Last Week in Pleiades (8-15 April 2024)

The Basilica of St. Achillios at Larissa is an early Byzantine basilica dedicated to the city's patron saint, St. Achillios. The site was discovered and excavated in 1978.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:

A shrine sacred to Hathor connected with the Egyptian mining settlement that was extracting copper in the Timna Valley.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:

A rural sanctuary, probably of Artemis, located about a kilometer north-northwest of modern Aigies in Laconia. It is surely to be associated with ancient Aigiai, which was located less than two kilometers to the southwest.
Creators: Tom Elliott
Contributors:

A sanctuary in Athens, dedicated to the hero Akamas, son of Theseus, which served as the central place for the tribe Akamantis. The findspot of an inscription in Plateia Devaki, Kallithea may indicate the sanctuary's location.
Creators: Chris de Lisle
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

A sanctuary of the healing heroes Amynos and Asklepios, located between the Pnyx and the Areopagos in Athens. Archaeological evidence stretches from the 4th century BC until the Roman Imperial period.
Creators: Chris de Lisle
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

The second ancient theater at Larisa dates to the first century BCE.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Tom Elliott

Site 34 (“Slaves' Hill”) was an Iron Age copper smelting site in the Timna Valley. The peak of productive activity occurred in the tenth century BCE.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:

Tel Batash, an archaeological site located in the Sorek Valley of modern Israel, lies northwest of Beit Shemesh. This site has been identified as the ancient Timnath or Timnah, a Philistine city in Canaan.
Creators: Clifflena Tiah
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker

A sanctuary dedicated to Kronos and Rhea in the area of the Olympieion in Athens, attested from Classical times into the Roman Imperial period. A 2nd-century AD Doric temple is probably associated with it.
Creators: Chris de Lisle
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker

The tomb of Psenosiris, identified in a tomb inscription as the Mayor of Athribis, is a rock-cut shaft tomb with a richly-decorated burial chamber. The tomb was constructed in the necropolis of Athribis in the middle of the first century CE (ca. 37-54 CE).
Creators: Gabriel Mckee
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An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 33 H2 Acholla
Creators: R.B. Hitchner
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: created name "Acylla"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 4 A2 Adouli
Creators: D.T. Potts
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Pierre Schneider; Ryan Horne; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; modified OSM location of Adulis (Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient settlement in Lakonia, mentioned by Strabo and Pausanias. Since the early 20th century, scholars have connected it with Classical and Roman remains at a site consequently dubbed "Palaeochora" between modern Aigies/Aigiai (formerly Chania Koutoumous) and Limni.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: summary; added RE, Waterhouse 1961; added Wikipedia, Wikidata, and Trismegistos references provided by bkiesling; cleaned up references; Forster 1907; Greek wikipedia reference; CFL/AGO reference, and Bonias 1998. Added associated modern names. Added associated modern locations (RETAIN the currently published DARMC location, as the precise location of the "Palaiochora site" remains elusive, but this point is near where Bonias describes it to be.; added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team; created location "OSM Location: modern Αιγίες"; created location "Geonames Location: modern Limni (Laconia)"; created location "Google Maps Location: Αρχαιολογικός Χώρος Αιγιές"; created name "Aigiai"; created name "Aigies"; created name "Chania Koutoumous"
Actors: Brady Kiesling; Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Tom Elliott

Aigosthena was a fortified city of Attica that belonged to Megara.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: modified OSM location of Aigosthena (Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

A coastal station or anchorage and associated settlement that scholars identify with the modern Khawr/Khor Ghurayrah on Yemen's Ra’s Shaykh Sa‘īd headland in the Bab al-Mandab Strait. This small bay is almost closed by sand and coral reefs today. The precise location of the ancient settlement is not known.
Creators: D.T. Potts
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Jérémie Schiettecatte; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient settlement of Lakonia, mentioned by Pausanias and placed by him to the southwest of Sparta. It is probably to be localized in the vicinity of modern Ag. Ioannis.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: DARMC 9944 = related; added associated modern name; summary; added associated modern location, which supersedes currently published location; added ToposText and Wikidata references; cleaned up references; added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team; created location "OSM Location: modern Κοινότητα Αγίου Ιωάννου Λακεδαίμονος"; created name "Aghios Ioannis"
Actors: Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 4 unlocated Alilaioi
Creators: D.T. Potts
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Pausanias notes that Alipheira was mostly abandoned when Arcadians were merged into Megalopolis.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: added Trismegistos, iDAI.gazetteer, and Wikidata referenced provided by bkiesling; added nomisma reference via Trismegistos; added CFL/AGO and GeoNames references provided by cbouras; added vici.org reference; added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team
Actors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Greta Hawes; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 4 unlocated Andidalei/Anti(a)dalei/Ant(h)iadala
Creators: D.T. Potts
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: add place type = people, tribe; update references; created name "Antiadalaei"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 55 D3 Antron(es)
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: Str. 9.5.8; update references; update references; created connection "Achaea Phthiotis"; created connection "Macedonia (Archaic and Classical kingdom)"; created connection "Macedonia (Hellenistic kingdom)"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 72 B3 Apollo Melanthios, T.
Creators: D. Rupp
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: add topostext
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Center point of Archaic period tholos tomb of Pharsalos, used until the Hellenistic period.
Creators: Dan Diffendale; Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Brady Kiesling
Modifications: edited; add topostext, add wikidata references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

The Arch of Hadrian is a monument in the form of a Roman triumphal arch, constructed by the citizens of Athens in AD 131 or 132 to honor the Roman emperor Hadrian.
Creators: Jennifer Garza
Contributors: Adam Rabinowitz; Brady Kiesling; Chris de Lisle; Jeffrey Becker; Jake Lipscomb; Tom Elliott; Adria Hardy; Jake Lipscomb; Jonathan Mak
Modifications: added Kouremenos 2022a; created name "Apsida tou Adrianou"; created name "Porta tis Vasilopoulas"; created name "Kamaroporta"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 55 D2 Armenion
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: created connection "Pelasgiotis"; created connection "Thessalia"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 52 F3 Astakos
Creators: C. Foss
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: modified connection "Megara" (Submit for review, Initial revision, Create)
Actors: Chris de Lisle

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 55 C2 Asterion/Peirasia
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: created connection "Phthiotis"; created connection "Thessalia"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 55 D4 Athena Itonia?, T.
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient Greek polis in Pelasgiotis in Thessaly. The site is located in modern Greece, immediately south of the Peneios river and 2.5 km west of a small village named Κάστρο (Kastro), which is within the municipality of Larissa.
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: created connection "Thessalia"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Tom Elliott

An early Imperial building on the Esquiline Hill in Rome, the Auditorium Maecenatis has been connected with Maecenas as it stands in the area of his gardens (horti). While its precise function is unknown, the building may have served as a conservatory.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Brady Kiesling
Modifications: created OSM location of Auditorium di Mecenate
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

Present-day Aksum in Ethiopia. The center of the Aksumite Kingdom, a maritime trading power that flourished from the first to the tenth centuries AD. The city was listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980.
Creators: D.T. Potts
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 4 B3 Bachylitae
Creators: D.T. Potts
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; modified name "Bachylitae" (update Pliny reference)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 4 B2 Baitios
Creators: D.T. Potts
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Now unlocated, Barasasa was a settlement of the Vadaei according to Pliny the Elder.
Creators: D.T. Potts
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: summary, update references; modified name "Barasasa" (add Latin name, add Pliny reference, edited)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

Berenikidai was an Attic deme assigned to the phyle Ptolemais that was established in 224/23 BC and named after Berenice, the wife of Ptolemy III Euergetes. Epigraphic evidence suggests it might have been located near Eleusis.
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient city was located near modern Buruncuk, 28 km north of Smyrna (modern Izmir) in Turkey. Some scholars identify it as the "Pelasgian" Laris(s)a in Aeolis mentioned by Homer, Xenophon, Herodotus, and Strabo, but that identification is disputed.
Creators: C. Foss; G. Reger; S. Mitchell
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Noah Kaye; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient Greek settlement at the southern end of the Bosphorus where modern-day Istanbul, Turkey now stands. It flourished and grew throughout the Greek and Roman periods. The city was renamed Constantinopolis (q.v.) and much expanded by the fourth-century emperor, Constantine and his successors.
Creators: C. Foss
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Ingrid Luo; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: modified connection "Megara" (Submit for review, Initial revision, Create)
Actors: Chris de Lisle

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 4 unlocated Cachin(n)a/Chachina/Capina
Creators: D.T. Potts
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient island or island group, attested by literary or documentary sources, whose precise location cannot be determined today
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: modified name "Calathusa" (add Latin name, add Pliny reference, edited)
Actors: Tom Elliott

A region of pre-Islamic, south-western Arabia centered in the Baihan valley. Strabo notes that this region produces frankincense.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: modified name "Cattabania" (update Str. (Meineke: Perseus))
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

The Cerbani were an Arabian tribe mentioned by Pliny the Elder.
Creators: D.T. Potts
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references, summary; modified name "Cerbani" (add Latin name, add Pliny reference, change name type = ethnic); modified name "Gebbanitae" (add Latin name, add Pliny reference, change name type = ethnic)
Actors: Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 4 unlocated Chaculatae
Creators: D.T. Potts
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; modified name "Chaculatae" (add Latin name, add Pliny reference)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 4 unlocated Charmuthas
Creators: D.T. Potts
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: Str. 16.4.18; update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 4 unlocated Clara/Clari/Glari
Creators: D.T. Potts
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 4 unlocated Codani
Creators: D.T. Potts
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; modified name "Codani" (update Pliny reference)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 4 B2 Debai
Creators: D.T. Potts
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient settlement and fortress on the island on Chios, mentioned in Thucydides.
Creators: C. Foss; G. Reger; S. Mitchell
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: Arachne; update references; modified name "Delphinion" (update reference); modified connection "Chios (island)" (reference)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

This ancient city, located near modern Volos in Thessaly, was founded by Demetrios Poliorketes in the third century BCE and abandoned in the 6th century CE. Continuous human activity in the area can be traced back at least as early as the Neolithic.
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: created connection "Macedonia (Hellenistic kingdom)"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 4 unlocated Deua
Creators: D.T. Potts
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient island or island group, attested by literary or documentary sources, whose precise location cannot be determined today
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: modified name "Dialeon" (add Latin name, add Pliny reference, edited)
Actors: Tom Elliott

Dion was a settlement of Pieria located on the border between Macedonia and Thessaly. It was held, traditionally, as the place of Orpheus' death and burial. In the Roman Imperial period, it became a Roman colonia. The adjacent modern village, now known as Dion, is sometimes also referenced by its earlier modern name Malathria.
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Chris de Lisle; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Ryan Horne; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: A colonia; created name "Colonia Iulia Augusta Diensium"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Tom Elliott

An ancient settlement, located on the Athos/Akte peninsula.
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Chris de Lisle; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: modified name "Díon" (Initial revision, Baseline created); modified connection "Athos/Akte (peninsula)" (located on); created connection "Delian League"; created connection "Macedonia (Archaic and Classical kingdom)"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 55 C2 *Ekarra
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: created connection "Achaea Phthiotis"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Tom Elliott

Elateia was an ancient Greek city of Phocis, and numbered as the most important place in that region after Delphi. The remains of the ancient site are located to the northeast of the modern town.
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Constantina Argyrakou; Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: DARMC 2022 = related; summary; added OSM location of the archaeological site, which supersedes the currently published locations.; added CFL/AGO, Trismegistos, and iDAI.gazetteer references provided by bkiesling; added MANTO and Wikidata references provided by MANTO team; cleaned up references; updated NP link broken by Brill; created location "OSM Location: Αρχαιολογκός Χώρος Ελάτειας"
Actors: Brady Kiesling; Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Tom Elliott

An ancient settlement in Thessaly. It was located in the vicinity of Gonnos and Tempe, but its precise location is uncertain. Not to be confused with Phocian Elateia, q.v.
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Constantina Argyrakou; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: cleaned up references; added New Pauly reference; place type += settlement; summary
Actors: Tom Elliott

Eleusis, located some 22 km west of Athens, was the site of the cult of Demeter and the sanctuary in which the Eleusinian Mysteries were celebrated from the Bronze Age to the Roman Imperial period. It was a coastal deme of the tribe Hippothoontis and site of a military garrison in the Classical and Hellenistic periods.
Creators: J.S. Traill
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Chris de Lisle; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient settlement, destroyed by Philip of Macedon.
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: created connection "Thessalia"; created connection "Phthiotis"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 55 C2 Euhydrion
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: create DARMC citation to preserve cross-project linkage after retracting DARMC location; Leake 1835; wikipedia Euhydrium; add topostext, tm geo id, wikidata references; created OSM location; created name "Euhydrium"; created connection "Phthiotis"; created connection "Thessalia"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

Settlement associated with Punic and Roman quarries known today as Ghar El Kebir (previously and perhaps in error: Rhar-el-Kebir). The complex is perhaps to be associated with the ancient name Latomiai.
Creators: R.B. Hitchner
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: title; create DARMC citation to preserve cross-project linkage after retracting DARMC location; summary; created name "Latomiae"
Actors: Tom Elliott

An ancient city of Thessaly.
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; created connection "Pelasgiotis"; created connection "Thessalia"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient city of Arcadia, located on the north bank of the Alpheius river, east of its confluence with the Ladon. Archaeological evidence for its location has been identified near modern Hagios Ioannis.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: DARMC 12738 =related; added associated modern name; added associated modern location, which supersedes currently published locations.; summary; added Trismegistos, Wikipedia, and Wikidata references provided by bkiesling; added Nomisma reference via Trismegistos; cleaned up references; added vici.org reference; added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team; created location "OSM Location: Άγιος Ιωάννης Αρχαίας Ηραίας"; created name "Hagios Ioannis"; modified name "Heraia" (add Greek name, Pausanias reference, Baseline created); created name "Heraea"
Actors: Brady Kiesling; Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Tom Elliott

Hestiaiotis was a region of northwestern Thessaly and a part of the Thessalian tetrarchy. It roughly corresponds to the modern Trikala regional unit.
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Michael Heubel; Ryan Horne; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; G. Reger; R. Talbert; Richard Talbert
Modifications: created connection "Thessalia"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Tom Elliott

Ioppe (Jaffa) is an ancient port city in Iudaea.
Creators: B. Isaac
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Eric Kansa; Francis Deblauwe; Greta Hawes; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Jamie Novotny; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; B. Siewert-Mayer; DARMC; H. Kopp; R. Talbert; W. Röllig; jfu
Modifications: cleaned up references; added vici.org reference; added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team
Actors: Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 4 C2 Ioula
Creators: D.T. Potts
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

A town in the Hestiaiotis region between Metropolis and Gomphoi. Now modern Phanari, where the visible architecture on the acropolis largely belongs to Byzantine and Ottoman fortresses.
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: created connection "Thessalia"; created connection "Hestiaiotis"; created connection "Metropolis"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Tom Elliott

An ancient settlement whose precise location is unknown. According to Robert (1962) it is located near Tmolus M.
Creators: C. Foss; G. Reger; S. Mitchell
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Ryan Horne; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; modified name "Itone" (update reference)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 55 B2 Kallithera
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: cleaned up references; created connection "Thessaliotis"; created connection "Thessalia"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 4 B2 Karbai
Creators: D.T. Potts
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient people, tribe, or cultural group. Located: near Gublan YEM.
Creators: D.T. Potts
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 55 C2 Kierion
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: created connection "Thessalia"; created connection "Thessaliotis"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Tom Elliott

The Kinaidokolpitai were an ancient people inhabiting the western coastal strip of the Arabian Peninsula. The Barrington Atlas Directory notes that their territory was located from Yanbu' to the west of Baysh in Saudi Arabia.
Creators: D.T. Potts
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update summary, references; update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

A major ancient settlement of Crete located some 5 km southeast of Heraklion, Knossos was occupied from the Neolithic period to the time of the Roman empire.
Creators: G. Reger; J. Bennet
Contributors: Adam Rabinowitz; Andrew Shapland; Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Maija Gierhart; Patrick DeVarney; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; Austin Banda; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: modified connection "Creta (island)" (Initial revision)
Actors: Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 55 C1 Kondaia
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: created connection "Thessalia"; created connection "Pelasgiotis"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Tom Elliott

An ancient Thessalian settlement, with evidence of occupation in the area stretching back to the Neolithic.
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: created connection "Thessalia"; created connection "Pelasgiotis"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

The Crocus field was a plain in Achaia Phthiotis, where Philip II of Macedon won a major victory over the Phokians and Athenians in 353/2 B.C.
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Chris de Lisle; Jeffrey Becker; Michael Heubel; Ryan Horne; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; G. Reger; R. Talbert; Richard Talbert
Modifications: update references; Correct spelling mistake in title, update names, add short summary; created name "Krókion pedíon"; created name "Crocus Field"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 4 B2 Labaetia
Creators: D.T. Potts
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

The Larendani were an ancient Arabian tribe mentioned by Pliny the Elder.
Creators: D.T. Potts
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: summary; add RE Larendani; modified name "Larendani" (add Latin name, add Pliny reference, change name type = ethnic)
Actors: Tom Elliott

The ancient capital of the Thessalian Pelasgiotis, modern Larisa in Greece.
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Greta Hawes; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: add tm geo, manto references; created connection "Pelasgiotis"; created connection "Thessalia"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

Indigenous peoples of the Aegean littoral, mentioned in Classical and Hellenistic sources. Their historicity has been questioned.
Creators: C. Foss; G. Reger; S. Mitchell
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Michael Heubel; Ryan Horne; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert; Richard Talbert
Modifications: modified name "Leleges" (update Pliny reference)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 55 C1 Limnaion
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; created connection "Thessaliotis"; created connection "Thessalia"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 4 B2 Lysanitae
Creators: D.T. Potts
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

A coastal region of Thessaly, including the long, narrow peninsula stretching into the Aegean on the southeast. Magnesia gives its name to the modern Greek regional unit.
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: created connection "Thessalia"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 89 D3 Mar Melki
Creators: M. Roaf; S.E. Kroll; St J. Simpson; T. Sinclair
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Megara was an important ancient city of Greece, located in the northern part of the the Isthmus of Corinth opposite the island of Salamis.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Chris de Lisle; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: modified name "Megara" (update reference)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Megara Hyblaia was an ancient Greek colony in eastern Sicily founded in the eighth century B.C.
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Jonathan Prag; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; Valeria Vitale; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: add nomisma.org; update BTCGI; modified OSM location of Megara Hyblaea (Reimported full way geometry and updated provenance); modified connection "Sicilia (island)" (reference); created connection "Megara"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 58 E2 Megaris
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Michael Heubel; Ryan Horne; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert; Richard Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

A Hellenistic-and-Roman-era site, sometimes locally referred to as Palaiokastro, on the northwest coast of Cyprus, west of the modern village of Ag. Eirini. Archaeological investigation also produced evidence of Bronze Age habitation here. The historical site is possibly to be identified with the attested name Melabron.
Creators: D. Rupp
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: summary; create DARMC citation to preserve cross-project linkage after retracting DARMC location; created OSM location of Melabron
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 58 C2 Melangeia
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; modified name "Melangeia" (add Greek name, Pausanias reference, Baseline created)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient island or island group, attested by literary or documentary sources, whose precise location cannot be determined today
Creators: C. Foss; S. Mitchell
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: edited; update references
Actors: Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 61 B3 Melanteioi Skopeloi
Creators: C. Foss; G. Reger
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: created OSM location
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient island or island group, attested by literary or documentary sources, whose precise location cannot be determined today
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: modified name "Melanthia" (add Latin name, add Pliny reference)
Actors: Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 47 G2 Melas fl.
Creators: R.J.A. Wilson
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: created OSM location of Torrente Mela
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 51 H3 Melas? fl.
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: created OSM location of Kavakköy Deresi
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

The ancient name for the Manavgat River (Manavgat Nehri) in Turkey.
Creators: P.-L. Gatier; T. Sinclair
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; M. Ballance; R. Talbert; R. Warner
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 13 unlocated Meliodounon
Creators: A. Bursche; L.F. Pitts
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; E. Krekovič; P. Kaczanowski; R. Madyda‑Legutko; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 55 C2 Meliteia
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: create DARMC citation to preserve cross-project linkage after retracting DARMC location; created OSM location of Αρχαία Μελιταία
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 39 G3 Mella fl.
Creators: M. Pearce; P. Tozzi
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Ryan Horne; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; modified OSM location of Fiume Mella (river) (Reimported full relation geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 50 A2 Melnica
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient city in northern Arcadia, located near the modern Greek town that now bears its name (formerly Nemnitsa).
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: add DARMC 13723 as related reference after retracting it as a location; added Nomisa reference via Trismegistos; summary; added ToposText location, which supersedes currently published location.; added ToposText reference; added New Pauly reference; cleaned up references; added iDAI.gazetteer, Wikidata, and Trismegistos references provided by bkiesling; added associated modern names; added MANTO reference provided by MANTO team; created ToposText Location; created name "Methydrio"; created name "Nemnitsa"
Actors: Brady Kiesling; Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Tom Elliott

An ancient settlement of Thessaly whose precise location is not known. It was probably near modern Prodromos Karditsas in Greece.
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Ryan Horne; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: created connection "Thessalia"; created connection "Thessaliotis"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 55 B2 Metropolis
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Dan Diffendale; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: created connection "Thessalia"; created connection "Hestiaiotis"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Tom Elliott

An ancient fortified complex located on a natural outcropping of the Taurus mountains near the modern village of Tırnak in the Gülnar district of Turkey's Mersin Province. Identified as KRS (Kirsi/Kirshu) in neo-Babylonian chronicles, the site continued to be occupied and used into the Hellenistic period when it was destroyed and abandoned around 235 BCE. There is some evidence for reuse of the site in the Byzantine period.
Creators: S. Mitchell
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; modified OSM Location of Meydancık Kalesi (Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 55 C1 Mopsion
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: created connection "Pelasgiotis"; created connection "Thessalia"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Tom Elliott

According to Pliny, Nagia was the largest center of the Gebanitae in southern Arabia.
Creators: D.T. Potts
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: summary, references; modified name "Nagia" (add Latin name, add Pliny reference)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

Although the Classical/Hellenistic city was deserted in Pausanias' day, archaeology reveals that the area of modern Nafplio and its natural harbor on the Argolic Gulf was repeatedly a site of habitation and human activity from the Neolithic period to the modern day. Remains of a Hellenistic acropolis wall have been identified under the later Byzantine (with subsequent accretions and modifications) fort.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: added additional CFL/AGO references; summary; place types += harbor; added MANTO and Wikidata references provided by MANTO team; added CFL/AGO and GeoNames references provided by cbouras; cleaned up references; updated NP link broken by Brill
Actors: Catherine Bouras; Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 58 E2 Nisaia
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: add TM GEO ID 60769: Nisaia; add MANTO, update references; modified name "Nisaia" (Perseus), update Thuc. Hist. (Jones); created connection "Megara"; created connection "Minoa (island)"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Jeffrey Becker

An ancient settlement, attested by literary or documentary sources, whose precise location cannot be determined today
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: created connection "Hestiaiotis"; created connection "Thessalia"; created connection "Metropolis"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 55 unlocated Ormenion/Orminion
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; modified name "Ormenion" (add Greek name, Strabo reference)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 55 C2 Ortha
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; created connection "Thessaliotis"; created connection "Thessalia"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

A fortified port located on the Gulf of Corinth near Alepokhori.
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; modified name "Pagai" (update Paus. ref.); modified name "Pegae" (Perseus), update Thuc. Hist. (Jones); modified name "Pache" (update TP reference); created connection "Megara"; created connection "Achaean League (Second)"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 55 D2 Pagasai
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: add topostext, manto, wikidata, wikipedia references; created connection "Pelasgiotis"; created connection "Thessalia"; created connection "Macedonia (Archaic and Classical kingdom)"; created connection "Demetrias (Magnesian)"; created connection "Pherai"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 55 D2 Palaipharsalos
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: created connection "Pharsalus"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 58 E1 Panormos
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Pelasgiotis was a tetras (district) of Thessaly, comprising the eastern Thessalian plain up to the pass of Tempe, Mount Ossa, and Mount Pelion.
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Chris de Lisle; Jeffrey Becker; Michael Heubel; Ryan Horne; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; G. Reger; R. Talbert; Richard Talbert
Modifications: summary; created connection "Thessalia"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Tom Elliott

The territory of a tribe that was located southwest of Mt. Olympus at the border between Thessalia and Macedonia.
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Michael Heubel; Ryan Horne; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert; Richard Talbert
Modifications: created connection "Macedonia (Archaic and Classical kingdom)"; created connection "Macedonia (Hellenistic kingdom)"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 55 B1 Phaika
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; created connection "Hestiaiotis"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 55 unlocated Phakion
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: created connection "Thessaliotis"; created connection "Thessalia"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 55 C1 Pharkadon
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Ryan Horne; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; created connection "Hestiaiotis"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

Pharsalus was one of the most important cities of ancient Thessaly.
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Dan Diffendale; Greta Hawes; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: add MANTO, wikidata references; update references; modified name "Pharsalus" (update reference); modified name "Pharsalos" (update reference); created connection "Thessalia"; created connection "Phthiotis"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

Pherai was an ancient city of Thessaly in the district of Pelasgiotis.
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Dan Diffendale; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: created connection "Pelasgiotis"; created connection "Thessalia"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Tom Elliott

Phthiotis was a tetras (district) of Thessaly, consisting of the Enipeus river valley, between the Revenia hills and Mount Othrys. In myth, it was the homeland of Achilles.
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Chris de Lisle; Michael Heubel; Ryan Horne; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; G. Reger; R. Talbert; Richard Talbert
Modifications: place type; summary; created connection "Thessalia"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 55 C2 Phyllos
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; modified name "Phyllos" (add Greek name, Strabo reference); created connection "Phthiotis"; created connection "Thessalia"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

The Iron Age settlement at Poblado de Irulegui is noted as the findspot of the so-called "Hand of Irulegi", a bronze, hand-shaped artifact dated ca. 80 to 72 BCE. This object carries an important inscription written in the Northeastern Iberian script.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: add Aiestaran et al. 2024
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An Archaic to Late Antique settlement and Mycenaean tombs on the hill Gritsa south of modern Pteleos in Magnesia Thessaly.
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert; Samia Samara
Modifications: created connection "Achaea Phthiotis"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Jeffrey Becker

Ancient Pyrasos in Thessaly overlooked the Bay of Volo. Its site is occupied by the modern Néa Anchiálos (Magnesia, Thessaly, Greece).
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Greta Hawes; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: create DARMC citation to preserve cross-project linkage after retracting DARMC location; updated Names; summary, reference; add references: wikipedia, wikidata, tm geo id, EDH, geonames, MANTO, topostext; created name "Nea Anchialos"; created connection "Pelasgiotis"; created connection "Thessalia"; created connection "Macedonia (Archaic and Classical kingdom)"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 76 G2 Qasr el-Qorbah
Creators: D.F. Graf
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient fort located in the Timna Valley, Israel.
Creators: D.F. Graf
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: set place type = fort, change from deprecated BAtlas place type, 'fort, tower'; update references; summary
Actors: Tom Elliott

A roman contour-grade aqueduct, carrying water from the Fundana spring, south of Knossos, to an inverted siphon bridge at Spilia and thence to Knossos.
Creators: G. Reger; J. Bennet
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: cleaned up references; added OSM locations for two key elements of the aqueduct course (after Kelly 2023).; added Kelly 2023; summary; created location "OSM Location: aqueduct source: Fundana spring"; created location "OSM Location: 19th century Spilia Aqueduct Bridge"; created connection "Knosos/Col. Iulia Nobilis Cnosos"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 4 C2 Sabat(h)a
Creators: D.T. Potts
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Jérémie Schiettecatte; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; modified name "Sabota" (update Pliny reference)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

A pan-thessaliote sanctuary, located at modern Philia Karditsis in Greece.
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Robin Iversen Rönnlund; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; created OSM location of Πανθεσσαλικό Ιερό Ιτώνιας Αθηνάς; created connection "Thessalia"; created connection "Thessaliotis"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 4 unlocated Saxinae/Xoxinae
Creators: D.T. Potts
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An island in the Red Sea, mentioned by Pliny, that cannot be precisely identified today; however, some modern scholars have conjectured its association with Shadwan island.
Creators: S.E. Sidebotham
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: cleaned up references; added associated modern name; summary; created name "Geziret Shadwan"
Actors: Tom Elliott

An ancient settlement, abandoned by Pausanias' day.
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Catherine Bouras; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: created connection "Thessalia"; created connection "Pelasgiotis"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Tom Elliott

A promontory of the southern coast of Arabia.
Creators: D.T. Potts
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: modified OSM location of Ra’s Fartak (Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance); created name "Syagros Akra"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 55 D1 Sykyrion
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: created connection "Pelasgiotis"; created connection "Thessalia"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 4 C2 Tamna
Creators: D.T. Potts
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Jérémie Schiettecatte; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: CSAI 67: Hajar Kuḥlān; update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

A sanctuary at the mouth of the Sele river in Italy with an octastyle temple dedicated to the Argive Hera.
Creators: A.M. Small; I.E.M. Edlund Berry
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: created OSM location of Archaeological site of Hera Argiva
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

The Temple of Peace in Rome was vowed by Vespasian following the Jewish War.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors: Brady Kiesling
Modifications: created name "Temple of Peace"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

A city located in the northern part of the ancient Krokian plain, near modern Akitsi/Mikrothivai.
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Robin Iversen Rönnlund; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: add topostext
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Thessalia (Thessaly) was a region of ancient Greece.
Creators: Brian Z. Lund; M. Joann McDaniel; Mary E. Downs; R. Talbert
Contributors: Chris de Lisle; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott
Modifications: reindex; edited; created name "Thessaly"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Tom Elliott

One of the four tetrades (districts) of ancient Thessaly, comprising the southern portion of the west Thessalian plain, between Mount Pindos and the River Peneus.
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Chris de Lisle; Jeffrey Becker; Michael Heubel; Ryan Horne; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; G. Reger; R. Talbert; Richard Talbert
Modifications: place type = district; updated references; summary; created connection "Thessalia"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Tom Elliott

The theater at Larissa was a large stone theater built around the end of the third century BC and used for dramatic performances and as a political meeting place.
Creators: Michael Horst
Contributors: Adam Rabinowitz; Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott; Dalton Parish; Elise Johnson; Emily van Zanten; Michael Horst
Modifications: cleaned up references; edited; update references; created OSM location of Α' Αρχαίο Θέατρο Λάρισας; created OSM location of Ancient Theatre's stage
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

A sanctuary of Thetis and/or settlement in the ancient territory of Pharsalus. Scholars have suggested various locations for the ancient site, including Ag. Athanassion at Kato Dasolophos (formerly Bekides) and the area of modern Thetidion (formerly Alchami).
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; Rosemary Selth; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: created connection "Pharsalus"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 55 C2 Thetonion
Creators: J. Fossey; J. Morin
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; created connection "Thessaliotis"; created connection "Thessalia"
Actors: Chris de Lisle; Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

The T(h)onabaei were a tribe of southern Arabia mentioned by Pliny the Elder.
Creators: D.T. Potts
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; add summary; add place type = people; add Pliny reference; modified name "Tonabaei" (add Latin name, add Pliny reference, edited, change name type = ethnic name)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

The Timna Valley is located approximately 30 km north of the Gulf of Aqaba and copper has been mined there since the fifth millennium B.C.
Creators: D.F. Graf
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: add references Timna 1973, Rothenberg 1972, Rothenberg 1988; added TM GEO ID 54478: Timna; created OSM location of Copper extraction facility 39b
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

The Topino river in Umbria.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: created name "Tinia"
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 51 B5 Torone
Creators: E.N. Borza
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Greta Hawes; Johan Åhlfeldt; Jeffrey Becker; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; G. Reger; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; add MANTO
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 4 unlocated Tricoryphos M.
Creators: D.T. Potts
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 58 unlocated Tripodiskos
Creators: G. Reger; J. McK. Camp II
Contributors: Brady Kiesling; Greta Hawes; Jeffrey Becker; R. Scott Smith; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references; Str. 9.1.10; update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

The Vadaei were an ancient tribe of southern Arabia that Pliny the Elder mentions in the Natural History.
Creators: D.T. Potts
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: add summary, add place type = people; update references; modified name "Vadaei" (add Latin name, add Pliny reference, edited, change name type = ethnic)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker; Tom Elliott

The Roman Theatre at Verulamium, St. Albans was begun around the middle of the second century and continues in use until the fourth century.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: Update reference; modified OSM location of Roman theater (Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Volsinii, also referred to as Volsinii Novi, is thought to be the settlement where Rome resettled the survivors of the Volsinian rebellion of 264 BCE. This episode is discussed by Zonaras (8. 7. 8). A late republican center at Bolsena, Italy, with civic architecture (forum) and domus has been excavated since 1946 by the École Française and is identified as Volsinii Novi.
Creators: W.V. Harris
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: add EFR references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

The remains of Roman baths are preserved at Welwyn, where a Romano-British roadside settlement was located near a crossing of the river Mimram.
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Modifications: modified OSM location of Welwyn Roman Baths (Reimported full node geometry and updated provenance)
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 4 unlocated Zaa
Creators: D.T. Potts
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update reference
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 4 B1 Za(a)bram
Creators: D.T. Potts
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; DARMC; R. Talbert
Modifications: edited; update references; update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 4 unlocated Zangenai/Gangerae/Gangorae
Creators: D.T. Potts
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 4 unlocated Zeeritai
Creators: D.T. Potts
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 4 unlocated Zeiritai
Creators: D.T. Potts
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 4 unlocated Zingabene
Creators: D.T. Potts
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker

Zingis Pr. was a promontory of east Africa.
Creators: D.T. Potts
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker; Sean Gillies; Tom Elliott; R. Talbert
Modifications: update references
Actors: Jeffrey Becker