Last Week in Pleiades (29 January - 5 February 2024)

The river port of the ancient city of Rome that was located between the Aventine Hill and the Rione Testaccio, formally established perhaps in 193 BCE.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Brady Kiesling

The Greek walls of the city of Hipponion, later Vibo Valentia, were established in the sixth century BCE. They originally stood to some 10 meters in height and had a circuit of 6 to 7 kilometers. The extant tracts were rediscovered in the early twentieth century and excavated by Paolo Orsi.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:

The findspot for a cuneiform inscription.
Creators: Carolin Johansson; Rune Rattenborg
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker

Small settlement located approximately 10km southeast of Shahr-i Sokhta in the Sistan Plain, eastern Iran, inhabited from the first half of the 3rd millennium BCE until approximately 2350 BCE.
Creators: Gabriel Mckee
Contributors:

Mound and find place for cuneiform inscription.
Creators: Carolin Johansson; Rune Rattenborg
Contributors: Tom Elliott

A river attested in ancient sources between Cissi and Rusuccuru, it is perhaps to be identified with the modern Oued Sebaou.
Creators: T.W. Potter
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: place type -= unlocated; replaced pro forma BAtlas reference with precise BAtlDir reference; summary; added associated modern name (uncertain) after BAtlDir; modified OSM location of Sebaou River (uncertain, less certain); created OSM location of Sebaou River; created name "Oued Sebaou"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 46 D4 Ad Fluvium Angitulam
Creators: A.M. Small; I.E.M. Edlund Berry
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: created name "Annicia"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 19 F3 Ad Silanos
Creators: H. Bender
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Moosbauer; M. Puhane; R. Talbert
Modifications: add TP reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

The city of Aqaba on the Red Sea.
Creators: D.F. Graf
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Eric Kansa; Francis Deblauwe; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; B. Siewert-Mayer; DARMC; H. Kopp; R. Talbert; W. Röllig
Modifications: modified name "Aila" (removed invalid romanized forms); modified name "Aila" (removed invalid romanized forms); modified name "Aila" (removed invalid romanized forms)
Actors: Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 24 C4 Aeminium
Creators: E.W. Haley
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: vici.org 3765: Aeminium; RE Aeminium
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Aenaria/Pithekoussai Ins. (modern Ischia) is a volcanic island located in the northern part of the Bay of Naples.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: Gabriel Mckee; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: add TGN 7010392: Ischia, Isola d' (island)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 20 C5 Aenona
Creators: M. Šašel Kos; P. Kos
Contributors: Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update RE reference url; update references; modified name "Aenona" (update Pliny reference)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

A mountain range in eastern Crete, known today as Dikti (Dicte).
Creators: G. Reger; J. Bennet
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: added CFL/AGO reference provided by cbouras; cleaned up references; modified OSM location of Afentis (associated modern); modified OSM location of Dikti Oros (associated modern); modified OSM location of Lazaros (associated modern)
Actors: Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 29 G1 Ain Toukria
Creators: T.W. Potter
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 47 G4 Alabon fl.
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: modified OSM location of Torrente Cantera (associated modern)
Actors: Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 46 D4 Angitula fl.
Creators: A.M. Small; I.E.M. Edlund Berry
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: created connection "Lametikos Kolpos"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 44 E4 Apollo et Nymphae Nitrodes, T.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient road station and settlement along the Via Egnatia in Mygdonia, between Amphipolis and Thessaoniki. Located near the modern municipality of Nea Apollonia in the Thessaloniki province of Greece. Possibly at a location now called Polina (Papazoglou) or a site between Nea Apollonia and Kokkalou excavated by Hatzopoulos in the early 1990s.
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: created connection "Mygdonia"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 20 C5 Argyruntum
Creators: M. Šašel Kos; P. Kos
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update url for RE reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An Aegean island that still carries its ancient name.
Creators: C. Foss; G. Reger
Contributors: Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: created name "Astypalaea"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

Homonymous ancient settlement on the Aegean island of Astypalaia.
Creators: C. Foss; G. Reger
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: cleaned up references; added CFL/AGO and GeoNames references provided by cbouras; summary
Actors: Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker

Remains of a Venetian castle atop the former ancient citadel of Astypalaia.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Tom Elliott
Modifications: added CFL/AGO reference
Actors: 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: TGN 7031751: Conimbriga, Ruínas de (deserted settlement); add Arachne
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 46 C5 Emporion
Creators: A.M. Small; I.E.M. Edlund Berry
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: created connection "Medma"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient settlement on the island of Lesbos (modern Skala Eresou), reputed birthplace of the poet Sappho. Strabo describes it as being built on a hill (presumably the modern Vigla) and extending down to the sea.
Creators: C. Foss; G. Reger; S. Mitchell
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: added CFL/AGO reference provided by cbouras; added DARMC 3213 reference
Actors: Catherine Bouras; Tom Elliott

The Roman forum of Conímbriga.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: add Arachne reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 29 F1 Gadaum Castra
Creators: T.W. Potter
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

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

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 30 H3 Iomnium
Creators: T.W. Potter
Contributors: Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: create DARMC citation to preserve cross-project linkage after retracting DARMC location; created OSM location of Ruines Romaines Tigzirt
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient settlement in Macedonia, located near modern Kalamoto.
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors: Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: summary; added CFL/AGO reference provided by cbouras; cleaned up references; added CFL/AGO location provided by cbouras; added New Pauly reference; created location "CFL/AGO Location: Toponym 70041"
Actors: Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 29 G1 Ksar el Kaoua
Creators: T.W. Potter
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; update references; edited; created OSM location of Ksar el Kaoua
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient settlement on Crete inhabited since the Neolithic period, Kydonia has been a major center of Minoan, Greek, and Byzantine civilization.
Creators: G. Reger; J. Bennet
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Elias Kolovos; Jeffrey Becker; Maija Gierhart; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: cleaned up references; modified name "Kydonia" (greek, Baseline created, evidence); modified name "Chania" (associated modern); modified connection "Creta (island)" (located on)
Actors: Tom Elliott

Lixus was an ancient settlement of Mauretania Tingitana. It was founded as a Punic port settlement as early as the eighth century B.C. Under the Roman emperor Claudius Lixus was elevated to the rank of colonia.
Creators: M. Euzennat
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; 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 Lixus
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

Lixus fl. (Loukkos River) is a major river of northern Morocco.
Creators: M. Euzennat
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: modified OSM location of Lixus fl. (associated modern); created name "Oued Loukos"; modified connection "Atlanticus Oceanus" (flows into)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

The Mesima river of southern Italy.
Creators: A.M. Small; I.E.M. Edlund Berry
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: created connection "Tyrrhenum/Inferum Mare"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

Methana/Arsinoe refers to a peninsula and settlement located on the north coast of the Argolid. In geological terms, the peninsula is formed by relatively recent volcanic activity, with the last-known eruptive activity in the third century BCE. Human activity on the peninsula spans many periods. The chief polity was located in the southwest of the peninsula where the modern village of Megalochori is found today.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: add DARMC 4810; added CFL/AGO references provided by cbouras; added locations, which supersede currently published DARMC location; place types += cape/promontory; created location "OSM Location: Δημοτική Ενότητα Μεθάνων"; created location "CFL/AGO Location: Toponyme 37361"
Actors: Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An artificial mountain on the banks of the Tiber river at Rome composed of 580,000 cubic meters of broken amphorae.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Tom Elliott
Modifications: created OSM location of Monte Testaccio
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

The modern Moulouya River, which flows from the Atlas Mountains to the Mediterranean Sea, is probably to be identified with the attested ancient names Malva and Mulucha.
Creators: T.W. Potter
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: summary; modern name; title; modified OSM location of Moulouya River (representative location); created OSM location of Moulouya River; created name "Oued Moulouya"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An important port and trading village
Creators: M.U. Erdosy
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; update references; TM GEO ID 9229: Mouzeiris; add wikipedia, wikidata, topostext refs.; update references; modified name "Muziris" (update references)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Homonymous settlement on the Aegean island of Mykonos.
Creators: C. Foss; G. Reger
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: added Geonames reference provided by cbouras; added CFL/AGO reference provided by cbouras; cleaned up references; summary; title; modified connection "Mykonos (island)" (Initial revision)
Actors: Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 61 C4 Panormos
Creators: C. Foss; G. Reger
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: add topostext; created OSM location of Πάνορμος
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

Pharus Ins. (Hvar, Croatia) is an island in the Adriatic Sea. The island has evidence of human occupation beginning in the Neolithic period. Greek settlers occupied the island ca. 390 BCE.
Creators: M. Šašel Kos; P. Kos
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; add TGN 7015489: Hvar, Otok (island), edit summary; update references; modified location of Pharus Ins. (Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance); modified name "Otok Hvar" (change name type to assoc modern)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

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

Now lost, the Porta Trigemina was one of the main gates of the Servian Wall.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Brady Kiesling
Modifications: update references; update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 21 A6 Potpeć
Creators: J.J. Wilkes
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

The ruins of a Roman amphitheater at Lixus, one of only a few such structures known in Berber North Africa.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: created OSM location of Lixus Roman amphitheater
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 30 F3 Rusguniae
Creators: T.W. Potter
Contributors: Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: modified name "Rusguniae" (add Latin name, add Pliny reference)
Actors: Tom Elliott

The ancient city of Rusuccuru was founded as a Punic settlement on the Oued Sebaou river. In the Roman period, an inscription indicates that Rusuccuru achieved the status of municipium under Septimius Severus, yet some sources continue to refer to it as a colonia.
Creators: T.W. Potter
Contributors: Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: created name "Rusucurium"; created connection "Addume (river)"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

Salinae *Tubunenses, a shallow, saline lake and marshland located in northeastern Algeria.
Creators: E.W.B. Fentress
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient sanctuary on the slope of Monte Saraceno in the modern Italian comune of Pietrabbondante.
Creators: N. Purcell
Contributors: Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; Boccardi 2023
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Seriphos is an island of the western Cyclades. The island was settled by the third millennium B.C. The island was a member of the Delian League.
Creators: G. Reger; J. Bennet
Contributors: Adam Rabinowitz; Catherine Bouras; Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: added CFL/AGO reference provided by cbouras
Actors: Catherine Bouras; Tom Elliott

The modern Sturma river originates in what is now Bulgaria, flows through the ancient region of Thrace, and empties into the Aegean Sea.
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: added CFL/AGO and GeoNames references provided by cbouras; modified name "Strymon" (add TP reference, Baseline created)
Actors: Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 20 B4 Tarsatica
Creators: M. Šašel Kos; P. Kos
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; modified name "Tarsatica" (update TP reference)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

A small Aegean island in the Sporades, located just west of Kalymna.
Creators: C. Foss; G. Reger
Contributors: Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: summary; added CFL/AGO reference provided by cbouras; cleaned up references; place type = settlement; added GeoNames reference; title
Actors: Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 5 D4 *Templum Augusti
Creators: M.U. Erdosy
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: vici.org 3509: Templum Augusti; created connection "Muziris"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

A site of ancient thermal baths.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: modified location of Terme di Cavascura (Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 34 D2 Thubunae/Tuben Oppidum
Creators: E.W.B. Fentress
Contributors: Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: konrad miller 920; add TP reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Tigava Castra was a fort located in Mauretania Caesariensis, between Oppidum Novum and Malliana.
Creators: T.W. Potter
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 20 C6 Tit(i)us/Katarbates fl.
Creators: M. Šašel Kos; P. Kos
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: modified OSM location of Krčić (river course) (Reimported full relation geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 51 B3 unnamed bridge (Amphipolis)
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; modified OSM location of bridge (Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 51 B3 unnamed quarry (W Kapros)
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Unlabeled feature captured from the Barrington Atlas
Creators: J.J. Wilkes
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 51 C2 unnamed quarry (NE Philippi)
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 51 B3 unnamed quarry (SE Arethousa)
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: update place type, update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 34 unlocated Vaccis
Creators: E.W.B. Fentress
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: TM GEO ID 41741: Vaccis, ItMiller 920
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 30 B4 Vagal?
Creators: T.W. Potter
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient Roman road that connected Tergeste to Dalmatia and followed the course of the Istrian coast. The road was built during the reign of emperor Vespasian.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Tom Elliott
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker