Last Week in Pleiades (14-21 August 2023)

The historic settlement of Amorgos on the Aegean island of the same name is centered around a thirteenth-century Venetian fortress.
Creators: Tom Elliott
Contributors: Catherine Bouras

Two Roman forts and two Roman camps at St Andrew's Hill, Cullompton, Devon, England.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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The fort at Hembury, Devon, is a multi-period site, ranging in date and usage from a Neolithic enclosure to an Iron Age hillfort to a Claudian outpost near the line of the Fosse Way.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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An extensive archaic necropolis located on the eastern edge of modern Mavişehir in Turkey, which was associated with ancient Panormos, the port of Didyma.
Creators: Tom Elliott
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The Iron Age Hillfort at Norton Camp is located near Taunton. It covers roughly 13 acres.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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A Roman commercial port near the modern French town of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer is attested by over forty Roman-era shipwrecks discovered in the area since the 1990s, most carrying cargoes of metal. The excavators posit in Roman times a significantly different coastline (generally further south) and an old mouth of the Rhone (Ancien Rhône de Saint-Ferréol), located to the east of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (Long 2011, Figure 1).
Creators: Tom Elliott
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An extensive Roman necropolis, with burials stretching back to at least the Hellenistic age, lies south and southwest of the so-called "Red Hall basilica" beneath the modern Turabey Mahallesi neighborhood of Bergama, Turkey.
Creators: Tom Elliott
Contributors:

A Roman fort located at Bolham Hill, Tiverton, Mid Devon, England. A Roman auxiliary fort of the Neronian period has been identified here.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:

A Roman auxiliary fort located near Nunnington Park, Wiveliscombe.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:

The Mamluk arched bridge dating to the 1270s crosses the river Nahal Sorek near modern Yibna, Israel.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 70 G2 Aialon
Creators: B. Isaac
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 61 B4 Aigiale
Creators: C. Foss; G. Reger
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: created connection "Amorgos (island)"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

Aigosthena was a fortified city of Attica that belonged to Megara.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: change DARMC to related; update references, add TGN reference; added Chronique reference provided by cbouras; modified name "Aigosthena" (update reference)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient settlement in the northeast of the Chalkidiki. The large site is immediately southeast of the modern town of Ierissos.
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: add WIkidata Q181109: Acanthus, TM GEO ID 33897: Akanthos (Hierissos), GeoNames 736130: Ierissós; add DARMC 11267; added New Pauly; cleaned up references; added Locations, which supersede the currently published DARMC location; summary; added associated modern name; created location "OSM Location: Akanthos"; created ToposText Location; created name "Ierissos"; modified name "Akanthos" (add Greek name, Hdt. reference, Baseline created)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

Pausanias describes an Akidas river near Samicum (Triyphylia) in Elis and makes it a tributary of the Anigros. He tentatively reports testimony that its prior name was "Iardanos". The precise location of the river cannot be determined today. An Iardanos is also mentioned in the Iliad, and the same river may be meant.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: added "near" connection; added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team; cleaned up references; added New Pauly reference; summary; added RE references; created connection "Samikon/Samia"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

A mountain south of Mantineia.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Greta Hawes; Michael Heubel; Ryan Horne; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert; Richard Talbert
Modifications: cleaned up references; added RE reference; added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team
Actors: Tom Elliott

An ancient Greek settlement in Phocis. Modern Distomo.
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Constantina Argyrakou; Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: create DARMC citation to preserve cross-project linkage after retracting DARMC location; cleaned up chronique reference
Actors: Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 61 B4 Amorgos Ins.
Creators: C. Foss; G. Reger
Contributors: Arthur De Graauw; Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: corrected Chronique link to match island to island; cleaned up references; added Chronique reference provided by cbouras; created OSM Location of modern Amogoros island; modified connection "Cyclades Islands" (Initial revision)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

Amyklai was an ancient settlement located near Sparta in the plain by the Eurotas river to the east of the Taygetus mountains.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: create DARMC citation to preserve cross-project linkage after retracting DARMC location; added Chronique reference provided by cbouras; created name "Sklavochori"; created name "Amiklai"; created name "Sklavochorion"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 61 B5 Anaphe Ins.
Creators: C. Foss; G. Reger
Contributors: Catherine Bouras; Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: added Chronique reference provided by cbouras
Actors: Tom Elliott

The northernmost island of the Cyclades.
Creators: G. Reger; J. Bennet
Contributors: Catherine Bouras; Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; R. Scott Smith; Stuart Dunn; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: added Chronique reference provided by cbouras
Actors: Tom Elliott

Pausanias describes this river near Samicum (Triyphylia) in Elis. He states that the river's currents frequently are held back by violent gales and that around the river mouth one finds quicksand. The river's precise location cannot be determined today.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: summary
Actors: Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 60 B2 Anopolis
Creators: G. Reger; J. Bennet
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: cleaned up references; added Chronique reference provided by cbouras
Actors: Tom Elliott

Mount Aphesas, now Mount Phoukas, separated the territory of Kleonai from the Corinthia. It is connected with the myth of the Nemean lion and was the site of an ash altar sacred to Zeus in use from the Geometric period to the fourth century B.C.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Elizabeth Robinson; Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team
Actors: Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 60 B2 Aptera
Creators: G. Reger; J. Bennet
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Maija Gierhart; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: added Chronique reference provided by cbouras; modified connection "Creta (island)" (located on)
Actors: Tom Elliott

Arisbe was an ancient city of the Troad, possibly to be identified with modern Musakoy in Turkey. It was a colony of Miletus according to Anaximenes of Lampsacus.
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Gabriel Moss; Jeffrey Becker; Ryan Horne; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: cleaned up references; summary; modified OSM Location of modern Musaköy (associated modern and less certain (BAtlDir question mark)); created name "Musakoy"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

The Greek "holy mountain" of Athos, which occupies the southeastern tip of the northern peninsula of the Chalkidiki.
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors: Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: modified connection "Athos/Akte (peninsula)" (Initial revision)
Actors: Tom Elliott

Ausculum (Ascoli Satriano) was a settlement of the Daunians.
Creators: A.M. Small; I.E.M. Edlund Berry
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: cleaned up references; added associated modern name; added Heitz 2023; created name "Ascoli Satriano"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

The Temple of Apollo Epikourios (often Latinized as Epicurius) at Bassae is an innovative mid-5th century B.C. Doric temple in Arcadia. The temple preserves the oldest Corinthian capital yet found. It was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1986.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: cleaned up references; added Chronique reference provided by cbouras
Actors: Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 70 G2 Bethoron Anotera
Creators: B. Isaac
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 70 G2 Bethoron Katotera
Creators: B. Isaac
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient lake of Thessaly in Greece whose modern remnants were drained in the 20th century. A lake restoration project, inaugurated in 2018, has produced the modern Lake Karla in the same general area.
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team; cleaned up references; summary; added Wikipedia "Lake Karla" reference; added associated modern Location and Name (Lake Karla); title; created OSM Location of modern Lake Karla; created name "Limne Karla"; created name "Lake Karla"; modified name "Boibe limne" (Greek orthography, new pauly reference); created name "Boibeis limne"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

A district surrounding Pella in Macedonia.
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors: Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Michael Heubel; Ryan Horne; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert; Richard Talbert
Modifications: added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team
Actors: Tom Elliott

The principal ancient city on the Aegean island of Chios.
Creators: C. Foss; G. Reger; S. Mitchell
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Ryan Horne; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: cleaned up references; added Chronique reference provided by cbouras; title; summary; created OSM Location of Modern Chios Town
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

Conimbriga was a Celtic and Roman settlement in Portugal that was inhabited between the ninth century BC and the seventh century AD.
Creators: E.W. Haley
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Jean Luc PIROUX; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: cleaned up references; added Ferreira 2023
Actors: Tom Elliott

The Danube river.
Creators: David Braund
Contributors: Adam Rabinowitz; Jeffrey Becker; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; Diane Braund; R. Talbert; ghhawes
Modifications: cleaned up references; added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team; created OSM Location of modern Danube main stream
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

The Aegean island of Delos, part of the Cyclades island group.
Creators: C. Foss; G. Reger
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert; jfu
Modifications: added Chronique reference provided by cbouras
Actors: Tom Elliott

The ancient pan-Hellenic sanctuary of Delphi in Greece, seat of the oracle of Apollo.
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Adam Rabinowitz; Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Danielle Hoyer; Gabriel Bodard; Greta Hawes; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Patrick DeVarney; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; Valeria Vitale; DARMC; Danielle Hoyer; G. Reger; Kristin Wenske; R. Talbert; Yeonsoo Kang
Modifications: added Chronique reference provided by cbouras
Actors: Tom Elliott

This ancient city, located near modern Volos in Thessaly, was founded by Demetrios Poliorketes in the third century BCE and abandoned in the 6th century CE. Continuous human activity in the area can be traced back at least as early as the Neolithic.
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: removed Smith (outdated); cleaned up references; added Chronique reference provided by cbouras; summary; added associated modern Name; create DARMC citation to preserve cross-project linkage after retracting DARMC location; created name "Volos"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

The ancient sanctuary of Apollo near Miletos (modern Didim, Turkey).
Creators: C. Foss; G. Reger
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Phoebe Acheson; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update Arachne reference; create DARMC citation to preserve cross-project linkage after retracting DARMC location; created OSM location of Temple of Apollo
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

Dion was a settlement of Pieria located on the border between Macedonia and Thessaly. It was held, traditionally, as the place of Orpheus' death and burial. The adjacent modern village, now known as Dion, is sometimes also referenced by its earlier modern name Malathria.
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Ryan Horne; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: added Chronique reference provided by cbouras; summary; create DARMC citation to preserve cross-project linkage after retracting DARMC location; created location "OSM Location: Αρχαιολογικό Πάρκο Δίου"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

Dispilio is an archaeological site with the remains of a Neolithic lake-side settlement near the modern village of Dispilio on Lake Orestiada.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Adam Rabinowitz; Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Gabriel Moss; Tom Elliott
Modifications: cleaned up references; added Chronique reference provided by cbouras
Actors: Tom Elliott

Etruria/Tuscia was an ancient region of Central Italy inhabited by the Etruscans. Its spatial footprint was roughly equivalent to the modern Italian regions of Toscana and northern Lazio.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: cleaned up references; added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team; summary
Actors: Tom Elliott

Populonia likely derives its name from the Etruscan god 'Fufluns' and was an important maritime and commercial center of Etruria located in the Colline Metallifere.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: created connection "Etruria/Tuscia (region)"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

The Ganges flows some 2,525 km (1,569 mi) from its sources in the western Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal.
Creators: M.U. Erdosy
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team; created OSM Location of modern main stream of Ganges
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 56 G4 Gygaia/Koloe/Talaimenis L.
Creators: C. Foss; G. Reger; S. Mitchell
Contributors: Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: cleaned up references; title; added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team; modified name "Talaimenis L." (cleaned up references)
Actors: Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 86 F2 Hambarkaya
Creators: C. Foss
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Ham Hill Hill fort is an 85 hectare hillfort in Somerset, England.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: update references; modified OSM location (Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

In Greek mythology, Helicon was the site of two springs sacred to the Muses, the Aganippe and the Hippocrene. The mountain is located near the Gulf of Corinth and rises to an elevation of 1,749 meters (5,738 ft).
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team
Actors: Tom Elliott

The Heniochi were an ancient people and associated region, localized to the east of the Black Sea. Pliny calls the region a mountain range (Heiochi montes) and offers the alternate name Coaraxici.
Creators: David Braund
Contributors: Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Ryan Horne; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; Diane Braund; R. Talbert; Richard Talbert
Modifications: place types += people, region; added New Pauly; added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team; summary; modified name "Heniochi montes" (edited); modified name "Coraxici montes" (edited, Initial revision)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

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: cleaned up references; added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team; modified OSM Location of modern Gökçeada (Submit for review, Location from OSM created by Products.PleiadesEntity.browser.osm.OSMLocationFactory, Create, Initial revision)
Actors: Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 58 unlocated Ionaion
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: created connection "Samikon/Samia"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

The early Byzantine monastery located at Khirbet ed-Deir in the Judean desert was excavated from 1981-1987 by Yizhar Hirschfeld. The remote site yielded important evidence about monastic life from the fourth to seventh centuries CE.
Creators: B. Isaac
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 Khirbet monastery
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 86 E2 Kırktepeler
Creators: C. Foss
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: Johnson 2010; update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

A 70-km long river in the Peloponnese that is a tributary to the river Alfeios. The Ladon flows from its sources on the western slope of the Aroania mountain and joins the Alfeios some 3 km southeast of the village of Tripotamia.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: cleaned up references; added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team
Actors: Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 61 B4 Lefkas
Creators: C. Foss; G. Reger
Contributors: Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: created connection "Amorgos (island)"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

A fourth-century A.D. Roman courtyard villa (ca. 340) known particularly for its mosaics, including a famous pavement featuring Aeneas and Dido from the frigidarium of the villa's bath complex.
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 49 C2 Lychnidus L.
Creators: J.J. Wilkes
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; created OSM location of Lake Ohrid
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

Magnae Carvetiorum was a Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall. It lies to the south of the Roman vallum near the line of the Stanegate.
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Scott Vanderbilt; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Messenia was the southwestern district of the Peloponnesus. It was bounded on the east by Laconia, on the north by Elis and Arcadia, and on the south and west by the sea.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Michael Heubel; Ryan Horne; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert; Richard Talbert
Modifications: added Malaperdas 2023
Actors: Tom Elliott

A milecastle situated on Hadrian's Wall.
Creators: Scott Vanderbilt
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 86 unlocated Mision
Creators: C. Foss
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 70 G2 Modiin
Creators: B. Isaac
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 56 E4 Moschakome
Creators: C. Foss; G. Reger; S. Mitchell
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: vici.org 34742: Moschakome; update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

The legendary birthplace of the goddess Aphrodite, (Nea) Paphos has been a center of activity since the Final Bronze Age when Mycenaeans honored the goddess there. The site was listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1980.
Creators: D. Rupp
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: added Kajzer 2023
Actors: Tom Elliott

An island in the Persian Gulf. Its modern location cannot be determined today.
Creators: M. Roaf
Contributors: Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; Brian Z. Lund; M. Joann McDaniel; Mary E. Downs; R. Talbert
Modifications: fixed typo in summary; added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team; cleaned up references; summary; created connection "Persicus Sinus/Erythr(ae)um Mare"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

A mountain range of central Greece located in the northeastern part of Phthiotis, Othrys was the bastion of the Titans in Greek mythology.
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: cleaned up references; added New Pauly; added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team; summary
Actors: Tom Elliott

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: added Santoro 2023
Actors: Tom Elliott

An ancient settlement of the Chalkidiki that BAtlas places generally somewhere to the immediate southeast of Akanthos (modern Ierissos). In the Directory entry, the location is glossed as "Ierissos?".
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: cleaned up references; place type; title; summary
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

A port on the Aegean coast of Caria, south of Miletus, that provided a point of debarkation for travelers to Didyma, Panormos has been identified with the modern bay of Kovela Limanı. Although the ancient shoreline, harbor works, and presumed town have not been precisely located, an important archaic necropolis has been identified just east of the modern Turkish village of Mavişehir and archaeological survey in the area indicates a long and vibrant record of human occupation.
Creators: C. Foss; G. Reger
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: added Connection to Didyma; added associated modern names; cleaned up references; added associated modern locations, which supersede existing published location; place type; summary; added Project Panormos reference, Wilkinson 2020, and Wilkinson 2017; title; created Geonames Location of modern Kovala Limanı; created OSM Location of modern Mavişehir; created name "Kovala Limanı"; created name "Mavişehir"; created connection "Didyma/Branchidai/Ioustinianopolis"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 49 unlocated Patras
Creators: J.J. Wilkes
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

The Peneios is the chief river of Thessaly.
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: cleaned up references; added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team
Actors: Tom Elliott

An important ancient settlement, located at modern Bergama in Turkey. It was first described in Xenophon's Anabasis and was later used as a treasury under Lysimachus. Pergamum became the administrative capital and principal city of the Attalid kingdom and dynasty (282-133 BCE) and was briefly the first capital of the Roman province of Asia. It later was a seat of a Christian bishopric and is listed in Revelation as one of the seven churches of Asia. It was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014 under "Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape".
Creators: C. Foss; G. Reger; S. Mitchell
Contributors: Adam Rabinowitz; Eric Kansa; Francis Deblauwe; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Lewin Ernest Staine; Ryan Horne; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; B. Siewert-Mayer; DARMC; H. Kopp; Hanna Smith; R. Talbert; W. Röllig
Modifications: create DARMC citation to preserve cross-project linkage after retracting DARMC location
Actors: Tom Elliott

Pilsdon Pen (277 m above sea level) is a Cretaceous outcrop located in Dorset, South West England. It is the site of a multivallate Durotrigian hillfort dating to the Iron Age. Peter Gelling and Margaret Gelling of the University of Birmingham conducted excavations at the site in the 1960s.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: add vici.org 35390: Pilsdon Pen
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 8 E3 Pitney
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: create DARMC citation to preserve cross-project linkage after retracting DARMC location; add wikidata reference; reference; update reference; created OSM location of Pitney Roman villa
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 86 unlocated Sakorsa
Creators: C. Foss
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

A town of Triphylia in ancient Elis.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: created connection "Triphylia"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 49 unlocated Sation
Creators: J.J. Wilkes
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

A minor river of the southern Troad.
Creators: C. Foss; G. Reger; S. Mitchell
Contributors: Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: added RE link; removed Smith (outdated); added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team; added associated modern names; created OSM location of Tuzla Çayı; created OSM Location of Tuzla Çayı; created OSM Location of Tuzla Çayı; created name "Tuzla Çayı"; created name "Yermidere Çay"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 8 D4 Seaton
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Scott Vanderbilt; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: create DARMC citation to preserve cross-project linkage after retracting DARMC location; created OSM location of Honeyditches Roman Villa; created name "Honeyditches Roman Villa"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Scott Vanderbilt; Tom Elliott

A river, mentioned in Homer and later sources, that BAtlas places in Asia Minor, draining into the Hellespont "6 miles E Abydos (Maltepe)" in modern Turkey. Pauly's RE puts it in the same general area, but makes it a tributary of the Rhodios.
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors: Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: details; added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team; corrected pauly reference; cleaned up references; summary; added Location extracted from BAtlas map 51, which supersedes current gridsquare location.; created BAtlas Location
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

The Tabula Traiana is a monumental inscription in what is now Serbia commemorating the completion of a Trajanic road along the Danube. The inscription was moved from its original spot to its present location in 1972.
Creators: J.J. Wilkes
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Ryan Horne; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

The Poliadic temple of the city of Rome is located on the Capitoline Hill.
Creators: Wade Tuttle
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott
Modifications: added D'Ambrosio 2023
Actors: Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 86 E2 Tepecik
Creators: C. Foss
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

A mountain mentioned in ancient sources.
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Michael Heubel; Ryan Horne; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; Archaeocosmos; G. Reger; R. Talbert; Richard Talbert
Modifications: added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team; cleaned up references; added associated modern names and locations from Archaeocosmos; added Archaeocosmos reference; added Wikidata; created Archaeocosmos Location; created name "Agia Paraskevi"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 70 unlocated To Ennaton
Creators: B. Isaac
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 70 unlocated To Tetarton
Creators: B. Isaac
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

From Hesiod onward, Greek writers locate the Nemean lion in a cave or ravine in this mountain and explain the mountain's name ("perforated") from being split by the ravine. Wiseman (in PECS, whence ToposText) identifies the Tretos as "the mountain on the W side of the main road between Kleonaia-Corinthia and Argolis" and the ravine as the modern Dervenakia pass. Camp in BAtlas silently suppresses this view, and mentioning "Tretos" only in a list of "unlocated" features in the map-by-map directory where he cites only Pausanias and glosses: "Corinthia-Argolis: pass, road".
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: fixed typo in summary
Actors: Tom Elliott

Around the modern Italian town of Verucchio (Emilia-Romagna), a number of ancient necropoleis provide evidence for iron-age civilization and craft at a presumed settlement on the site lasting into the Roman period.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: cleaned up references; added associated modern location; summary; added Koch 2023; created OSM Location of modern Verucchio
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 86 unlocated ‘Viciu’
Creators: C. Foss
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

A Jewish catacomb along the Via Appia discovered in 1859.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Tom Elliott
Modifications: cleaned up references; added Kodžoman 2021 and Zimmermann 2023; modified connection "Via Appia" (Initial revision)
Actors: Tom Elliott

A Roman fort in Dorset, England, that began as a temporary camp under Vespasian.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Scott Vanderbilt
Modifications: add vici.org 12390: Waddon Hill Fort; update references; modified OSM location of Waddon Hill (Roman Fort) (Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker