Last Week in Pleiades (29 September - 6 October 2025)
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Last week the Pleiades editorial college published 17 new and 210 updated place resources, reflecting the work of Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling, Chris de Lisle, Gabriel Mckee, Rosemary Selth, R. Scott Smith, Richard Talbert and contributors to vici.org.
A terrain map with orange markers for updates and pink circles for new place resources. The map covers the area from northern Europe and the Strait of Gibraltar in the northwest to Sri Lanka in the southeast.
New Place Resources
- Ais Gorkis
Settlement in western Cyprus inhabited during the Neolithic period.
Creators: Gabriel Mckee
Published by: Tom Elliott - Aphrodisias (island)
Pliny the Elder describes the island of Aphrodisias as inhabited. It was located beyond Cape Themisteas.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Published by: Tom Elliott - Cape Themisteas
Pliny the Elder describes Cape Themisteas as lying near the boundary of Farsistan and Elymais.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Tom Elliott
Published by: Tom Elliott - Castello D'Evoli
Castello D'Evoli is located at Castropignano in the Italian Province of Campobasso. The castle's construction dates to the fourteenth century and it may occupy the site of the Samnite fortifications.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Chalcidean League
The Chalcidian League was a federal state of the Chalcidice peninsula. It existed from ca. 430 BCE until Philip II of Macedon destroyed it in 348 BCE.
Creators: Chris de Lisle
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Published by: Tom Elliott - conventus Astigitanus
An administrative subdivision of Roman Baetica.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Published by: Tom Elliott - Dratinus (river)
A river that Pliny the Elder describes as flowing into the Persian Gulf.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Published by: Tom Elliott - Hic Alexander Responsum accepit usque quo Alexander
This Latin legend is marked on the manuscript of the Tabula Peutingeriana in the general vicinity of the city of Alexandria Eschate. Posed as a rhetorical question, this text may corroborate a story related in the Alexander Romance relating to Alexander's seeming insatiable appetite for territorial conquest.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker, Richard Talbert
Published by: Tom Elliott - Nuraghe Chentu Istradas
A central nuraghe and associated settlement.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Sean Gillies
Published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Porta Fiume (Alife)
One of the four gates of the fortified castrum of Allifae. The fortifications are thought to date to the Late Republican period on the basis of building techniques.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Published by: Tom Elliott - Porta Napoli (Alife)
One of the four gates of the fortified castrum of Allifae. The fortifications are thought to date to the Late Republican period on the basis of building techniques.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Published by: Tom Elliott - Porta Piedimonte
One of the four gates of the fortified castrum of Allifae. The fortifications are thought to date to the Late Republican period on the basis of building techniques.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Porta Roma
One of the four gates of the fortified castrum of Allifae. The fortifications are thought to date to the Late Republican period on the basis of building techniques.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Pyramidal mausoleum of Maktar
Representative location based on OpenStreetMap
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Published by: Tom Elliott - Sepolcro del Casale di Gregna
A Roman tomb of the fourth century C.E. built in opus listatum.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Sotira
Site approximately 1 km north of the modern village of Lapithos, northern Cyprus, containing several burials from the Early and Middle Bronze Age.
Creators: Gabriel Mckee
Published by: Tom Elliott - Vessagiriya
Vessagiriya is the site of an ancient Buddhist forest monastery in Sri Lanka. It is considered part of the ruined site of Anuradhapura. The monastery was initially built in the middle of the third century BCE and was expanded in the late fifth century CE. A Roman bronze coin, as well as punch-marked coins and/or ingots, were excavated at Vessagiriya in the first decade of the 20th century.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Tom Elliott
Published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Updated Place Resources
- Abantes
An ancient people, tribe, or cultural group.
Modifications: Submit for review. Publish externally. Cleaned up and linked New Pauly reference; added ToposText and Wikidata references provided.
Modified by: Tom Elliott, Brady Kiesling
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: J Fossey, J Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, G Reger, Michael Heubel, Richard Talbert, Richard Talbert, Ryan M. Horne - Abolani
The Abolani number among the 53 peoples of Latium Vetus that Pliny the Elder records as having perished without leaving a trace (interiere sine vestigiis).
Modifications: Updated references. Ethnic.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: N Purcell
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Abrettene
Abrettene was a region in northern Mysia.
Modifications: Cleaned up references; added Wikidata reference provided by bkiesling.
Modified and published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: T Drew Bear
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Ryan M. Horne, Jeffrey Becker, Richard Talbert, Tom Elliott - Abrittus
Abrittus was the site of a Roman fortress and settlement, located near modern Razgrad, Bulgaria.
Modifications: Cleaned up references; added ToposText, Wikidata, and DARE references provided by bkiesling; added vici.org reference; added Ivanov 1985 reference provided by vici.org. Removed CIL reference as the inscription does not name the place and can be found via the EDH links in the linked data sidebar portlet. Adjusted modified title. Created new location. -> map label in BAtlas (20th century) Tom Elliott. Created new name. DARMC location 24554 = related.
Modified by: Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Creators: AG Poulter
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, vici.org contributors, Tom Elliott - Academy/Akademeia/Akademia
An archaeological site, location of Plato's philosophical school
Modifications: Added Brady Kiesling. Updated wikidata Platonic Academy (Q193093).
Modified by: Brady Kiesling, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Chris de Lisle
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Brady Kiesling, Tom Elliott - Ad Bivium
A statio in Latium located at the intersection of the Via Latina and the Via Labicana, near the modern Valmontone.
Modifications: Updated references. Edited. Wikidata ad Bivium (Q136419004). Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: L Quilici, S Quilici Gigli
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Ad Latus
Castra Alisca Ad Latus.
Modifications: RE Alisca (Wilhelm Tomaschek).
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: M Šašel Kos, P Kos
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Ad Pictas
Ad Pictas is a road station east of Rome, known mostly for its role in Sulla's march on Rome in 88 B.C. The precise location of the statio continues to be debated.
Modifications: Updated references. Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: L Quilici, S Quilici Gigli
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Ad Quintanas
Ad Quintanas is the name of a road station on the Via Labicana.
Modifications: Edited.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: L Quilici, S Quilici Gigli
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Ad Statuas
Ad Statuas was a road station on the Via Labicana located east of Rome.
Modifications: Added RE. Added Latin name as modified name attested, add TP reference. Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: L Quilici, S Quilici Gigli
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Ad Tomenta
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 90 unlocated Ad Tomenta
Modifications: Edited. TM GEO ID 42152: Ad Tomenta. TP name TP reference.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: SE Kroll
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Ad Tres Silanos
Ad Tres Silanos is a toponym associated with the ancient city of Rome but attested in a Latin inscription found at Grottaferrata. The inscription refers to a group of three fountains known by the typological name 'silanus' located in Regio VII.
Modifications: Edited. Created new name.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Tom Elliott - Adoni
A Late Bronze age nuragic complex composed of a central tower, a quadrilobate bastion, and a village.
Modifications: Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker - Adrapanan/Adrapana/Arteman
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 92 unlocated Adrapana(n)/Arteman?
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: A Hausleiter, M Roaf, EJ Keall
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Akraiphiai
An ancient town of Boeotia located on the eastern edge of the former Lake Copais.
Modifications: Cleaned up references; added Nomisma reference provided by the Nomisma team; added MANTO reference provided by the MANTO team.
Modified by: Greta Hawes, Rosemary Selth, R. Scott Smith
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: J Fossey, J Morin
Contributors: DARMC, Brady Kiesling, Richard Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Rosemary Selth, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Catherine Bouras, G Reger, Sebastian Heath, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, Andy Meadows - Algidus
An ancient settlement of Latium located in the territory of the Aequi.
Modifications: Created new name. TM GEO ID 61104: Algidus (Colle della Mola).
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Creators: L Quilici, S Quilici Gigli
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Allia (river)
The Allia river was a tributary of the Tiber, but is now unlocated. It joined the Tiber some 18 km (11 miles) north of Rome and was most famous as the site of a battle in which the Romans were defeated by Brennus and the Gauls ca. 387 B.C.
Modifications: Added RE Allia (C. Hülsen).
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: N Purcell
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Althainos? (river)
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 45 C1 Althainos? fl.
Modifications: Wikidata Q121310447.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: IEM Edlund Berry, AM Small
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Anagnia
Anagnia was a Hernican town that sided with Rome against the Volscians and later became civitas sine suffragio. By Cicero's time it received the status of municipium.
Modifications: Updated references. Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: L Quilici, S Quilici Gigli
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Andrisimoundou (Akron)
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 5 inset Andrisimoundou (Akron)
Modifications: Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: MU Erdosy
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Anio (river)
The Anio river (modern Aniene) is a river of northern Latium.
Modifications: RE Anio (C. Hülsen).
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: L Quilici, S Quilici Gigli
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, Edward Keogh - Antikythera shipwreck
The so-called Antikythera shipwreck dates to the second quarter of the first century BCE. Sponge divers discovered the shipwreck near Point Glyphadia on the Greek island of Antikythera in 1900. The wreck has produced numerous artifacts, including an object known commonly as the Antikythera mechanism.
Modifications: Added Martens 2025.
Modified and published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Aponus
An ancient thermal site known as Aponi fons or Aquae Patavinae.
Modifications: RE Aponus (C. Hülsen).
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: M Pearce, R Peretto, P Tozzi
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Aquae Calidae Neapolitanorum
A site of settlement connected to thermal springs, according to Ptolemy.
Modifications: Edited.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: SL Dyson
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Ara Alexandri
"Ara Alexandri", also known as "Arae Alexandri", is a toponym that refers to stelai erected to mark the northern limits of Alexander III of Macedon's territorial empire. The instance included by the Barrington Atlas compilers on map 6 corresponds to the instance included on the Peutinger map and also discussed in RE by Wilhelm Tomaschek. These markers were once found at the bend of the Iaxartes River (Syr Darya in Central Asia) to the east of the Caspian Sea. Pliny the Elder describes this place as lying beyond the Portus Macedonum in Carmania.
Modifications: Updated references - add RE Ara, Arae 4 (Wilhelm Tomaschek), add TP reference, add KU TP database link, add TM GEO ID 41990: Arae Alexandri; pliny the E added; modified summary; updated Names. Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: MU Erdosy
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Arabum
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 90 unlocated Arabum
Modifications: TM GEO ID 42153: Arabum. Added TP reference, Latin name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: SE Kroll
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Arch of Gallienus
The Arch of Gallienus marked the Porta Esquilina, a gate in the Servian Wall of Rome. The via Labicana and via Tiburtina issue from Rome at this point. The arch was erected in A.D. 262.
Modifications: Updated references. Info.roma.it 547: Porta Esquilina poi Arco di Gallieno. Nash 1968. Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies - Argarikos Kolpos
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 5 D4 Argarikos Kolpos
Modifications: Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: MU Erdosy
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Attikuli
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 5 inset Attikuli
Modifications: Updated reference. Created new connection. Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: MU Erdosy
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - B Street Gate in Camp Wall
Intramuros gate spanning B street at Dura-Europos and offering access into the military sector.
Modifications: Edited. Created new name.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: Anne Chen
Contributors: Kyle Conrau-Lewis, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Bacino Termale Euganeo
A key element of a well-known area of thermal spas and springs already in use in Roman antiquity, located in modern Italy's Veneto region.
Modifications: Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Tom Elliott - Bakcheion
A sanctuary to the west of the Acropolis of Athens, which was the clubhouse for a private religious association called the Iobakchoi, in the 2nd century AD.
Modifications: Added Brady Kiesling, wikidata Q136416727.
Modified by: Brady Kiesling
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Chris de Lisle
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Brady Kiesling, Tom Elliott - Balari
A fierce mountain tribe of interior Sardinia, said to have descended from Iberian and Libyan mercenaries who had deserted from the Carthaginian army.
Modifications: Wikidata Q2408002. Updated Paus. (Spiro: Perseus). Type = ethnic; latin modified name attested; pliny.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: SL Dyson
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Michael Heubel, Ryan M. Horne, Jeffrey Becker, Richard Talbert, Tom Elliott - Bassa (island)
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 5 inset Bassa Ins.
Modifications: Wikidata Q5598729.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: MU Erdosy
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Ryan M. Horne, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Bekis
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 22 unlocated Bekis
Modifications: RE Bekis (E. Oberhummer).
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: AG Poulter
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Belaidipara
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 22 unlocated Belaidipara
Modifications: RE Belaidipara (E. Oberhummer).
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: AG Poulter
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Beledina
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 22 unlocated Beledina
Modifications: RE Beledina (E. Oberhummer).
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: AG Poulter
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Bema of Phaidros
A speaker's platform erected in the Theater of Dionysus at Athens in the second century CE.
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker - Bereiaros
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 22 unlocated Bereiaros
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: AG Poulter
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Bessapara
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 22 B6 Bessapara
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: AG Poulter
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Bidigis
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 22 unlocated Bidigis
Modifications: RE Bidigis (E. Oberhummer).
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: AG Poulter
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Bitia
Bitia was an ancient settlement located in extreme southern Sardinia. It likely had a nuragic phase that was followed by Punic and Roman phases of occupation.
Modifications: Updated references. Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance. Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: SL Dyson
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Bitti, Complesso di Romanzesu
A 7-hectare nuragic complex.
Modifications: Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance. Wikidata Q959458. Reference.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Sean Gillies - Bittigo M.
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 5 D4 Bittigo M.
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: MU Erdosy
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Ryan M. Horne, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Richard Talbert, Tom Elliott - Block G1
City block of Dura-Europos labeled according to modern excavators' scheme.
Modifications: Added wikidata Block G1, Dura-Europos (Q116621976). Created new name.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: Anne Chen
Contributors: Kyle Conrau-Lewis, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Block G2
City block of Dura-Europos labeled according to modern excavators' scheme.
Modifications: Added wikidata Block G2, Dura-Europos (Q116621977). Created new name.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: Anne Chen
Contributors: Kyle Conrau-Lewis, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Block G3
City block of Dura-Europos labeled according to modern excavators' scheme.
Modifications: Added wikidata Block G3, Dura-Europos (Q116621978). Created new name.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: Anne Chen
Contributors: Kyle Conrau-Lewis, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Block G4
City block of Dura-Europos labeled according to modern excavators' scheme.
Modifications: Added wikidata Block G4, Dura-Europos (Q116621979). Created new name. Adjusted romanization.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: Anne Chen
Contributors: Kyle Conrau-Lewis, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Block G5
City block of Dura-Europos labeled according to modern excavators' scheme.
Modifications: Added wikidata Block G5, Dura-Europos (Q116621980). Created new name. Edited.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: Anne Chen
Contributors: Kyle Conrau-Lewis, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Block G6
City block of Dura-Europos labeled according to modern excavators' scheme.
Modifications: Added wikidata Block G6, Dura-Europos (Q116621981).
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Anne Chen
Contributors: Kyle Conrau-Lewis, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Bodas
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 22 unlocated Bodas
Modifications: RE Bodas (E. Oberhummer).
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: AG Poulter
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Bolani
The Bolani were the people of Bola, an ancient city of Latium. Its foundation is ascribed by Virgil to the kings of Alba.
Modifications: TM GEO ID 61103: Bola. Created new connection.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: N Purcell
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Bospara
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 22 unlocated Bospara
Modifications: RE Bospara (E. Oberhummer).
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: AG Poulter
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Bouthroton
Modern Butrint (Butrinti) in Albania, ancient Bouthroton was an ancient Greek and later Roman city located in Epirus. The city became an important bishopric by the sixth century. The site was enrolled as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992 because of its archaeological remains, which date from prehistoric times down through the late Middle Ages.
Modifications: Hodges 2025.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: WM Murray
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Noura Alavi, Gabriel Bodard, Richard Talbert, Valeria Vitale, Elizabeth Robinson, Adam Rabinowitz, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Jonathan Fu, Taylor Harrison, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, Ryan M. Horne - Callifae?
A city of the Samnites that, according to Livy, was captured by the Romans in Republican times. Probably at or in the vicinity of modern Roccavecchia di Pratella in Italy.
Modifications: Added wikidata Callifae (Q136428405), update RE.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: N Purcell
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Callinipaza
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 5 unlocated Callinipaza
Modifications: RE Callinipaza (Wilhelm Tomaschek).
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: MU Erdosy
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Callode (island)
An ancient island or island group, attested by literary or documentary sources, whose precise location cannot be determined today
Modifications: Updated references. Latin name modified name attested, Pliny.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: SL Dyson
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - ‘Callum’
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 52 C2 ‘Callum’
Modifications: RE Kallon 1 (Eugen Oberhummer).
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: C Foss
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Caprasia (island)
The north-westernmost of the seven islands of the Tuscan Archipelago.
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: WV Harris
Contributors: Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Brady Kiesling, Richard Talbert, Tom Elliott - Carbia
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 48 A2 Carbia
Modifications: RE Carbia (C. Hülsen).
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: SL Dyson
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Carbonaria Silva
A dense, old-growth forest that formed a natural boundary across what is now Belgium during the Late Iron Age through Roman times and into the Early Middle Ages
Modifications: Wikidata Q728919.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: J Kunow, C Haselgrove
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Carthago
The ancient city of Carthage, located in modern Tunis (Tunisia). Carthage engaged the Roman state in a series of wars conventionally referred to as the Punic Wars by scholars.
Modifications: LA. Edited. Idai gaz 2282702: Carthage.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: RB Hitchner
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Jonathan Prag, R Warner, Richard Talbert, Ingrid Luo - Casal Rotondo
A Roman tomb that supports a Medieval farmhouse (casale) at the sixth mile of the Via Appia. The tomb originally dates ca. 30 BC; it was a large, circular tomb with a diameter of approximately 35 m.
Modifications: Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: L Quilici, S Quilici Gigli
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Ryan M. Horne, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Casale di Gregna
A villa at the seventh mile of the Via Latina.
Modifications: Wikidata Casale di Gregna (Q136419062). Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: L Quilici, S Quilici Gigli
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Castra Aniba
Castra Aniba, or Castra Hannibalis, is now unlocated but was a place in Campania located between Capua and Mount Tifata. It is included on the Peutinger map and is mentioned by the Ravenna Cosmographer. Its precise location can no longer be determined.
Modifications: Updated RE Castra 21 (Christian Hülsen), add modified summary. Modified details.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: N Purcell
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Castra Hannibalis
Castra Hannibalis was an ancient town of Bruttium, located on the Gulf of Scyllacium according to Pliny.
Modifications: Updated RE Castra [20] Hannibalis (Christian Hülsen). Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: IEM Edlund Berry, AM Small
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Castra Iarba
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 51 G1 Castra Iarba
Modifications: RE Castra, Castrum 53 (E. Oberhummer).
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: EN Borza
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, G Reger, Richard Talbert - Castra Vinaria/Binaria/Castra Gemella
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 26 unlocated Castra Vinaria/Binaria/Castra Gemella
Modifications: RE Castra, Castrum 52 (C. Hülsen).
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: FH Stanley Jr, RC Knapp
Contributors: R Warner, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Castropignano
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 44 G2 Castropignano
Modifications: Edited.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: N Purcell
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Castrum Caetani
A Medieval fortification that incorporates and repurposes the Roman mausoleum of Caecilia Metella.
Modifications: Reimported full relation geometry and updated provenance. Info.roma 4011: Castrum Caetani a Capo di Bove. Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: Jeffrey Becker - Cetaria
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 26 E5 Cetaria
Modifications: Wikidata Q5739036.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: FH Stanley Jr, RC Knapp
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, R Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott - Chatracharta
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 3 H2 Chatracharta
Modifications: Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: M Roaf
Contributors: Richard Talbert, M Joann McDaniel, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Brian Z Lund, Sean Gillies, Mary E Downs - City Eleusinion at Athens
The City Eleusinion was one of the most important sanctuaries in the religious life of ancient Athens. It was the urban “branch” of the sanctuary of Demeter and Kore at Eleusis in use during the Archaic and Classical periods.
Modifications: Updated references. Updated Miles 1998. Added Brady Kiesling. Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker, Brady Kiesling
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: Denitsa Dzhigova
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Brady Kiesling, Chris de Lisle, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies - Colle delle Carbonaie
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 41 C1 Colle delle Carbonaie
Modifications: Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: WV Harris
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Columbarium of Pomponius Hylas
A Roman columbarium on the Via Appia close to the Porta Latina. The columbarium was excavated in 1831 by Pietro Campana.
Modifications: Added info.roma.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Scott Vanderbilt - Columbarium of the freedmen of Augustus
An early imperial columbarium tomb on the Via Appia.
Modifications: Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance. Info.roma 5899: colombario dei liberti di Augusto. Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: Jeffrey Becker - Compitum
A multi-period sanctuary near Anagnia.
Modifications: Edited. KU TP Database (Rathmann). Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: L Quilici, S Quilici Gigli
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Cornus
Cornus was an ancient settlement on the west coast of Sardinia. The site is located in the modern municipal territory of S. Caterina di Pittinuri.
Modifications: KU TP Database (Rathmann), EDH, Topostext Brady Kiesling. Created new name.
Modified by: Brady Kiesling, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: SL Dyson
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Costești-Cetățuie
Costești-Cetățuie Dacian fortress.
Modifications: Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance. Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Ryan M. Horne - D(o)ura/Europos
An ancient settlement on the Euphrates river in modern Syria.
Modifications: Brody 2025. Edited. Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: M Roaf, St J Simpson
Contributors: Faith Lubeck, Brady Kiesling, Richard Talbert, Rajas Pradhan, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Adam Rabinowitz, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Kali Kocian, Sean Gillies, Anne Chen, Jeffery Mayfield, Rune Rattenborg - Demeter Sanctuary (Eleusis)
The Sanctuary of Demeter at Eleusis in Attica was the site of the celebration of the Eleusinian mysteries, observed from the Archaic period to Late Antiquity.
Modifications: Wikidata Q94299853.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Durostorum
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 22 E4 Durostorum
Modifications: Updated references, add topostext Brady Kiesling, add TP, KU TP, ItAnt, ItMiller, TM GEO ID, DARE, geonames. Created new name.
Modified by: Brady Kiesling, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: AG Poulter
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Ecbatana/Hagmatana/Achmeta/Epiphaneia/Ahmadan
The capital of Astyages (Istuvegü), captured by Cyrus the Great in 549 BC. The site served as a summer residence for both Persian and Parthian kings.
Modifications: RE Apobatana (Friedrich Carl Andreas). Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance. Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: A Hausleiter, M Roaf, EJ Keall
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, H Kopp, DARMC, W Röllig, Chris de Lisle, Richard Talbert, B Siewert-Mayer, Rune Rattenborg, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa - Eleusis
Eleusis, located some 22 km west of Athens, was the site of the cult of Demeter and the sanctuary where the Eleusinian Mysteries were celebrated from the Bronze Age to the Roman Imperial period. It was a coastal deme of the Hippothontis tribe and the site of a military garrison in the Classical and Hellenistic periods.
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: JS Traill
Contributors: DARMC, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Catherine Bouras, Richard Talbert, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, Chris de Lisle - Eneca
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 90 unlocated Eneca
Modifications: TM GEO ID 42155: Eneca. Added TP reference.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: SE Kroll
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Eranusa (island)
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 46 unlocated Eranusa Ins.
Modifications: RE Eranusa (Christian Hülsen).
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: IEM Edlund Berry, AM Small
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Esterzili
The Domu de Orgia at Esterzili is the largest nuragic "megaron" structure thus far discovered in Sardinia.
Modifications: Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker - Faventia/Vesci
Faventia/Vesci, now unlocated, was once to be found in the conventus Astigitanus between Singili and Astigi.
Modifications: Added nomisma.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: FH Stanley Jr, RC Knapp
Contributors: R Warner, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker, Jr, FH Stanley - Ferentinum
A Hernican town along the Via Latina that the Romans captured in 364 B.C. Later in the Republican period (after 195 B.C.) the city received Roman municipal status.
Modifications: KU TP Database (Rathmann). Wikidata Q21088738.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: N Purcell
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Ganges (river)
The Ganges flows some 2,525 km (1,569 mi) from its sources in the western Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal.
Modifications: KU TP Database (Rathmann) 2704: Flumen Ganges.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: MU Erdosy
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, R. Scott Smith, Jeffrey Becker, Greta Hawes, Tom Elliott - Ganges (river in Sri Lanka)
This ancient name is probably to be associated with the modern Mahaweli, which is the longest river of Sri Lanka.
Modifications: Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: MU Erdosy
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Ganj Nameh
Ganj Nameh (or Gandj Nameh) is a site located approximately 12 km southwest of Ecbatana. Two trilingual Achaemenid royal inscriptions are to be found here. One of these was ordered by Darius the Great (r. 522–486 BCE) and the other by his son, Xerxes the Great (r. 486–465 BCE).
Modifications: Modified summary.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: A Hausleiter, M Roaf, EJ Keall
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, Rune Rattenborg - Hadrianopolis
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 54 B2 Hadrianopolis
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: WM Murray
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Hadrianopolis/Kaukalou Kome?
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 38 B1 Hadrianopolis/Kaukalou Kome?
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: DJ Mattingly
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Hadrianoupolis
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 51 H1 Hadrianoupolis
Modifications: Updated references, add WHG, update RE reference.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: EN Borza
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, W Röllig, Tom Elliott, H Kopp, DARMC, G Reger, Richard Talbert, B Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa - Hydata Lesitana
An ancient thermal site with both nuragic and Roman remains. Now the community of Benettuti on the island of Sardinia.
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: SL Dyson
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Hypogeum of Trebius Giustus
A tomb of the fourth century A.D. located on the Via Latina.
Modifications: Edited.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker - Igilium (island)
An island in the Tyrrhenian Sea with Etruscan and Roman occupation.
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: WV Harris
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Il Tondo
A first-century AD Roman amphitheater located in Latium near Zagorolo, Italy.
Modifications: Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker - Ilienses
The Ilienses were an important people of the interior of Sardinia who were never subjugated to Roman authority.
Modifications: Wikidata Q636131.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: SL Dyson
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Michael Heubel, Ryan M. Horne, Jeffrey Becker, Richard Talbert, Tom Elliott - Ilounon?
Ilunum was an early Roman hilltop oppidum and it was abandoned in the second century A.D. and then reoccupied in Late Antiquity (ca. A.D. 590) as a Visigothic episcopal see during the Byzantine-Visigothic war. It was finally abandoned in the ninth century, and the population was resettled in Murcia, a new foundation.
Modifications: Edited modified summary. Updated references. Edited. Created new location.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: PO Spann
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, R Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Javier Martínez Jiménez - Kabyle
The site of this ancient settlement, which provides evidence for habitation from the Bronze Age into late antiquity, lies just to the north of the modern settlement that has inherited its name (Kabile) in the Bulgarian province of Yambol.
Modifications: Modified summary; modified summary; modified title; modified details; updated references; updated Names Tom Elliott. Created new name. EDH, nomisma.
Modified by: Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: AG Poulter
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Kanathra (island)
Neduntheevu is an island in the Palk Strait, northern Sri Lanka.
Modifications: Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance. Wikidata Q580763. Created new name.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: MU Erdosy
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Kandy
The modern Sri Lankan city of Kandy (capital of Central Province), together with some nearby towns and villages, is reported as the find spot or place of purchase of ancient coins in the 20th century, including fourth-century Roman and imitation Roman bronze and punch-marked bronze, as well as early Sinhalese gold coins. Walburg 2023 expresses skepticism about the accuracy and completeness of several of the reports.
Modifications: Cleaned up references; modified summary; modified place type = settlement-modern and findspot; added Walburg 2023; added CHRE references; added Wikipedia and Wikidata references; edited Tom Elliott. Created new location. Created new name.
Modified by: Tom Elliott
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: MU Erdosy
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Kerkeosiris
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 75 D2 Kerkeosiris
Modifications: Created new name. Added Dutch Wikipedia reference. Created new location. DARMC 13120 = related. Added Greek name, TM GEO ID reference.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: R Müller Wollermann
Contributors: Sean Gillies, Adam Prins, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Herbert Verreth, Richard Talbert, Mark Depauw - Kitalagama
Kitalagama is recorded as the early 20th century findspot of two separately reported hoards (or parts thereof) of Roman bronze coins. The identifiable coins date from the Constantinian and Theodosian dynasties. Walburg reports that neither find is sufficiently well-documented to determine which of two modern towns is meant: Kitalagama West or Kitalagama East.
Modifications: Modified summary; modified place type = settlement-modern and findspot; added Walburg 2023; updated references Tom Elliott. Created new location. Added CHRE references for both hoards. Created new name. Created new connection.
Modified and published by: Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Creators: MU Erdosy
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Kolugala
A modern settlement in Sri Lanka catalogued as the findspot of 220 Roman coins dating between the reigns of Constantine I and Honorius.
Modifications: Modified summary; modified place type = settlement and findspot; cleaned up references; added Wikidata and GeoNames references Tom Elliott. Created new name. Added Walburg 2023 and CHRE references Tom Elliott. Sinhala, modified name attested form, CHRE data source Tom Elliott.
Modified and published by: Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Creators: MU Erdosy
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Kory (island)
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 5 D5 Kory Ins.
Modifications: Wikidata Q2048616.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: MU Erdosy
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Kurunegala
A city of Sri Lanka where significant numbers of imported coins have been found, including Roman (reigns of Vespasian and Nero) and Chinese (Song and Southern Song dynasties). A Brahmi inscription from Kaduruvava in the Kurunegala district mentions a trade corporation of "Kambojas", an ancient people of Arachosia (i.e., the area of Kandahar in Afghanistan), possibly to be identified with Ptolemy's Tambyzoi, q.v..
Modifications: Modified place type += settlement-modern; added Wikipedia and Wikidata references; modified summary; modified details; modified place type += findspot; added Bopeararchchi 2002. Created new name. Typo. Added pleiades see also refernece.
Modified and published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: MU Erdosy
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - La Celsa
At La Celsa (12.7 km of the Via Flaminia) are the remains of a cylindrical drum mausoleum that was likely once part of a larger funereal complex.
Modifications: Info.roma 4490: Mausoleo La Celsa.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker - Longo
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 48 unlocated *Longo
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: SL Dyson
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Mausoleum of Caecilia Metella
A tomb on the Via Appia south of Rome belonging to Caecilia Metella, a daughter of Metellus Creticus. She was born ca. 100 BC. In 1303, the tomb was incorporated into the Castrum Caetani, serving as the main tower of the fortification.
Modifications: Tcw 1000120. Info.roma 4010: mausoleo di Cecilia Metella. Edited.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: L Quilici, S Quilici Gigli
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Mausoleum of Gallienus
A mausoleum on the Via Appia that has been identified conventionally as that of the emperor Gallienus.
Modifications: Info.roma.it 5405: Mausoleo di Gallieno. Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Sean Gillies - Megisba Stagnum
Pliny the Elder describes the "Megisba Stagnum" as an inland marsh or lake of Sri Lanka that has a circumference of 375 Roman miles. From this wetland once flowed two rivers: one called Palaesimundus and the other called Cydara.
Modifications: Added modified summary.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: MU Erdosy
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Meta Romuli
The so-called "Meta Romuli" was a pyramidal tomb located in the Ager Vaticanus in Rome. It likely dates to the first century BCE or the first century CE. Its extant superstructure was demolished in 1499. Remains of foundations and pavements that have been associated with the tomb were encountered in 1948-1949 during construction work in the first block of the north side of the present-day Via della Conciliazione.
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker - Metapontum
An important city of Magna Graecia, Metapontum was located on the Gulf of Tarentum. The Achaeans were responsible for its foundation, perhaps as early as the eighth century B.C.
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: IEM Edlund Berry, AM Small
Contributors: Jonathan Weiland, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Richard Talbert, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes - Military Base
Intramural military base located on the north and east side of Dura-Europos.
Modifications: Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: Anne Chen
Contributors: Kyle Conrau-Lewis, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Minturnae
Originally an Ausonian town that fought against Rome in 314 B.C., Minturnae became a colony in 296 B.C. The site is located on the Garigliano river (ancient Liris) and served an important economic function. The Via Appia passes through the city.
Modifications: Created new location.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: N Purcell
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Moesiae
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 101 L3 Moesiae
Modifications: Edited modified place type.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: JJ Wilkes, ST Parker, RS Bagnall, WV Harris, AS Esmonde-Cleary, CM Wells, JF Drinkwater, RC Knapp, S Mitchell
Contributors: Brian Z Lund, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, M Joann McDaniel, Jeffrey Becker, Mary E Downs, Tom Elliott - Mont'e Prama
A locality near Cabras, Sardinia, where, in 1974, the cache of monumental prehistoric stone sculptures known as the "Giants of Mont'e Prama" was discovered.
Modifications: Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Tom Elliott, Ryan M. Horne - Nagadiba
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 5 inset Nagadiba
Modifications: Updated references. Wikidata Q136437500. Created new location. Created darmc citation to preserve project linkage after DARMC location was withdrawn. Uncertain. Cleaned up references. Ctype = located on; BAtlas reference. Added Ptolemy links and page references in the Renou edition.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: MU Erdosy
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Naucanio
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 90 unlocated Naucanio
Modifications: Added KU TP Database (Rathmann), TM GEO ID. TP name TP reference.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: SE Kroll
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Neapolis (Sardinia)
Neapolis was an ancient city of Sardinia, located on the west coast of the island at the southern extremity of the Gulf of Oristano, near the present-day località of Santa Maria di Nabui.
Modifications: Added EDH, ItAnt, ItMiller, TP Talbert, KU TP, Wikidata, TM GEO ID, update refs. from BAtlas, Ptol. 3.3.2. Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance. Added Greek name, Ptol. ref. Created new name. Type = ethnic, Latin modified name attested, Pliny the E. Modified title.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: SL Dyson
Contributors: Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Brady Kiesling, Richard Talbert, Tom Elliott - Nicea Nialia/Barsa
An ancient place, known only from the Tabula Peutingeriana, perhaps located near Sindschid or Sainkala to the southeast of Lake Urmia.
Modifications: Updated references. TP name TP reference. Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: SE Kroll
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Chris de Lisle, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Nora
A pre-Roman and Roman site in southern Sardinia.
Modifications: Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: SL Dyson
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Rosemary Selth, Jeffrey Becker, Elizabeth Robinson, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Richard Talbert, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes - Nuraghe di Tanca Manna
A monopteral nuraghe located near Nuoro, Sardinia.
Modifications: Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance. Updated references. Reference.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker - Nuraghe Is Paras
A trilobate nuragic complex of the fifteenth century BC.
Modifications: Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance. Wikidata Q3879883.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott - Nuraghe Mannu, Olmedo
A single-tower nuraghe built in the later second millennium B.C.
Modifications: Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Ryan M. Horne - Oasis Magna/Thebaidos
Kharga: one of the large oases of Egypt’s Western Desert.
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: G Wagner
Contributors: Sean Gillies, Adam Prins, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Herbert Verreth, Richard Talbert, Mark Depauw - Odeion of Agrippa
The Odeion of Agrippa was a large theatre built in the centre of the Agora of Athens in the Augustan period. It collapsed and was rebuilt in the second century AD, but was destroyed in the Herulian Sack of 267 AD. The remains were subsequently converted into a gymnasium.
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Chris de Lisle
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Brady Kiesling, Tom Elliott - Olympus/Hadrianopolis
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 65 D5 Olympus/Hadrianopolis
Modifications: Updated references. Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: C Foss, S Mitchell
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Onoadas
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 92 unlocated Onoadas
Modifications: Added KU TP Database (Rathmann). Added TP name, TP reference.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: A Hausleiter, M Roaf, EJ Keall
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Ostium Carbonaria
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 40 C2 Ostium Carbonaria
Modifications: RE Carbonaria ostia (C. Hülsen).
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: M Pearce, R Peretto, P Tozzi
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Ouangana? (island)
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 5 inset Ouangana? Ins.
Modifications: Wikidata Q3536056.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: MU Erdosy
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Oulippada?
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 5 inset Oulippada?
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: MU Erdosy
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Oxeia (island)
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 60 C3 Oxeia Ins.
Modifications: Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: J Bennet, G Reger
Contributors: Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Brady Kiesling, Richard Talbert, Tom Elliott - Oxeia (promontory)
Ptolemy provides this name for a promontory of Sri Lanka, which BAtlDir identifies with the southern cape of Koddiyar Bay (i.e., the promontory at the tip of which the so-called Foul Point lighthouse now stands).
Modifications: Created new location. Modified summary; modified title; cleaned up Ptolemy reference Tom Elliott. Created new name. Batldir label; edited Tom Elliott.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: MU Erdosy
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Palaeogoni/Serendivae
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 5 inset Palaeogoni/Serendivae
Modifications: Modified place type = people. Updated Amm Marc ref. to correct reported reference from BAtlas - book 22 has been represent as book 27. The correct passage is Amm Marc 22.7.10. RE Serinda (Albert Herrmann). Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: MU Erdosy
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Ryan M. Horne, Jeffrey Becker, Richard Talbert, Tom Elliott - Palmatis
Palmatis was a road station in Moesia Inferior. On the Peutinger map, it lies along the route between Durostorum and Marcianopolis. The archaeological remains of this place have been identified near Tervel, Bulgaria.
Modifications: Added Latin Name as modified name attested, add TP reference. Updated references; modified summary. Created new location. Created darmc citation to preserve project linkage after DARMC location was withdrawn.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: AG Poulter
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Palus Caprae
A site in the Campus Martius of Rome where mytho-historic tradition held that Romulus vanished during a storm, thus marking his apotheosis.
Modifications: Updated RE, add topostext Brady Kiesling.
Modified by: Brady Kiesling
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Brady Kiesling - Pandiruppu
A settlement in eastern Sri Lanka that was reported in the early 20th century to have been the findspot of one, and maybe a few more, Roman bronze coins of the fourth century. Walburg suspects that this reported provenance may be incorrect.
Modifications: Modified summary, modified place type += findspot; edited Tom Elliott. Modified summary; walburg 2023; edited Tom Elliott. Created new location. DARMC location 24116 = related. Created new name. Created new connection.
Modified and published by: Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Creators: MU Erdosy
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Paresaca
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 90 unlocated Paresaca
Modifications: TM GEO ID 42157: Paresaca. Added TP reference, Latin name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: SE Kroll
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - [Per-ousekh]
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 79 D3 [Per-ousekh]
Modifications: Wikidata Q14218430. Created new connection. Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: G Wagner
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Plotino(u)polis
A Roman settlement located immediately to the southeast of modern Didymoteicho, Greece, Plotinopolis was founded by the Roman emperor Trajan in honor of his wife, Plotina. Roman-era material culture has been identified at the site, beginning with chance finds in the 1960s and continuing through subsequent scientific excavation.
Modifications: Edited. Updated references. Created new location. Created darmc citation to preserve project linkage after DARMC location was withdrawn.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: EN Borza
Contributors: DARMC, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Catherine Bouras, G Reger, Richard Talbert, Constantina Argyrakou - Pons Mulvius
Pons Mulvius (the Milvian Bridge) is a Roman bridge over the Tiber river. The original phase of the bridge dates to the consulship of Gaius Claudius Nero in 206 B.C. The bridge is most famous as the site of a decisive battle between Maxentius and Constantine I fought in A.D. 312.
Modifications: KU TP Database (Rathmann).
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: L Quilici, S Quilici Gigli
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Porta Aurelia
A gate in the Aurelian Wall at the summit of the Ianiculum through which the Via Aurelia passes.
Modifications: Added topostext Brady Kiesling. Created new name.
Modified by: Brady Kiesling, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies - Porta Portuensis
The Porta Portuensis was one of the gates of the Aurelian Wall of Rome, located in the Transtiberim. The original gate carried an inscription of Honorius and was destroyed during the reign of Pope Urban VIII. The present Porta Portese, built by architect Vincenzo Maculani in 1644, occupies its site.
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Brady Kiesling - Poteidaia/Kassandreia
Poteidaia/Kassandreia was a Greek colony founded ca. 600 BC by Corinthians on the peninsula of Pallene in western Chalcidice. The site received a Roman colony in 43 B.C. and in 30 B.C. Augustus settled veterans there, renaming it as Colonia Iulia Augusta Cassandrensis.
Modifications: Created new name. Changed name type to 'associated modern'.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: EN Borza
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Chris de Lisle, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Punta Eolo
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 44 D4 Punta Eolo
Modifications: Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: N Purcell
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Qasr Nessima
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 79 D3 Qasr Nessima
Modifications: Created new connection.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: G Wagner
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Rhasum
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 90 unlocated Rhasum
Modifications: KU TP Database (Rathmann).
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: SE Kroll
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Riva S. Vitale
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 39 D2 Riva S. Vitale
Modifications: Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: M Pearce, P Tozzi
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Roma
The capital of the Roman Republic and Empire.
Modifications: Updated RE Rom (Paul Graffunder).
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: L Quilici, S Quilici Gigli
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Greta Hawes, Rosemary Selth, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Sebastian Heath, Maxime Guénette, Richard Talbert, R. Scott Smith - Roman amphitheater at Mactaris
The Roman amphitheater at Mactaris dates to the second century.
Modifications: Added amphi-theatrum reference.
Modified and published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Tom Elliott - Roman amphitheater at Uthina
The Roman amphitheater at Uthina dates to the reign of Hadrian and seated about 16,000 spectators.
Modifications: Added arachne.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker - Roman theater at Utica
The Roman theater at Utica.
Modifications: Wikidata Q136416263.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker - Roman Theater of Minturnae
A theater constructed in Minturnae under Augustus or Tiberius, and further embellished under Hadrian.
Modifications: Arnold 2025.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Contributors: Gabriel Moss, Sean Gillies - Sa Sedda 'e sos Carros
A middle Bronze Age (ca. 1300 B.C.) nuragic settlement.
Modifications: Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker - Sabis (river)
An ancient river mentioned by Caesar. It is possibly to be identified with the modern Sambre, a tributary of the Meuse that flows through France and Belgium.
Modifications: Created new name. Caesar reference -> evidence; modified summary; removed question mark from modified title Tom Elliott. Less certain per BAtlDir Tom Elliott. Certain; Latin; modified name attested; caesar reference Tom Elliott.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: J Kunow, C Haselgrove
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Ryan M. Horne, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Sacrana
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 26 unlocated Sacrana
Modifications: Edited. Created new connection.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: FH Stanley Jr, RC Knapp
Contributors: R Warner, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Samothrace (island)
Samothrace is an island of the northern Aegean Sea.
Modifications: Wikidata Q203175.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: EN Borza
Contributors: Catherine Bouras, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, G Reger, Tom Elliott - Samothrace (settlement)
The homonymous settlement on the Aegean island, located on its north shore (modern Paleopolis).
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: EN Borza
Contributors: DARMC, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Catherine Bouras, G Reger, Richard Talbert - Sanctuary of Kalliste
A sanctuary for Kalliste ("most beautiful lady"), sometimes identified with Artemis, located on the road from Athens to the Academy.
Modifications: Repoint cnxn.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Chris de Lisle
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Brady Kiesling, Tom Elliott - Sant'Ilario
A paleochristian site located at the thirtieth mile of the ancient via Labicana, near to the ancient road station 'ad Bivium'.
Modifications: Updated references. Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: Jeffrey Becker - Santuario nuragico di Santa Vittoria
A nuragic site near Serri, Sardinia, with a later phase of Christian re-use.
Modifications: Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker - Sardi Pelliti
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 48 A2 Sardi Pelliti
Modifications: Initial revision.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: SL Dyson
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Michael Heubel, Ryan M. Horne, Jeffrey Becker, Richard Talbert, Tom Elliott - Sardinia (island)
Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.
Modifications: Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: SL Dyson
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, R. Scott Smith, Jeffrey Becker, Greta Hawes, Tom Elliott - Shrine of Strenia
The Shrine of Strenia was located in the valley of the Colosseum and is mentioned as the starting point of the Sacra Via.
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: 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: Added CHRE references for 8 coin hoards; added Walburg 2023 reference. Added Wikidata reference. Edited. Created new name.
Modified and published by: Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Creators: MU Erdosy
Contributors: DARMC, Divya Kumar-Dumas, Richard Talbert, Jonathan Fu, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Sisara Limne
Sisara Limne (Ichkeul Lake).
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: RB Hitchner
Contributors: R Warner, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Smyrna/Eurydikeia
An ancient settlement of Asia Minor, modern Izmir in Turkey.
Modifications: Adjusted language and time periods. Added BatlDir; restored BAtldir dates. Created new name.
Modified and published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: C Foss, G Reger, S Mitchell
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Ryan M. Horne, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Sri Lanka
The island of Sri Lanka was known to Greek and Roman writers by a number of names, including Taprobane, Palaisimoundou, and Salike.
Modifications: Updated references. Str. 1.4.2. Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: MU Erdosy
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Stratonikeia
An ancient city in Caria founded by Antiochus I Soter, according to Strabo. The city had several phases, including a period of Rhodian influence, before coming under the umbrella of Roman administration. The city was elaborately embellished with monumental programs of public art and architecture.
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: C Foss, G Reger
Contributors: DARMC, Brady Kiesling, Richard Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Stryme
Remains of a 7th-century walled settlement on the Molyvoti peninsula inhabited by Thasian colonists.
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: EN Borza
Contributors: DARMC, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Zachary Rosalinsky, Tom Elliott, Catherine Bouras, G Reger, Richard Talbert - Sulci(s)
A site with Phoenician origins (founded ca. 730-700 B.C.) located in southwestern Sardinia. Site of a Roman naval victory against Carthage by Gaius Sulpicius Paterculus in 258 B.C. during the First Punic War.
Modifications: Updated references. Updated Paus. (Spiro: Perseus). Added EDH Geographic Database G019995: Sulci – S. Antioco. Ethnic, time period = R, Latin modified name attested, complete Pliny citation from BAtlas. Added Latin name as modified name attested, add TP reference, update references. Created new name.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: SL Dyson
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Elizabeth Robinson, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Richard Talbert, Ingrid Luo - Syrastrene
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 5 B2 Syrastrene
Modifications: Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: MU Erdosy
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Ryan M. Horne, Jeffrey Becker, Richard Talbert, Tom Elliott - Tambyzoi
An ancient people placed by Ptolemy in Bactria. Their precise localization is uncertain. They may be identifiable with the Kamboja, a people mentioned in Sanskrit and other Indic sources and known to have operated a trade corporation with ties to Sri Lanka.
Modifications: Modified summary; cleaned up Ptolemy reference; added Bopeararchchi 2002 reference. Created new name.
Modified and published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: MU Erdosy
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Tamonbari
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 22 unlocated Tamonbari
Modifications: RE Tamonbari (E. Oberhummer).
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: AG Poulter
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Tarachoi
An ancient people, tribe, or cultural group. Located: E coast of Sri Lanka.
Modifications: Wikidata Q136436891. Created new connection.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: MU Erdosy
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Ryan M. Horne, Jeffrey Becker, Richard Talbert, Tom Elliott - Temple of Sardus Pater
A Punic-Roman temple dedicated to Sardus Pater Babai located near Fluminimaggiore in southern Sardinia. The original phase of the temple dates ca. 500 BC.
Modifications: Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance. Created new name.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: SL Dyson
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - 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: EN Borza
Contributors: DARMC, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Catherine Bouras, G Reger, Richard Talbert, Chris de Lisle - Thracia
Thracia refers to a territory occupied by the Thraci (or Thracians), a human population of the northern Balkan Peninsula whose reach stretched from the north Aegean Sea to the Danube river. Parts of Thracia would eventually become incorporated into the Roman provinces of Moesia and Thracia.
Modifications: Edited. Added manto 8195613: Thrace (N. Greece) Greta Hawes R. Scott Smith, add topostext Brady Kiesling. TM GEO ID 2414: Thracia. Added Latin name as modified name attested on TP, add TP reference. Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker, Brady Kiesling, Greta Hawes, R. Scott Smith
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: EN Borza
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, G Reger, R. Scott Smith, Richard Talbert, Greta Hawes, Richard Talbert, Ryan M. Horne - Thrake
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 102 E3 no. 3 (Thrake)
Modifications: Added whg, add manto 8195615: Thrace (Pontic) Greta Hawes R. Scott Smith.
Modified by: Greta Hawes, R. Scott Smith
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: JJ Wilkes, S Mitchell, RS Bagnall, ST Parker
Contributors: Sean Gillies, M Joann McDaniel, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Brian Z Lund, R. Scott Smith, Richard Talbert, Mary E Downs, Greta Hawes - Tiberis (river)
The Tiber River is the third-longest river of the Italian peninsula, flowing 406 km (252 mi) from the Apennine Mountains to the Tyrrhenian Sea.
Modifications: Manto 11302796: River Tiber (Italy).
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: L Quilici, S Quilici Gigli
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Richard Talbert, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, Sarah Bond - Tofet
The Punic tofet at Sulcis.
Modifications: Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker - Tomb Garden of Aur(elius) Inachus
An inscription found beside the Via Appia near the tomb of Caecilia Metella in 1851 identifies a cepotaphium, i.e., a tomb in a garden, belonging to one Aur(elius) Inachus.
Modifications: Edited.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Yuyao Liu
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker - Tomb of Aulus Hirtius
A tomb located in Rome's Campus Martius. Its remains are now submerged in the channelized waters of the Euripus canal beneath the Palazzo della Cancelleria.
Modifications: Updated references. Added Info.roma.it.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker - Tomb of Hilarus Fuscus
The Late Republican tomb of the freedman Hilarus Fuscus along the Via Appia (ca. 30 B.C.).
Modifications: Updated references. Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: Jeffrey Becker - Tomb of Quintus Sulpicius Maximus
The tomb of the boy poet Quintus Sulpicius Maximus on the Via Salaria in Rome. He died in 94 CE, aged just 11 years.
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Tom Elliott - Tomb of the sons of Sextus Pompeius Justus
A tomb on the Via Appia dated ca. 50 CE.
Modifications: Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance. Edited.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Brady Kiesling - Trebula Balli(ni)ensium
An ancient city of Campania that became enfranchised in the Roman system in the late fourth century B.C.
Modifications: Added RE Trebula 3 (H. Phillip).
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: N Purcell
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Trebula Mutuesca
Trebula Mutuesca or Trebula Mutusca was one of two Sabine cities bearing the name Trebula.
Modifications: Updated references, update RE, update New Pauly, add topostext Brady Kiesling.
Modified by: Brady Kiesling
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: WV Harris
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Trebula Suffenas
An ancient Sabine city.
Modifications: RE Trebula 5 (H. Phillip). Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: L Quilici, S Quilici Gigli
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Trispeda
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 89 unlocated Trispeda
Modifications: TM GEO ID 42150: Trispeda (Ormi).
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: M Roaf, T Sinclair, SE Kroll, St J Simpson
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Tuscan Archipelago
A chain of islands between the Ligurian Sea and Tyrrhenian Sea.
Modifications: Edited.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker - Usel(l)is
A Roman colonia in western Sardinia.
Modifications: Updated references.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: SL Dyson
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Uthina
Uthina was a town in the province of Africa Proconsularis with Roman colonial status.
Modifications: Created new name. Updated references. Arachne, idai gaz. TGN 7024022: Oudna (deserted settlement). RE Uthina (P. Quoniam).
Modified and published by: Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Creators: RB Hitchner
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, R Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott - Utica
A Punic center located west of Carthage.
Modifications: Created new name. EDH Geographic Database G001072: Utica – Utique, nomisma, wikidata. KU TP Database (Rathmann). IDAI.gazetteer 2097292: Utica.
Modified by: Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: RB Hitchner
Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Richard Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R Warner, Sean Gillies, Elizabeth Fentress - Via Appia
An early Roman road (via publica) originating at Rome and terminating at Brundisium, the Via Appia was begun in the fourth century B.C. by the censor Appius Claudius Caecus. The Latin author Statius described the Via Appia as "queen of the long roads".
Modifications: Edited.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: L Quilici and S Quilici Gigli
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Via Labicana
An ancient Roman road connecting Rome and Labicum.
Modifications: Updated references. Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: L Quilici and S Quilici Gigli
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Via Tiberina
An ancient Roman road.
Modifications: Edited.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker - Via Valeria
An ancient road from Rome to Corfinium.
Modifications: Edited.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: L Quilici and S Quilici Gigli
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Villa Collatino
Remains of a Roman villa discovered in the Collatino archaeological park in Via Grotta di Gregna consisting of 14 rooms, a cistern, and channelization for water works.
Modifications: Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Tom Elliott
Creators: Jeffrey Becker - Villa del Cimitero Flaminio
A Roman villa located at the 1.6 km post of the via Tiberina, positioned on a tuff bank, today inside the Prima Porta cemetery.
Modifications: Info.roma.it.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Tom Elliott - Villa of Publius Fannius Synistor
The Villa of Publius Fannius Synistor was built after the middle of the first century B.C. and was ultimately destroyed by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. The villa may have been owned by P. Fannius Synistor and/or L. Herennius Florus.
Modifications: Updated references. Edited. Created new name.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: Jeffrey Becker - Viminacium
An ancient city and Roman legionary base along the Danube, near modern Kostolac (Костолац, Caştelu) in Serbia.
Modifications: Edited.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: JJ Wilkes
Contributors: DARMC, Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott - Volturnus (river)
The Volturno river flows 175 km from the Apennines to the Tyrrhenian Sea at Castel Volturno.
Modifications: Updated Livy. Strabo x 3, KU TP reference, TP, ItMiller, Nissen I, RE Volturnus (G. Radke).
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: N Purcell
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Zaba? (island)
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 5 inset Zaba? Ins.
Modifications: Wikidata Q6649003.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: MU Erdosy
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Zaldapa
Zaldapa, located near Abrit, Bulgaria, was a fortified Late Roman settlement in Moesia Inferior. It was restored under Justinian I.
Modifications: Wikidata Zaldapa (Q8065301). Added modified summary, update references, change modified place type to settlement (fortified). Created new location. Added batlas ref.
Modified by: Jeffrey Becker
Modifications published by: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Creators: AG Poulter
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker - Zisnoudeba
An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 22 unlocated Zisnoudeba
Modifications: Beševliev 1970.
Modified and published by: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: AG Poulter
Contributors: Richard Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker