Unnamed island (southern Akrotiri peninsula, Cyprus)
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/325705845

An island comprising the southern portion of the Akrotiri peninsula, separated by ocean from the southern coast of Cyprus beginning ca. 6000 BP until early modern times. Remains of the sea channel are now represented by the land-locked Limassol Salt Lake. The extent of the island corresponded ...

Representative point (latitude, longitude): 34.57231, 32.98047

Pleiades entry created by Tom Elliott.

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Berenice
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/373757

Berenice was a coastal city of western Cyrenaica, located at modern Benghazi in Libya. Founded in the third century BCE, it replaced the earlier Greek colony of Eusperides, which had...

Representative point (latitude, longitude): 32.12452, 20.06425

Names: Benghazi, Berenice, Berenicis, Βερενίκη

Pleiades entry created by D.J. Mattingly with additional contributions by Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, R. Talbert and Johan Åhlfeldt.

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#AncientPlace: Aigiplanktos/Geran(e)ia (mountain)

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570050

This mountain, mentioned in ancient sources, is to be identified with the modern Gerenion, northeast of the city of Loutraki.

Representative point (latitude, longitude): 38.01684, 23.09471

Names: Aigiplanktos, Geraneia, Gerania M., Geranion M., Γερανείᾳ

Pleiades entry created by J. McK. Camp II and G. Reger w/ contributions by Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Michael Heubel, Ryan Horne and Richard Talbert.

Col. Vienna
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/167719

A settlement of the Allobroges in Gallia Narbonensis that became a Roman colony in 47 BC.

Representative point (latitude, longitude): 45.52451, 4.87598

Names: Col. Vienna, Colonia Iulia Augusta Florentia Vienna, Vienne

Pleiades entry created by E. Bertrand with additional contributions by Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, David Mimno, R. Talbert and Johan Åhlfeldt.

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Ostrusha mound
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/368753598

A Thracian tumulus located near Shipka, Bulgaria, the so-called Ostrusha mound dates to the middle of the fourth century BCE.

Representative point (latitude, longitude): 42.68983, 25.35098

Pleiades entry created by Jeffrey Becker.

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Temple of Hercules
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/816145903

Remains of the fourth-century BCE Temple of Hercules are preserved in the edifice of San Marco d'Alunzio.

Representative point (latitude, longitude): 38.07597, 14.69594

Pleiades entry created by Jeffrey Becker.

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Nineveh Archive 6
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/815469150

A clay pot with about thirty clay tablets was found to the north of the Šamaš Gate at Nineveh, in a secondary context. The archive, whose texts are dated between 669 BC and the fall of Nineveh (612 BC), belonged to Ninurta-šarru-uṣur ..."

Representative point (latitude, longitude): 36.35098, 43.17542

Pleiades entry created by Thomas Seidler with additional contributions by Tom Elliott and Jamie Novotny.

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Isin
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912868

Isin (modern Ishan al-Bahriyat), a city located 107 km southeast of Babylon and 27 km south of Nippur, was an important cult center of the healing goddess Gula (who was ...

Representative point (latitude, longitude): 31.88543, 45.26975

Pleiades entry created by A. Hausleiter, St J. Simpson, M. Roaf and R. Wenke with additional contributions by Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, P. Flensted Jensen, Sean Gillies, Jamie Novotny and R. Talbert.

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An #ancientPlace: Eetioneia Hellenistic gateway

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/487072545

A fortified gateway protecting the mouth of the Piraeus harbor.

Representative point (latitude, longitude): 37.94639, 23.63438

#PleiadesGazetteer entry created by Jeffrey Becker.

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Ptolemais/Barkes Limen
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/373879

An ancient capital of Cyrenaica, Ptolemais was probably named after Ptolemy III Euergetes. The city was founded in either the seventh or sixth century BC.

Representative point (latitude, longitude): 32.70881, 20.95075

Names: Barkes Limen, Ptolemais

Pleiades entry created by D.J. Mattingly with additional contributions by Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Ryan Horne, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert and Johan Åhlfeldt.

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