Vitale; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; modified name "Krastos" (update references)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Kriou Metopon Pr. ("The Ram's Forehead) is the modern Cape Sarych, the southernmost point of Ukraine.
Creators: David Braund
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; Diane Braund; R. Talbert
Modifications: modified name "Criu Metopon" (update references)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 35 C1 Lotophages
Creators: D.J. Mattingly
Contributors: Michael Heubel; Ryan Horne; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert; Richard Talbert
Modifications: cleaned up references
Actors: Tom Elliott

Mantineia/Antigoneia was an ancient settlement in Greece most noted for being the site of two major battles. The First Battle of Mantineia was the largest land battle of the Peloponnesian War (418 B.C.) and the Second Battle of Mantineia brought an end to Theban hegemony (362 B.C.).
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: modified name "Mantineia" (update Str. (Meineke: Perseus))
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Now the Great Morava, the ancient Margus is part of a major river system in Serbia.
Creators: J.J. Wilkes
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: modified name "Brongos" (update reference)
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: Mège 2023
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient settlement and fort known in the 19th and 20th centuries as Henchir el-Ksar. It is located at the eastern foot of the Guellal-ta-Attar where lies the confluence of the Oued Safsaf and the Oued Ghriba (in the modern Algerian municipality of Beni Fouda, Sétif Province). It was on the main ancient route linking Sitifis and Cuicul.
Creators: E.W.B. Fentress
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: see the new name Mopti Mvnicipivm; removed TP reference as it is part of a questionable identification; summary; details; summary; add DARMC location 13797 as related; created Imagery Location of El-Ksar Fortress; modified name "Mopth(i?)" (Baseline created, In the case of this name, BAtlas did not follow its own guidelines for indicating a fragmentary/restored name and instead used typography that the Pleiades import interpreted as association uncertainty. This update corrects the resulting errors, adding/changing the evidence references, attested form, and romanized forms, as well as the language, certainty, and fragmentary flags.); created name "El-Ksar"; created name "Mopti Municipium"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 31 C3 Muslubium
Creators: E.W.B. Fentress
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: created connection "Choba"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

The Naparis was a river of Scythia and a left-bank tributary of the Danube. It can no longer be identified.
Creators: A.G. Poulter
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: references, summary; update; modified name "Naparis" (update Hdt. (Godley: Perseus)); created connection "Danuvius/Istros/Hister (river)"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

The Nera river, a tributary of the Tiber.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: modified name "Nar" (update reference)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Nicephorium (modern ar-Raqqa in Syria) was an ancient settlement on the river Euphrates in Syria.
Creators: J.P. Brown; P.-L. Gatier
Contributors: Eric Kansa; Francis Deblauwe; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; B. Siewert-Mayer; DARMC; H. Kopp; R. Talbert; R. Warner; W. Röllig; jfu
Modifications: created connection "al-Jazirah (region)"
Actors: Gabriel McKee; Jeffrey Becker

An ancient settlement in Illyria, associated with ancient Byllis. The site of Nikaia is located on a hill southeast of the modern Albanian settlement of Klos, some 1.5 kilometers south of Byllis.
Creators: J.J. Wilkes
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jordy Didier Orellana Figueroa; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: added Wikipedia reference; summary; cleaned up references; create DARMC citation to preserve cross-project linkage after retracting DARMC location; created OSM Location; created name "Klos"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Jordy Didier Orellana Figueroa; Tom Elliott

An ancient Umbrian city that became allied with Rome in 308 B.C.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: Arachne Topography 8004430: Otricoli / Ocriculum Terni (Provinz)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

The Oescus river (modern Iskar) is a river of Bulgaria and tributary of the Danube.
Creators: A.G. Poulter
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: BAtlDir details; update Hdt. (Godley: Perseus); created OSM location of Iskar (river course)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 23 unlocated O(r)dessos
Creators: David Braund
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; Diane Braund; R. Talbert
Modifications: edited
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An people mentioned in ancient sources whose localization cannot be precisely determined today. They are thought to have been located somewhere in Crimea.
Creators: David Braund
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; Diane Braund; R. Talbert
Modifications: summary; place type += people; update references; created name "Orgocini"; created connection "Taurike Chersonesos"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 23 unlocated Ouibantauarion
Creators: David Braund
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; Diane Braund; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; modified name "Ouibantauarion" (reference)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 31 E3 Paccianis Matidiae?/Tucca?
Creators: E.W.B. Fentress
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: created connection "Chullu"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 51 unlocated Paitoi
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: update Hdt. (Godley: Perseus)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 6 C3 Paktyike?
Creators: M.U. Erdosy
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Michael Heubel; Ryan Horne; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert; Richard Talbert
Modifications: modified name "Kaspiraioi" (update Hdt. (Godley: Perseus))
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

According to Vysotskaya 1994, the unlocated Palakion/Placia is to be placed at the Ust Alma township. BAtlas silently rejected this assertion, keeping the two entities distinct.
Creators: David Braund
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; Diane Braund; R. Talbert
Modifications: summary; place type; modified name "Placia" (Latin name, Pliny reference); created connection "Taurike Chersonesos"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient oasis and trading city with monumental remains, located in modern Syria. Under Zenobia, Palmyra was the capital of the breakaway Palmyrene Empire, leading to Aurelian's razing of the city. Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980.
Creators: J.P. Brown; P.-L. Gatier
Contributors: Adam Prins; Brady Kiesling; David Michelson; Eric Kansa; Francis Deblauwe; Gabriel Bodard; Ingrid Luo; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Thomas Carlson; Tom Elliott; Valeria Vitale; B. Siewert-Mayer; DARMC; H. Kopp; R. Talbert; R. Warner; W. Röllig
Modifications: added Sommer 2020
Actors: Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 47 G4 Pantakyas fl.
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 94 unlocated Panthialaioi
Creators: A. Hausleiter; M. Roaf; R. Wenke
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; P. Flensted Jensen; R. Talbert
Modifications: add place type, update references; modified name "Panthialaioi" (ethnic name, add Greek name, Hdt. ref.)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 74 unlocated Papremis
Creators: A. Bernand
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; update references; update Hdt. references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 23 unlocated Pasiakes fl.
Creators: David Braund
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; Diane Braund; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 51 unlocated Phyllis
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: update Hdt. (Godley: Perseus); modified name "Phyllis" (Greek name, Hdt. reference)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 42 B2 unnamed bridge (over *Umbro fl., W Arretium at Pogi)
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: modified connection "*Umbro (river)" (change type to crosses)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

The Prut river flows from the Carpathian Mountains to the Danube.
Creators: A.G. Poulter
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: edited; update; created OSM location of Prut (river course); modified name "Pyretos" (Hdt. (Godley: Perseus))
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An amphitheater dating to the time of Augustus.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: Wikidata Q2844414: Roman amphitheatre of Lucera
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

The Roman theater at Ocriculum dates to the early imperial period.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: Arachne Building 2103138: Theater Terni (Provinz)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 31 A3 Rusazus?
Creators: E.W.B. Fentress
Contributors: Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: update references; created connection "Saldae"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 30 F3 Rusguniae
Creators: T.W. Potter
Contributors: Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: update references; modified name "Tamentfoust" (ctype to assoc mod); created connection "Rusubbicari Matidiae"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

Rusicade/Thapsus was the port of Cirta and a Roman colonia, located at the mouth of the small river Thapsus.
Creators: E.W.B. Fentress
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: update references; modified name "Rusicade" (Baseline created, Latin name, Pliny ref.); modified connection "Thapsus (river)" (located pm)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 30 H3 Rusippisir
Creators: T.W. Potter
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: created connection "Rusazus?"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 30 G3 Rusubbicari Matidiae
Creators: T.W. Potter
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: add vici.org, tm geo id; modified name "Rusubbicari Matidiae" (add TP ref.); created connection "Cissi"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 30 G3 Rusuccuru
Creators: T.W. Potter
Contributors: Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: update references; created connection "Iomnium"; created connection "Tigisi"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 38 C1 Safsaf
Creators: D.J. Mattingly
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: create DARMC citation to preserve cross-project linkage after retracting DARMC location; created OSM location of modern hamlet of As Safsaf
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

Founded by Numidian Berbers, the settlement of Saldae (modern Béjaïa, Algeria) was a minor port during phases of Carthaginian and Roman occupation. The Roman emperor Vespasian established a veteran colony there, at a time when Saldae was part of the province of Mauretania Caesariensis.
Creators: E.W.B. Fentress
Contributors: Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: update references; modified connection "Mauretania Caesariensis" (edited, Initial revision); created connection "Muslubium"; created connection "Mauretania Sitifensis"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 23 unlocated Sarbakon
Creators: David Braund
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; Diane Braund; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

The name given by the ancients to the part of the Mediterranean sea adjoining the island of Sardinia on the west and south.
Creators: S.L. Dyson
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; created name "Sardonion pelagos"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 23 unlocated Satarche
Creators: David Braund
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; Diane Braund; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 6 unlocated Scythae Androphagi/Casiri/Komaroi/Gamerae/Kallatiai
Creators: M.U. Erdosy
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 84 C3 Semibratneye Gorodishche
Creators: David Braund
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; Diane Braund; R. Talbert
Modifications: edited
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 23 unlocated Stactari
Creators: David Braund
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; Diane Braund; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; modified name "Stactari" (Latin name, reference); created connection "Taurike Chersonesos"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 84 C4 Sukko
Creators: David Braund
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; Diane Braund; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

A plain near Stageira across which Xerxes passed en route to Acanthus.
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: modified name "Syleos Pedion" (edited)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 23 G4 Symbolon Limen
Creators: David Braund
Contributors: Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; Diane Braund; R. Talbert
Modifications: created name "Symbolum portus"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient settlement located near the coast of the modern city of Haifa, Israel. Archaeological evidence indicates habitation there from the late Bronze Age through the late Byzantine period. Strabo describes the city as a ruin in his time.
Creators: E.M. Meyers; J.P. Brown
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Eric Kansa; Francis Deblauwe; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; B. Siewert-Mayer; DARMC; H. Kopp; R. Talbert; W. Röllig
Modifications: summary; place type += settlement, tell; edited; title; added Shalvi 2022
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 31 F3 Thapsus fl.
Creators: E.W.B. Fentress
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: update references; created OSM location of Oued Safsaf
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 56 E2 Thebe
Creators: C. Foss; G. Reger; S. Mitchell
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; modified name "Thebe" (update Hdt. (Godley: Perseus)); created connection "Thebes Pedion"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

A fertile plain of Mysia, located south of Mount Placius.
Creators: C. Foss; G. Reger; S. Mitchell
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: modified name "Thebes Pedion" (update Hdt. ref. with link)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 30 G3 Tigisi
Creators: T.W. Potter
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: update references; add TM GEO ID 40295: Tigisi (Tawerga); modified name "Tigisi" (Latin name, TP ref.); created connection "Bida"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 31 F4 Tigisis
Creators: E.W.B. Fentress
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: update references; created name "Thigisi"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient settlement and emporion.
Creators: D.J. Mattingly
Contributors: Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; jfu
Modifications: add TP ref.; modified name "Tipasa" (Baseline created, add Latin name, TP ref.); modified connection "Meninx/Lotophagitis/Girba (island)" (located on)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

Tipasa was an ancient Punic trading-post conquered by Rome and turned into a strategic base for the conquest of the kingdoms of Mauritania.
Creators: T.W. Potter
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: created connection "Casae Calventi?"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 50 unlocated Trapezous
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors: Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: created connection "Bottike"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

The Ambra flows from the foot of Monte Luco to the Arno river.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; modified connection "Arnus (river)" (change type to flows into)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 31 C3 unnamed aqueduct (Saldae)
Creators: E.W.B. Fentress
Contributors: Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: modified connection "Saldae" (flows into)
Actors: Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 51 D3 unnamed quarry (SW Koinyra)
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: update place type to 'mine'; update Hdt. reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 84 C3 Utash
Creators: David Braund
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; Diane Braund; R. Talbert
Modifications: edited; Initial revision
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

A Late Roman villa site near Ausculum.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: added references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 84 C3 Vityazevo
Creators: David Braund
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; Diane Braund; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 84 C4 Voskresenskiy
Creators: David Braund
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; Diane Braund; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker