Last Week in Pleiades (23-30 September 2024)
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Last week the Pleiades editorial college published 14 new and 113 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Catherine Bouras, Anthony Durham, Tom Elliott, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling, Divya Kumar-Dumas, Karen Rubinson, Rosemary Selth and R. Scott Smith.
A terrain map with orange markers indicating updates and pink circles indicating new place resources. The map stretches from the British Isles in the northwest to Sri Lanka in the southeast.
New Place Resources
- Ampouria Parnassou
A cave sanctuary, dedicated to Pan and the Nymphs, located near modern Ag. Marina in Phocis and therefore also near the site of Psilo Kastro (possibly ancient Patronis).
Creators: Tom Elliott
Published by: Jeffrey Becker - Basílica des Fornàs de Torelló
Basílica des Fornàs de Torelló, a sixth-century CE paleochristian basilica with mosaic pavements located in Mahon, Minorca.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Published by: Tom Elliott - Cova des Càrritx cave
The Cova des Càrritx cave is a natural cave on the island of Minorca with evidence for prehistoric human activity.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Published by: Tom Elliott - Hunagiri Vihara
A Buddhist monastery mentioned in a graffito on the Mirror Wall at Sigiriya.
Creators: Divya Kumar-Dumas, Tom Elliott
Published by: Tom Elliott - Montefí Talayotic settlement
A Talayotic settlement of the early first millennium BCE.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Tom Elliott
Published by: Tom Elliott - Myrmeces scopuli
Myrmeces scopuli, cliffs or rocks near the mouth of the Hermos River at the point where it debouches into the Gulf of Smyrna. According to Pliny the Elder, they are to be located near Leukai.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Published by: Tom Elliott - Oued Beht
A large, prehistoric site in modern Morocco's Khémisset province that, at the time of systematic excavations published in 2024, constitutes the "earliest and largest agricultural complex in Africa beyond the Nile corridor". The site (which lies on a long ridge of high ground) gets its name from the Baht River, which runs along the eastern edge and separates the site from the neighboring modern town, which also carries the same name.
Creators: Tom Elliott
Published by: Jeffrey Becker - Paleochristian basilica, Illa del Rei
The Paleochristian basilica located on Illa del Rei dates to the sixth century.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Published by: Tom Elliott - Sant Agustí Vell
Sant Agustí Vell (also known as Poblat talaiòtic de Sant Agustí or "Talayotic village of Sant Agustí") is an archaeological site attributed to the Talayotic culture located in the municipality of Es Migjorn Gran in the south of the Balearic island of Menorca. It flourished between 850 BCE and the Roman invasion in 123 BCE.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Published by: Tom Elliott - Son Mercer de Baix
Son Mercer de Baix is a naviform settlement on the island of Menorca. These "boat-shaped" stone settlements belong to the prehistoric cultures of the Balearic Islands.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Published by: Tom Elliott - Talati de Dalt
Talatí de Dalt is a Talaiotic site located on Menorca.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Published by: Tom Elliott - Temple of Athena Polias
Pausanias describes the Temple of Athena Polias at Erythrai as containing a wooden image of the enthroned goddess.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Published by: Tom Elliott - Torrellafuda
Torrellafuda is the site of a Talayotic settlement on the island of Minorca.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Published by: Tom Elliott - Torretrencada
Torretrencada is a Talayotic settlement of the early first millennium BCE.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Tom Elliott
Published by: Tom Elliott
Updated Place Resources
- Abai
Abai was an ancient town in Phocis, said to have been founded by the Argive Abas. It has been identified with a hilltop, fortified archaeological site known as Palaiokhori, near modern Exarchos. The site of an oracular sanctuary of Apollo and Artemis associated with Abai in ancient literature has been identified at nearby Kallipodi.
Modifications: Cleaned up references; removed Smith (outdated); added CFL/AGO reference provided by cbouras; added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team; added Yorke 1896; modified summary; corrected ToposText reference; fixed New Pauly link that Brill broke when they migrated reference work servers in summer 2024; added OSM Location, which supersedes currently published locations @thomase. Added DARMC location 11141 as related to maintain resource alignment. Created new location. DARE 23113.
Modified by: Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: J. Fossey, J. Morin
Contributors: DARMC, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Rosemary Selth, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Catherine Bouras, Richard Talbert, G. Reger, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes - Agyrium
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 47 F3 Agyrium
Modifications: Partial cleanup of references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Valeria Vitale, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Jonathan Prag, Richard Talbert - Aiello
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 46 D3 Aiello
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Aisaros (river)
The Esaro River, the ancient Aisaros, flows into the Ionian Sea just north of Crotone, Italy
Modifications: Added wikipedia, modified summary.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Ambracius Sinus
Ambracius Sinus (Ambracian Gulf)
Modifications: Updated references. Created new name. Created new location.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: W.M. Murray
Contributors: Sean Gillies, Perry Scalfano, Richard Talbert, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Amphipyrgos Pr.
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 54 unlocated Amphipyrgos Pr.
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: W.M. Murray
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Andania
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 58 B3 Andania
Modifications: Added MANTO, add TM GEO ID.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: DARMC, Brady Kiesling, Richard Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, Tom Elliott - Arch of Germanicus
A triumphal arch built by C. Julius Rufus, and dedicated to Tiberius and his adoptive sons, Drusus Caesar and Germanicus.
Modifications: Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Tom Elliott - Archaeological area of Macchia Grande
The archaeological area of Macchia Grande provides archaeological evidence for multiple phases of human occupation from the Villanovan period to the Roman Imperial period.
Modifications: Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Archaeological area of Piano della Comunità
The archaeological area of Piano (or Quarto) di Comunità is an area of Etrusco-Roman Veii where there is evidence for a Republican domus that is modified during the Augustan period. The area is then used as a necropolis in Late Antiquity (fourth and fifth centuries).
Modifications: Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Archaeological area of Villa di Campetti
The site of a Roman villa complex covering ca. 10,000 square meters. The villa was built in the late republican period (second-first centuries B.C.) on the hillside adjacent to the Archaic Portonaccio sanctuary.
Modifications: Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance. Updated references. Edited.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Argentanum
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 46 unlocated Argentanum
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Asklepieion of Pheneos
The Asklepieion of Pheneos dates to the later second century BCE. It was identified via excavation in the late 1950s.
Modifications: Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance. Added topostext, add wikidata Asklepieion of Pheneos (Q111381592).
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Brady Kiesling - Athmonon
Athmonon was an ancient inland deme of the tribe Kekropis in Attica, north-east of the city of Athens at modern Marousi, best known as location of a sanctuary and festival of Artemis Amarysia.
Modifications: Added MANTO, TM GEO ID, wikidata references. Added Dem. (Rennie: Perseus). Updated New Pauly. Added reference, Greek name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Chris de Lisle, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Richard Talbert, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes - Au(n)edonnacum
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 14 E2 Au(n)edonnacum
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: H.S. Sivan, R.W. Mathisen
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Aufugum
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 46 D3 Aufugum
Modifications: Updated references. Updated Livy reference with Zotero link.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Baliares/Gymnesiae Inss. (Maior et Minor)
Baliares/Gymnesiae Inss. (Maior et Minor) (The Balearic Islands) is an island group of the western Mediterranean Sea, located to the east of the Iberian peninsula. In modern geographical terms, the four largest islands of the group are Majorca, Minorca, Ibiza, and Formentera, but the latter two are also part of the Pityussae island group of antiquity.
Modifications: Created new name. Added Latin name, add Servius reference. Regularized modified name romanized and modified name attested forms. Edited. Changed name type to map/atlas, add BAtlas reference, set language = Latin.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: P.O. Spann
Contributors: Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Richard Talbert, Michael Heubel, R. Warner, Richard Talbert, Perry Scalfano, Ryan M. Horne - Basilica di Santo Stefano in via Latina
The now-ruined basilica of Santo Stefano in Via Latina was a fifth-century CE early Christian basilica. It is now located within the confines of the archaeological park of the Via Latina tombs.
Modifications: Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker - Begesse
An ancient name preserved in the Ravenna Cosmography. It may correspond to the Antonine Wall fort at Castlecary in Scotland.
Modifications: Modified summary; cleaned up references; added RENames reference. Created new connection.
Modified by: Anthony Durham, Tom Elliott
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Contributors: R. Warner, Richard Talbert, Anthony Durham, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott - Bergae
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 46 unlocated Bergae
Modifications: Updated Liv. (OCT: PHI). RE Bergae.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Blauto/Blavia
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 14 E3 Blauto/Blavia
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: H.S. Sivan, R.W. Mathisen
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Brigiosum
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 14 E2 Brigiosum
Modifications: Updated references. RE Brigiosum.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: H.S. Sivan, R.W. Mathisen
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Burdigala
Burdigala (modern Bordeaux) was a Celtic center of the Bituriges Vivisci. The Romans lost a battle at the site in 107 BC, with consul Lucius Cassius Longinus being killed in the action. Rome eventually controlled the area ca. 60 BC.
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: H.S. Sivan, R.W. Mathisen
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Camerelle Roman Villa
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 46 D2 Camerelle
Modifications: Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Camino
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 14 G4 Camino
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: H.S. Sivan, R.W. Mathisen
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Can Blai
A Late Roman fortlet on the island of Formentera.
Modifications: Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance. Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker - Capraria (island)
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 27 inset Capraria Ins.
Modifications: Added Latin name, Pliny reference. Created new location.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: P.O. Spann
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Ryan M. Horne, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott - Carecini Supernates
The Carecini Supernates were a tribe of Samnites.
Modifications: Updated Pliny reference.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Michael Heubel, Ryan M. Horne, Jeffrey Becker, Richard Talbert, Tom Elliott - Carthage military harbor
The cothon at Carthage was divided into a rectangular merchant harbor and an inner protected harbor reserved for military use.
Modifications: Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance. Edited modified location title.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker - Casalbore
At modern Casalbore, Italy, archaeological evidence includes a significant temple structure and associated material from the Samnite and Roman periods.
Modifications: Added Arachne.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Castrovillari
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 46 D2 Castrovillari
Modifications: Updated BTCGI.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Cirauqui
Remains of a Roman bridge and paved road.
Modifications: Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Ryan M. Horne - Civita Giuliana
The Civita Giuliana is located in the northern suburbium of Pompeii, about 700 meters from the city walls. Thus far the site has produced archaeological evidence of suburban villas in Pompeii's hinterland. Early twentieth-century excavations were carried out here, only to be published in 1994. Clandestine looting at the site brought about a cooperative effort to resume excavations in the interests of heritage protection in 2017.
Modifications: Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance. Edited.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker - Clampetia
An ancient city of Bruttium, located on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea, between Blanda and Temesa.
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Colubraria/Ophiussa (island)
Colubraria/Ophiussa Ins. (modern Formentera) is an island of the Balearic Islands in the western Mediterranean Sea.
Modifications: Created new location. Added TM GEO ID 27682: Colubraria (Formentera), update references. Updated Strabo reference.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Creators: P.O. Spann
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Richard Talbert, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott - Consentia
The capital city of the ancient Bruttii in Calabria.
Modifications: Updated references. Updated Liv. (OCT: PHI).
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Crathis/Crater (river)
Crathis/Crater fl., now the Crati, is a river in Bruttium in southern Italy.
Modifications: Added topostext.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Cremera (river)
The Cremera is a small stream in Lazio that played a role in the fourth century BC war between Rome and the Etruscan city-state of Veii.
Modifications: Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: L. Quilici, S. Quilici Gigli
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Cyllenius Sinus
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 58 A2 Cyllenius Sinus
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Sean Gillies, Perry Scalfano, Richard Talbert, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Didymoi? Sinus
The ancient "Didymoi" bay on the Cretan coast is possibly to be identified with the modern Bay of Sitia.
Modifications: Created new location. Less certain, per BAtlDir. Added BAtlDir reference; changed name type to "label". Cleaned up references; modified summary. Created new name. Checked-in working copy @thomase.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: J. Bennet, G. Reger
Contributors: Sean Gillies, Perry Scalfano, Richard Talbert, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Dionysophanes
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 66 C4 Dionysophanes
Modifications: Added RE reference.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: S. Mitchell
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Dystos
An ancient settlement of Euboea, its acropolis subsequently became the site of a Venetian tower.
Modifications: Added tm geo id, add topostext.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: J. Fossey, J. Morin
Contributors: DARMC, Brady Kiesling, Richard Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Catherine Bouras, G. Reger, Sean Gillies - Ebusus (island)
Ebusus Ins. (modern Ibiza) is an island in the western Mediterranean Sea.
Modifications: Created new location.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: P.O. Spann
Contributors: R. Warner, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Elaphusa (island)
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 54 unlocated Elaphusa Ins.
Modifications: Updated Plin., NH (Mayhoff: PHI). Updated Pliny reference.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: W.M. Murray
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Gebel es-Silsilah
A mountain on the west bank of the Nile River some 40 miles north of Aswan with over 30 Eighteenth Dynasty shrines. This site was first settled in the late Predynastic period, was an important sandstone quarry in the Eighteenth Dynasty with some inhabitants, and was still used in the Roman period.
Modifications: Edited modified summary. Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Zachary Rosalinsky
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker - Gholaia
Gholaia (modern Bu Njem in Libya) was the site of a settlement and Roman fort along the Limes Tripolitanus.
Modifications: Added vici.org reference.
Modified and published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: D.J. Mattingly
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Adam Prins, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Herbert Verreth, Sean Gillies, Mark Depauw - Harpessos (river)
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 51 G1 Harpessos fl.
Modifications: Added wikidata Arda (Q500954), update references. Created new location.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors: G. Reger, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Harpina
An ancient city of Elis, just east of Olympia, mentioned in ancient sources. It is thought to have been located at a site just north of modern Archaia Pisa (Miraka).
Modifications: Greek and RE reference @thomase. Cleaned up references; added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team; added Wikipedia and Wikidata references provided by bkiesling; modified summary; added CFL/AGO and RE references; added associated modern names; added CFL/AGO location, which supersedes currently published DARMC location. @thomase. Added DARMC location 10063 as related to maintain resource alignment. Created new name. Created new location.
Modified by: Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Richard Talbert, Rosemary Selth, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, R. Scott Smith, Sean Gillies, Greta Hawes - Hermeios Sinus
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 56 D4 Hermeios Sinus
Modifications: Updated RE ῞Ερμειος κόλπος w/ wikisource link.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Ryan M. Horne, Jeffrey Becker, Perry Scalfano, Tom Elliott - Hindu Kush (mountains)
The Hindu Kush mountain range, which extends through Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Tajikistan, was known to the Greeks and Romans as the Paropamisos or Caucasus mountains. They are not to be confused with the other Caucasus Mountains (greater and lesser) between the Black and Caspian Seas.
Modifications: Modified modified title and modified summary to reduce potential for confusion; updated Aristotle ref. @thomase.
Modified by: Karen Rubinson, Tom Elliott
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: M.U. Erdosy
Contributors: Sean Gillies, Karen Rubinson, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Richard Talbert, Michael Heubel, Richard Talbert, Ryan M. Horne - Hybla Gereatis
Hybla Gereatis was an ancient settlement in Sicily located on the slopes of Mount Etna. Its remains are located near Paternò, Sicily.
Modifications: Cleaned up references; added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team; added Wikidata reference provided by bkiesling; added vici.org reference; modified summary @thomase. Reference, change type to located on. ItMiller, ItAnt (Cuntz). Updated BTCGI references x 3. Updated BTCGI XIII, 343-62 s.v. "PANTALICA" (Luigi Bernabo Brea).
Modified by: Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Valeria Vitale, Rosemary Selth, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Jonathan Prag, R. Scott Smith, Richard Talbert, Greta Hawes - Iapygum Pr.
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 46 F4 Iapygum Pr.
Modifications: Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance. Updated BTCGI references x 2. Updated RE Iapygum Pr. § Dioskourias Akra. Edited modified location title, time period, location type, archae. remains.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Italia Suburbicaria
A vicariate of the Roman empire instituted by Constantine I. It was centered in south-central Italy.
Modifications: Wikidata Italia Suburbicaria (Q3804151).
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Tom Elliott - Jensberg Celtic oppidum
Site of the Celtic wall protecting the oppidum from south-west.
Modifications: Wikidata Studenberg, Celtic oppidum (Q29675362).
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Johan Åhlfeldt
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker - Kantarodai
Kantarodai is the name of a small, modern neighborhood in Chunnakam town in northern Sri Lanka. Archaeological excavations there have produced both local and imported pottery as well as mainland Indian and Roman coins.
Modifications: Cleaned up references; added modified summary; added Wikipedia reference; added associated modern name and location. The location supersedes currently published DARMC location; fixed typo @thomase. Added DARMC location 30370 as related to maintain resource alignment. Created new name. Created new location.
Modified by: Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: M.U. Erdosy
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Kimolos (island)
Kimolos Ins. (Kimolos) is an island in the Aegean Sea that is part of the Cyclades.
Modifications: Cleaned up references; added CFL/AGO reference provided by cbouras; added iDAI.gazetteer and Wikidata references provided by bkiesling. Created new location.
Modified by: Brady Kiesling, Catherine Bouras, Tom Elliott
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Creators: J. Bennet, G. Reger
Contributors: Catherine Bouras, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Arthur De Graauw, Tom Elliott - Krathis (river)
The Krathis is a river of Achaea. Achaean Aegae lies close to the river course, which is discussed by Herodotus, Strabo, and Pausanias.
Modifications: Edited.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, R. Scott Smith, Jeffrey Becker, Greta Hawes, Tom Elliott - La Galère
An ancient Greek village on the east end of the island of Porquerolles discovered through archaeological survey in the 1980s and dating to the first century BCE. Its ancient name is unknown.
Modifications: Edited.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: S. Loseby, R. Häussler
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Lamnum
A road station in Gallia Aquitania, cited in the Tabula Peutingeriana.
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: H.S. Sivan, R.W. Mathisen
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Stefano Costa, Tom Elliott - Leukai Kaminoi
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 38 unlocated Leukai Kaminoi/Caminos?
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: D.J. Mattingly
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Limonum
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 14 F2 Limonum
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: H.S. Sivan, R.W. Mathisen
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Lunt Roman fort
A turf and timber Roman fort near Coventry, England. The site's ancient name remains unknown.
Modifications: Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance. Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Gabriel Moss - Lycian League
Perhaps formed to protest the annexation of Lycia by Rhodes, by 168–7 BCE the league appears to have gained quasi-autonomy under the domination of Rome. Although the league was a party to a treaty with Iulius Caesar in 46 BCE, by 43 CE the region was annexed by Claudius into the province of Lycia; the league survived and had authority over some local customs and legal matters.
Modifications: Added wikidata Lycian League (Q1485014).
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Ryan M. Horne
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker - Macris/Makra (island)
Modern Zeytin Adası (formerly Meğri Ada), an island that, together with the Telmessias promontory (modern Çamlı Burun), encloses and protects the natural harbor of Telmessos (modern Fethiye in Turkey).
Modifications: Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: C. Foss, S. Mitchell
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Mago
Mago (now Mahón or Maó) on the island of Menorca was established as an ancient commercial center because of its high-quality harborage. Its ancient name is thought to derive from Mago, brother of Hannibal, who occupied the Insula Minor after he fled from Gades in 206 BCE.
Modifications: Created new location. Created DARMC citation to preserve cross-project linkage after retracting DARMC location. Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: P.O. Spann
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott - Malthace (island)
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 54 unlocated Malthace Ins.
Modifications: Updated Pliny reference.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: W.M. Murray
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Marathe (island)
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 54 unlocated Marathe Ins.
Modifications: Updated Pliny reference. Added Latin name, add Pliny.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: W.M. Murray
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Mediolanum
A town of southwest Gaul founded ca. 20 BC, Mediolanum Santonum was connected with the Roman road network that served Burdigala.
Modifications: Updated references, add TP.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: H.S. Sivan, R.W. Mathisen
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Midea
An ancient site in the Argolid in Greece, it shares a name with the neighboring modern town.
Modifications: Cleaned up wikipedia entry; added ToposText and MycAtlas references; added Wikidata and MANTO references provided by bkiesling; added CFL/AGO reference provided by cbouras; added Arachne Midea Argolis (Regionalbezirk) (Μίδεια), Griechenland - check in working copy @thomase. Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance.
Modified by: Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: DARMC, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, James Newhard, Tom Elliott, Catherine Bouras, Richard Talbert - Milatos
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 60 E2 Milatos
Modifications: Cleaned up references; added CFL/AGO reference provided by cbouras; added MANTO, Wikidata, and Trismegistos references provided by bkiesling.
Modified by: Brady Kiesling, Catherine Bouras
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: J. Bennet, G. Reger
Contributors: DARMC, Catherine Bouras, Brady Kiesling, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Minerva, T.
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 44 F4 Minerva, T.
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Minervae Pr.
Punta Campanella lies at the western extremity of the Sorrentine Peninsula.
Modifications: Updated references. Updated GeoNames reference.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Minorca (island)
Minorca is one of the Balearic Islands of the Mediterranean Sea. Its name likely derives from the Latin 'Insula minor'.
Modifications: Created new location.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: Jeffrey Becker - Modoutou Emporion
Ptolemy places the "Modoutoi" in the northern part of ancient Sri Lanka, and provides coordinates for a "Modoutou emporion". Tentatively following Berthelot, BAtlas places the emporion in the vicinity of modern Mullaitivu.
Modifications: Located on; ptolemy reference. Cleaned up references; modified summary; added link to Berthelot 1930; added associated modern name after BAtlDir @thomase. Greek and Renou citation @thomase. Created new name. Greek and Renou citation; changed to ethnic - check-in and published @thomase.
Modified by: Tom Elliott
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: M.U. Erdosy
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Monte Calvo
The remains of a Roman villa that belonged to the family of the Bruttii Praesentes were found in the locality known as 'Madonna dei Colori' near the ancient road station Vicus Novus/Ad Novas, modern Osteria Nuova, some 53 km northeast of Rome.
Modifications: Updated references. Edited Details.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Elizabeth Robinson, Tom Elliott - Muranum
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 46 D2 Muranum
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Neandria
Neandria was a Greek city in the south-west of the Troad region of Anatolia.
Modifications: Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Ryan M. Horne, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Nonakris
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 58 C1 Nonakris
Modifications: Added manto, topostext, wikidata.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Richard Talbert, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes - Otryne
An ancient settlement, attested by literary or documentary sources, whose precise location cannot be determined today
Modifications: Added New Pauly reference.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Paiania Kathyperthen
Paiania was an inland deme of the tribe Pandionis, in Attica. The epithet "Kathyperthen" (Upper) distinguished it from nearby Lower Paiania, but the two formed a single entity for many purposes.
Modifications: Added New Pauly reference.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Chris de Lisle, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Phalasarna
An ancient harbor town located on the northwest coast of Crete.
Modifications: DARMC 24177. Updated references. Hansen 2004. Added Latin name and Pliny reference.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: J. Bennet, G. Reger
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Pheneos
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 58 C2 Pheneos
Modifications: Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Richard Talbert, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes - Polichne
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 58 B3 Polichne
Modifications: Updated references. Added CFL reference, add Wikidata, Wikipedia, update references. Added Greek name, Pausanias reference, add Temporal attestations.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Pomponiana?
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 16 B3 Pomponiana?
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: S. Loseby, R. Häussler
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Ponte di Nona
A Roman-period bridge along the via Praenestina built of lapis Gabinus.
Modifications: Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker - Ponte Sodo
A rock-cut tunnel (cuniculus) at the northwest margin of ancient Veii.
Modifications: Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance. Wikidata Ponte sodo (Q130380905).
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker - Prote (island)
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 16 unlocated Prote Ins.
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: S. Loseby, R. Häussler
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Prote (island)
An island in the Ionian Sea, located to the west of the Peloponnese that Thucydides mentions.
Modifications: Updated references. Updated Thuc. Hist. (Jones; perseus). Edited.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: G. Reger, J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Arthur De Graauw, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Psilo Kastro (Ag. Marina)
This ancient settlement site, with remains of a fortified acropolis and lower town, is located just south of modern Ag. Marina in Thessaly (Greece). Modern scholars consider it a likely identification for ancient Patronis/Tronis/Troneia, which is mentioned in ancient sources.
Modifications: Cleaned up references; added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team; added Trismegistos, iDAI.gazetteer, and Wikidata references provided by bkiesling; added vici.org and CFL/AGO references. Modified title and modified summary; added McInerney 2021; added names; added vici.org location, which supersedes currently published locations; hansen 2004 @thomase. Added DARMC location 14151 = related to maintain resource alignment. Created new location. Created new name.
Modified by: Brady Kiesling, Greta Hawes, R. Scott Smith, Rosemary Selth, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Creators: J. Fossey, J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Richard Talbert, Rosemary Selth, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, G. Reger, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes - Pydna
An ancient settlement and seaport in Macedonia, located south of modern Makrigialos.
Modifications: Added Greek name, Thuc. ref.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors: DARMC, Catherine Bouras, Brady Kiesling, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Chris de Lisle - Pythonia (island)
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 54 unlocated Pythonia Ins.
Modifications: Updated Pliny reference.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: W.M. Murray
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Rauranum
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 14 F2 Rauranum
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: H.S. Sivan, R.W. Mathisen
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Rocca Nadore
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 47 C3 Rocca Nadore
Modifications: Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance. Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Roman amphitheater of Saintes
The Gallo-Roman amphitheater of Mediolanum Santonum.
Modifications: Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker - Salamis (island)
Salamis is the largest island of the Saronic Gulf.
Modifications: Added CFL/AGO reference provided by cbouras. Adjust reference type.
Modified by: Catherine Bouras, Tom Elliott
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: Catherine Bouras, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Perry Scalfano, Tom Elliott - Samonion Pedion
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 56 C2 Samonion Pedion
Modifications: Added Greek name, Strabo reference.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger, S. Mitchell
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Ryan M. Horne, Jeffrey Becker, Richard Talbert, Tom Elliott - Scandira (island)
Scandira Insula, an island of the Sporades. Modern Skantzoura in the Sporades, Thessaly, Greece.
Modifications: Added Latin name, add Pliny reference.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: J. Fossey, J. Morin
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, G. Reger, Tom Elliott - Schoenus Sinus
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 61 G4 Schoenus Sinus
Modifications: Updated Pliny reference.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: C. Foss, G. Reger
Contributors: Sean Gillies, Perry Scalfano, Richard Talbert, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Sigiriya
An archaeological site currently interpreted as the capital city of the parricidal King Kassapa I (A.D. 477–95). The site was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982.
Modifications: Created new location. Created DARMC citation to preserve cross-project linkage after retracting DARMC location.
Modified by: Tom Elliott
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: M.U. Erdosy
Contributors: DARMC, Divya Kumar-Dumas, Richard Talbert, Jonathan Fu, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Sirio
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 14 E4 Sirio
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: H.S. Sivan, R.W. Mathisen
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Stoechades (islands)
A group of four islands off Hyères, France, in the Mediterranean Sea.
Modifications: Added topostext. Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: S. Loseby, R. Häussler
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Ryan M. Horne, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Sybaris (river)
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 46 D2 Sybaris fl.
Modifications: Wikipedia Coscile.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Tarachie (island)
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 54 unlocated Tarachie Ins.
Modifications: Updated Pliny reference.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: W.M. Murray
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Tauri(a)num/‘Vaticanum’ Pr.
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 46 C4 Tauri(a)num/‘Vaticanum’ Pr.
Modifications: Updated BTCGI.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: I.E.M. Edlund Berry, A.M. Small
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Thasos (settlement)
Greeks from Paros founded a colony on Thasos in the middle of the seventh century B.C.
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors: DARMC, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Catherine Bouras, G. Reger, Richard Talbert, Chris de Lisle - Tyrus/Col. Septimia Severa
The ancient city of Tyre (modern es-Sur on the coast of Lebanon). A UNESCO World Heritage Site, in part because of its "important archaeological remains, mainly from Roman times."
Modifications: Cleaned up references; added RE Coloniae reference; added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team; added Wikidata reference; added vici.org reference.
Modified by: Greta Hawes, R. Scott Smith, Rosemary Selth, Tom Elliott
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Rosemary Selth, Jeffrey Becker, Jamie Novotny, H. Kopp, W. Röllig, B. Siewert-Mayer, Rune Rattenborg, Richard Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa - Untitled
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 72 C2 unnamed spring (Kephalovryso, N Chyt(h)roi)
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: D. Rupp
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Untitled
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 26 D5 unnamed aqueduct (near Ad Pontem at Tres Caminos)
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: F.H. Stanley Jr., R.C. Knapp
Contributors: R. Warner, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Ussubium/Vesubio
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 14 F4 Ussubium/Vesubio
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: H.S. Sivan, R.W. Mathisen
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Veaminii
The Veaminii were a Ligurian tribe dwelling in the Alps.
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: S. Loseby, R. Häussler
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Vesuvius M.
A stratovolcano located in the Gulf of Naples, Vesuvius stands to an elevation of 1,281 m (4,203 ft). It is notable in historical terms for its eruption of AD 79 in which numerous settlements, including Pompeii and Herculaneum, were destroyed.
Modifications: Edited.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Vroulia
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 60 F4 Vroulia
Modifications: Updated references. Created new location.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: J. Bennet, G. Reger
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Whitemoss Roman auxiliary fort
A Roman auxiliary fort built ca. A.D. 140 that protected the western flank of the Antonine Wall.
Modifications: Updated references. Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker