Last Week in Pleiades (25 September - 2 October 2023)
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Last week the Pleiades editorial college published 5 new place resources and approved updates to 85 existing place resources. Work by Jeffrey Becker, Catherine Bouras, Tom Elliott, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling, Gabriel McKee, Rosemary Selth, and R. Scott Smith
New Place Resources
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The ancient acropolis of Lilaia is reused in the thirteenth century to build Frankish fortifications, including an extant tower.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
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A hilltop archaeological site in southeastern Albania, presently named after the adjacent modern village, that lies less than 2km northeast of modern Korça. Its precise nature is not yet known, but earlier suggestions that it was a burial mound have been refuted by the discovery of significant stone walls and small finds datable to the Iron Age and possibly the Hellenistic period.
Creators: Tom Elliott
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A hut and some enclosures located in the Dolomites (Veneto, Italy), datable to between the 5th and 11th centuries CE.
Creators: Tom Elliott
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District in Hattusa located northwest of Büyükkale, enclosed by the oldest wall of the city, the Poternenmauer, and including the structure known in modern times as Temple I.
Creators: Gabriel Mckee
Contributors: -
A 4th century BCE tholos tomb, embedded in a tumulus known as Chetinyova Mogila (Chetinyova Mound), located northwest of the modern Bulgarian village of Starosel.
Creators: Tom Elliott
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Modified Place Resources
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Ad Vicesimum was a Roman road station located near modern Morlupo, Italy.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: add summary,add topostext
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 60 C3 Ag. Kyriaki
Creators: G. Reger; J. Bennet
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: add topostext
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Modern Kouvelaki, a hill in Arcadia separating the plain of Orchomenos and the plain of Mantineia.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Michael Heubel; Ryan Horne; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert; Richard Talbert
Modifications: topostext reference -> related; added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team; added RE reference; added iDAI.gazetteer reference provided by bkiesling; summary; added associated modern name; cleaned up references; created name "Kouvelaki"
Actors: Brady Kiesling; Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Tom Elliott -
An arch dedicated to Lucius Neratius Priscus, suffect consul of A.D. 97 and governor of Germania Inferior.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: modified OSM location of arch of Lucius Neratius Priscus (Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance)
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An ancient river of the Peloponnese, rising near the site of ancient Kleitor and flowing south to join the Ladon river.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: added Maher 2015; added Geonames reference; added RE reference; added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team; removed Smith (insufficiently helpful, given other literature); added associated modern locations, which collectively supersede the currently published location; added associated modern names; summary; cleaned up references; created location "OSM Location: modern Αροάνιος"; created location "OSM Location: modern Αροάνιος"; created location "OSM Location: modern Aroanios"; created name "Phoniatiko"
Actors: Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Tom Elliott -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 61 C2 Artemis Tauropolos, T.
Creators: C. Foss; G. Reger
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Ryan Horne; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: add iDAI and TM GEO ID links provided by bkiesling; add topostext reference; update references; modified OSM location of Temple Of Artemis (Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker -
Assorus was a settlement of the Siculi in interior Sicily that never received a Greek colony.
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Jonathan Prag; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; Valeria Vitale; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; modified name "Assorum" (edited); modified name "Assoros" (update references)
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The modern Djebel Aurès: an eastern extension of the Atlas Mountain System in northeastern Algeria and northwestern Tunisia.
Creators: E.W.B. Fentress
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: added ancient Greek name; added Younsi 2023; added Wikidata reference; added associated modern name; cleaned up references; added associated modern location; created location "AWMC/BAtlas Map Label Location: Aurasius M."; created name "Aurès Mountains"; created name "Aurasios"
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An ancient region in the Peloponnese.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Michael Heubel; Ryan Horne; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert; Richard Talbert
Modifications: added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team; added New Pauly reference; summary; added Topostext reference; cleaned up references; added Wikidata reference provided by bkiesling
Actors: Brady Kiesling; Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Tom Elliott -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 47 unlocated *Azonai
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A third century Roman villa with mosaics and a bath complex was discovered at Bagnoli di S. Gregorio in 1986.
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: create DARMC citation to preserve cross-project linkage after retracting DARMC location; fixed BAtlas reference; cleaned up references; created OSM location of Terme di Bagnoli
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Bauli (near modern Bacoli) was an ancient settlement of the Campi Phlegraei.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: add Nenci reference; update references; modified name "Bauli" (Baseline created, add reference)
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A region that stretched from Lake Tatta in the east to the upper Euphrates River and from the Black Sea southward to Cilicia.
Creators: T.B. Mitford
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Ryan Horne; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert; Richard Talbert
Modifications: added Wikidata and Wikipedia references provided by bkiesling; added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team; added New Pauly reference; added Topostext reference; cleaned up references; created BAtlas Map Label Location; created BAtlas Map Label Location
Actors: Brady Kiesling; Greta Hawes; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Tom Elliott -
An ancient settlement originating the late fourth or third centuries BC and lying along the route of the Roman Via Flaminia.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Dacia was a region inhabited by the Dacians or Getae. A Dacian kingdom existed from ca. the early first century BC until the Roman conquest under Trajan in AD 106.
Creators: J.J. Wilkes
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Ryan Horne; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: added Wikidata reference; cleaned up references; added New Pauly reference; added Petan 2023
Actors: Tom Elliott -
The ancient settlement of Delos, located on the Aegean island of the same name.
Creators: C. Foss; G. Reger
Contributors: Adam Rabinowitz; Danielle Hoyer; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; Danielle Hoyer; R. Talbert
Modifications: added Karvonis 2021; added Doganis 2021
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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 Jacquemin 2021
Actors: Tom Elliott -
Macedonian tombs and Hellenistic chamber tombs where the Derveni krater and Derveni papyri were discovered.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Tom Elliott
Modifications: added PECS and TM references; created connection "Lete"
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: added Haselberger 2023; cleaned up references; added MANTO reference provided by bkiesling; added vici.org and iDAI.gazetteer references
Actors: Brady Kiesling; Tom Elliott -
Drakanon Pr., a cape located in the northeast part of the island of Ikaros that corresponds to the modern Akra Dhrapanon.
Creators: C. Foss; G. Reger
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: title; summary; created OSM location of Akra Dhrapanon (minor lighthouse)
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The longest river of Western Asia, the Euphrates flows from the Kara Su and the Murat Su to the confluence with the Tigris river.
Creators: A. Hausleiter; M. Roaf; R. Wenke; St J. Simpson
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Eric Kansa; Francis Deblauwe; Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Jamie Novotny; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; B. Siewert-Mayer; H. Kopp; P. Flensted Jensen; R. Talbert; W. Röllig
Modifications: added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team; added New Pauly reference; added RE link; updated Livius link; cleaned up references
Actors: Greta Hawes; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Tom Elliott -
Roman villa at Nea Paphos on Cyprus containing extensive mosaic floors.
Creators: Gabriel Mckee
Contributors: Tom Elliott
Modifications: added Guay 2021
Actors: Tom Elliott -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 87 B4 Ibora
Creators: David Braund; T. Sinclair
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 references; created OSM location of İverönü
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 2 B3 Iouernoi
Creators: A. Bursche; R. Warner
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A Roman site used for the extraction and preparation of lime. At least six lime kilns have been identified at the site. These were operated by Roman legionaries of the Legio XXX Ulpia Victrix and Legio I Minervia from ca. A.D. 150 to 300.
Creators: C. Haselgrove; J. Kunow
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; modified OSM location of Römische Kalkbrennerei (Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
‘I(ve)ses’ fl. (the Ybbs river in Austria).
Creators: H. Bender
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; G. Moosbauer; M. Puhane; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; created OSM location of Ybbs (river)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 80 B2 Kastron Thebon
Creators: J. Keenan; S.E. Sidebotham; T. Wilfong
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 61 C2 Kataphydion
Creators: C. Foss; G. Reger
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: add IDAI Kataphygion
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Covered sheds (neoria) in the ancient harbor of Kition used in the construction and repair of warships by the Phoenician rulers of the city during the fifth century BCE.
Creators: Duncan Feiges; Sophia Bruno
Contributors: Gabriel Mckee; Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott; Thomas Landvatter
Modifications: added Fourrier 2020; added Renaud 2020; cleaned up references
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An ancient city of Arcadia in the Peloponnese. The site of ancient Kleitor lies at the western end of a valley; modern Kleitoria lies at the eastern end.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sarah Bond; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: DARMC 13207; added Maher 2015; added iDAI.gazetteer, Trismegistos, Wikidata, MANTO, and Wikipedia references provided by bkiesling; added Melfi 2016; added locations of visible archaeological remnants, which supersede currently published DARMC location; Pausanias ctype -> evidence; removed erroneous Pliny reference; added vici.org reference; added Kleitor 2017; summary; cleaned up references; added Chronique toponym references; created location "Imagery Location: Theater of Kleitor"; created location "Imagery Location: West Gate of Kleitor"
Actors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
Kolonos was a deme assigned to the phyle Aegeis in Attica. It was located to the north of the Academy and provided the setting for one of the tragedies of Sophocles. The district is associated with the god Poseidon.
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: add Arachne Kolonos Hippios Athen (Regionalbezirk), Griechenland, Europa; add MANTO
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Site of an excavated amphora production facility in southern Thasos that may point to the existence of an associated settlement whose ancient name remains unknown.
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; Michèle Brunet; R. Talbert
Modifications: place type += ceramic production facility or area; added ToposText reference; added Trismegistos reference provided by bkiesling; summary; added Tomei 2022; create DARMC citation to preserve cross-project linkage after retracting DARMC location; created location "Chronique Location: Koukos after Garlan, Thasiaca"
Actors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 61 A3 Koukounaries
Creators: C. Foss; G. Reger
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: add topostext
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient city founded as Philippi by the king of Macedon, Philip II of Macedon on the site of the Thasian colony of Krinides.
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: added Sève 2023a
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Originally a member of the Latin League, the city of Labicum was taken by the Romans ca. 418 B.C. By the time of Augustus, the site was almost certainly deserted and its precise location remains debated today.
Creators: L. Quilici; S. Quilici Gigli
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 46 unlocated Lagaria
Creators: A.M. Small; I.E.M. Edlund Berry
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: add topostext, tm geo id, wikidata, arachne references; modified name "Lagaria" (add Strabo reference, Greek name)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
An ancient settlement of Phthiotis, modern Lamia.
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: added Wikipedia reference; added Trismegistos reference provided by bkiesling; added Wikidata reference; added iDAI.gazetteer reference provided by bkiesling; summary; added Chronique reference provided by cbouras; cleaned up references
Actors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker -
Located on the Gulf of Euboea, Larymna was a town of eastern Locris.
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: cleaned up references; added Chronique reference provided by cbouras
Actors: Catherine Bouras; Tom Elliott -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 B3 Leros Ins.
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Ryan Horne; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: modified OSM location of Nisída Léros (Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Lete was a strategically located city of ancient Macedonia.
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: cleaned up references; removed Derveni references since we have a separate place resource for those; added Chronique reference provided by cbouras; created connection "Mygdonia"
Actors: Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
The Library of Celsus is a library and monumental tomb in Ephesus which was constructed ca. 110-120 CE.
Creators: Cheryl Fok; Kaylee Ma
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Thomas Landvatter
Modifications: update references; modified OSM Location for Library of Celsus (Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Ancient Lilaia (modern Kato Agoriani/Pyrgos in Greece) was an ancient Phocean city.
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: added Wikidata reference; added iDAI.gazetteer reference provided by bkiesling; summary; added Chronique reference provided by cbouras; cleaned up references; created OSM location of Lilea
Actors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
Lindos is an ancient city located on the island of Rhodes.
Creators: G. Reger; J. Bennet
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Gabriel Mckee; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: added iDAI.gazetteer, Trismegistos, Wikidata, and MANTO references provided by bkiesling; added Chronique reference provided by cbouras; cleaned up references
Actors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Tom Elliott -
An ancient settlement and harbor on the southwest coast of the island of Crete at Ag. Kyrkos.
Creators: G. Reger; J. Bennet
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: cleaned up references; added Trismegistos reference provided by bkiesling; summary; added Chronique reference provided by cbouras; modified connection "Creta (island)" (located on)
Actors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
A Roman villa site superimposed over pre-Roman Iron Age occupation. The Roman villa had five architectural phases from the first to the fourth centuries CE.
Creators: A.S. Esmonde Cleary
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: edited; update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
A sanctuary of Apollo Lyceios in Athens, which served as the seat of Aristotle's Peripatetic school of philosophy founded in 335/4 BCE. The Lyceum was destroyed by Sulla in 86 BCE.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Greta Hawes; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Tom Elliott
Modifications: cleaned up references
Actors: Tom Elliott -
An ancient settlement on Crete, located just east of modern Xydas/Xidas, with which it is sometimes conflated. The city is mentioned in Homer and seems to have flourished in Hellenistic and Roman times, at least.
Creators: G. Reger; J. Bennet
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: cleaned up references; added MANTO and iDAI.gazetteer references provided by bkiesling; added Chronique reference provided by cbouras
Actors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Tom Elliott -
The tallest in Arcadia, Mainalion is part of the Menalon mountain range of the Peloponnese.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Ryan Horne; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: added ToposText reference; added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team; added RE reference; cleaned up references; added Wikidata reference provided by bkiesling
Actors: Brady Kiesling; Greta Hawes; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Tom Elliott -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 59 C2 Marathon
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Pierre Motylewicz; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: added Wikidata reference; cleaned up references; added Wikidata reference provided by bkiesling; added Chronique reference provided by cbouras; created connection "Tetrapolis"; created connection "Marathonian Pedion"
Actors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
An ancient settlement and port on the south coast of Crete, now identified at modern Matala. Excavations have revealed an acropolis, tombs, a maritime slipway for a shipshed, a quarry, and fish tanks.
Creators: G. Reger; J. Bennet
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: DARMC 13661; added Curtis 2023 and Gerding 2013; added ToposText reference; added Wikidata and TM references provided by bkiesling; summary; added associated modern name; added Chronique reference provided by cbouras; added associated modern location (supersedes currently published DARMC location); cleaned up references; created location "OSM Location: modern Μάταλα"; created name "Matala"
Actors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
Medeon was a polis of ancient Greece with occupation stretching from the Archaic period to Late Antiquity. It is located southeast of Aspra Spitia, Viotia, Central Greece.
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: cleaned up references; added Chronique reference provided by cbouras
Actors: Catherine Bouras; Tom Elliott -
An ancient settlement in Arcadia in the Peloponnese, likely founded in the 4th century BCE. The site lies just to the northeast of the modern town of Megalopolis.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: change citation type to "see further" on Chronique report
Actors: Tom Elliott -
An ancient spring at Therapne. Its precise location is unknown.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: updated Connections; cleaned up references and substituted BAtlDir reference for pro forma automatic BAtlas reference; added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team; added New Pauly reference; summary; created connection "Therapne"
Actors: Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Tom Elliott -
An ancient settlement sited on the west coast of the Messenian peninsula of the Peloponnese. The collocated modern settlement is called Methoni and is located in the administratively part of the Pylos-Nestoras municipality, Messenia regional unit, of the modern Greek state.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: added iDAI.gazetteer reference provided by bkiesling; create DARMC citation to preserve cross-project linkage after retracting DARMC location; cleaned up references; added Chronique reference provided by cbouras
Actors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Tom Elliott -
An ancient settlement in Macedonian Pieria on a hilltop named Koryphi, near modern Nea Agathoupolis in the Pydna-Kalindros municipality in Pieria, Greece. The site was occupied from the Late Neolithic period (ca. 4000 BCE) through 354 BCE, when it was destroyed by the armies of Philip II. It was succeeded by a new settlement approximately 1km to the northwest; known as Macedonian Methone, this later settlement was occupied in the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Gabriel Mckee; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: added reference for Chronique Report 12878; added ToposText reference; added Chronique reference provided by cbouras; cleaned up references; added iDAI.gazetteer and Wikidata references provided by bkiesling
Actors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Tom Elliott -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 56 C5 Metokhi
Creators: C. Foss; G. Reger; S. Mitchell
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: created connection "Chios (island)"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
An ancient Macedonian settlement, located between Beroia and Edessa (between the modern villages of Lefkadia and Kopanos). Ancient sources report that it was here that Philip built facilities at which Aristotle taught the young Alexander and his colleagues.
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: cleaned up references; added iDAI.gazetteer and Wikidata references provided by bkiesling; summary; added Chronique reference provided by cbouras
Actors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker -
A coastal site in Laconia, located to the south of Gythium. According to Pausanias, a sanctuary of Aphrodite Migonitis was to be found there, but the precise location is not known today.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team; cleaned up references
Actors: Greta Hawes; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Tom Elliott -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 16 C3 Montjean
Creators: R. Häussler; S. Loseby
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The Nera river, a tributary of the Tiber.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: modified OSM location of Nera (Reimported full relation geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 20 unlocated Nerate
Creators: M. Šašel Kos; P. Kos
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The modern Livadostras river, emptying into the Corinthian Gulf near ancient Kreusis.
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team; cleaned up references; summary; created OSM location of Livadostros
Actors: Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; 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: added Pirson 2023; added iDAI.gazetteer reference; added vici.org reference; removed vici reference for baths; cleaned up references; added Ludwig 2023
Actors: Tom Elliott -
A Roman arched bridge located near Narni built originally in the Augustan period that remained in use until A.D. 1055.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Ryan Horne; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: add DARMC 27736; modified OSM location of Ponte di Augusto (Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance); modified connection "Via Flaminia" (reference)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 29 D1 Portus Sigensis
Creators: T.W. Potter
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: modified connection "Siga (river)" (located near)
Actors: Tom Elliott -
Praisos is an ancient settlement of eastern Crete occupied from the Late Minoan period until ca. 150 BC.
Creators: G. Reger; J. Bennet
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; 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 Αρχαία Πραισός
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
The Roman amphitheater at Carsulae dates to the first century A.D.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: modified location of Roman amphitheater (Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The Roman theater at Carsulae dates to the Augustan period, pre-dating the amphitheater.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: modified OSM location of Roman theater (Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Sallentini were a tribe of an ancient Apulia, the 'heel' of the booth of the Italian peninsula. They spoke the Messapian language.
Creators: A.M. Small; I.E.M. Edlund Berry
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Michael Heubel; Ryan Horne; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert; Richard Talbert
Modifications: add TP reference; added TM GEO ID 41932: Sallentini
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The Sanctuary of Apollo near Amyklai is a stoa-like building that enclosed a colossal statue of Apollo on three sides and was decorated with reliefs. The tomb of Hyacinthus is used as a statue base, combining the two local deities together.
Creators: Jonathan Fu
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott
Modifications: added Delahaye 2023; replaced withdrawn username with original contributors' name
Actors: Tom Elliott -
The Sanctuary of Dionysos, which includes a theater, choregic monument, statue bases, and at least one temple, formed part of the civic center of the Attic deme of Ikarion.
Creators: Dan Diffendale
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: modified OSM location of Ruins of ancient theater of Icarion Aegeidas (Attica) (Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
The modern Sarno river, its course much altered in antiquity by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 CE and in later times by both natural and man-made changes.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: added Seiler 2023; added OSM location, which supersedes currently published location; summary; added Topostext reference; added associated modern name; cleaned up references; added Wikidata reference provided by bkiesling; created location "OSM Location: modern R. Sarno"; created name "Sarno"
Actors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
The hill of Serra del Cedro in Basilicata (858 meters above sea level) is occupied already in the archaic period. By the fourth century BCE the settlement covers some 30 ha.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Tom Elliott
Modifications: added Bourdin 2023
Actors: Tom Elliott -
Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea and has been the site of human habitation since ca. 8,000 BC. In historical terms Sicily has seen important settlement activity connected to numerous culture groups - Punic, Carthaginian, Greek, Roman, Vandalic, Ostrogothic, Byzantine, Arabic, and Norman.
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Pierre Motylewicz; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: modified name "Sikelía" (update references)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 29 D1 Siga fl.
Creators: T.W. Potter
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: created OSM location of Wadi Tafna
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
Temple 1, also referred to as the "Great Temple", is located in the lower city of Hattusa. It dates to the thirteenth century B.C.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Gabriel Mckee
Modifications: created OSM location of so-called Temple I; created connection "Lower city at Hattusa"
Actors: Gabriel McKee; Tom Elliott -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 60 A2 Spaniakos
Creators: G. Reger; J. Bennet
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: add topostext
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
Sparta was a prominent city-state (polis) of ancient Greece.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Adam Rabinowitz; Brady Kiesling; Danielle Hoyer; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; Danielle Hoyer; Paul Cochran; R. Talbert
Modifications: create DARMC citation to preserve cross-project linkage after retracting DARMC location; created location "OSM Location: archaeological site of ancient Sparta"; modified connection "Lacedaemon/Laconia" (part of (regional)); modified connection "Eurotas (river)" (located near)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
A peak in the Taygetos range, mentioned by Pausanias. Its precise location cannot be determined today.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: added RE reference; cleaned up references; added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team
Actors: Greta Hawes; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Tom Elliott -
An Archaic temple dedicated to Artemis Orthia within the sanctuary of this goddess at Sparta. The site contained rich deposits of votives and masks.
Creators: Danielle Hoyer; Paul Cochran
Contributors: Adam Rabinowitz; Jeffrey Becker
Modifications: add arachne, wikidata references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 61 C2 Therma/Asklepieis
Creators: C. Foss; G. Reger
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: add topostext, tm geo id, wikidata; created Imagery location; modified connection "Ikaros (island)" (located on)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott -
An ancient right tributary of the Eurotas, joining it south of ancient Sparta. It is to be identified probably with the modern Langada/Langkada (BAtlas) or Skatias (ToposText).
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: added associated modern locations; added ToposText reference; added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team; summary; cleaned up references; created location "OSM Location: modern Skatias"; created location "OSM Location: modern Langada"; modified name "Tiasa" (add Greek name, Pausanias reference, Temporal attestation, Baseline created)
Actors: Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Tom Elliott -
An ancient settlement of at least Roman and Late Antique date, situated in the Dakleh Oasis at a site now called Amheida.
Creators: Tom Elliott; G. Wagner
Contributors: Adam Prins; Bruno Bazzani; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; DARMC; Herbert Verreth; Jen Thum; Mark Depauw; R. Talbert
Modifications: create DARMC citation to preserve cross-project linkage after retracting DARMC location
Actors: Tom Elliott -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 43 D2 no. 38 (bridge (Ponte dell’Acqua Nera))
Creators: L. Quilici; S. Quilici Gigli
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker -
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 19 unlocated Viaca
Creators: H. Bender
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; G. Moosbauer; M. Puhane; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; modified name "Viaca" (update TP reference)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker