Classical (550 BC-330 BC)
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Attica — by J.S. Traill — last modified Dec 08, 2020 01:10 PM
- Historical region of Greece, centered on the Attic peninsula.
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Azania — by G. Reger — last modified Sep 15, 2022 12:55 PM
- An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 58 C2 Azania
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Babylonia — by A. Hausleiter — last modified Sep 01, 2022 09:22 PM
- An ancient Akkadian region in Mesopotamia.
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Bactria (region) — by F.T. Hiebert — last modified Feb 18, 2021 06:16 PM
- An historic region at the eastern limits of the Iranian plateau connected with the Oxus civilization (Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex).
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Belminatis — by G. Reger — last modified Sep 27, 2022 08:53 PM
- An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 58 C3 Belminatis
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Bithynia (region) — by C. Foss — last modified Aug 31, 2022 06:11 PM
- Bithynia was an ancient region, kingdom, and Roman province of northwestern Asia Minor.
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Boeotia — by J. Fossey — last modified Jul 12, 2020 09:50 PM
- A region of central Greece inhabited since prehistoric times.
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Botti(ai)a/Emathia — by E.N. Borza — last modified Aug 31, 2022 06:13 PM
- A district surrounding Pella in Macedonia.
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Bottike — by E.N. Borza — last modified Sep 03, 2022 09:16 AM
- Bottike was a western area of ancient Chalcidice.
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Campania — by N. Purcell — last modified Jun 09, 2020 07:58 PM
- Campania was a region of southern Italy.
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Campi Phlegraei — by N. Purcell — last modified Dec 10, 2021 01:07 PM
- The Campi Phlegraei (Phlegraean Fields) is a large caldera (13 km wide) in the Bay of Naples region of Italy. In total, the the area comprises 24 craters, although a good portion of the caldera now lies under water. The area was important in Greek and Roman times; the Greeks established their first mainland colony at Cumae within the Campi Phlegraei.
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Cappadocia (region) — by T.B. Mitford — last modified Aug 30, 2022 07:17 AM
- A region that stretched from Lake Tatta in the east to the upper Euphrates River and from the Black Sea southward to Cilicia.
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Caria (region) — by C. Foss — last modified Sep 08, 2022 01:55 PM
- A historical region of western Anatolia.
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Carmania — by M. Roaf — last modified Jan 11, 2021 10:20 PM
- A province of both the Achaemenid Empire and the Sassanid Empire.
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Carpetania — by P.O. Spann — last modified Aug 30, 2022 07:15 AM
- Carpetania is the territory of the Carpetani, a powerful tribe of the Iberian interior that clashed with Hannibal during the Second Punic War.
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Chalcidice — by E.N. Borza — last modified Sep 29, 2022 11:26 AM
- A peninsula in northern Greece. It was hotly contested between Athens and Sparta during the Peloponnesian War, and was later the site of important gold mines under Philip II of Macedon.
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Chaldaea — by A. Hausleiter — last modified Jan 16, 2018 08:43 AM
- An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 93 unlocated Chaldaea
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Chaldia/Tzanike — by T. Sinclair — last modified Oct 03, 2022 07:46 PM
- Chaldia/Tzanike was an historical region located along the Black Sea coast.
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Chersonesos — by C. Foss — last modified Oct 17, 2022 11:10 AM
- Carian Chersonesos was located on what is now known as the Daraçya (or Loryma) Peninsula. According to Cook, this may be the same as the Bybassian Chersonese of Herodotus' account.
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Cilicia — by T. Sinclair — last modified Aug 04, 2020 10:24 AM
- An ancient region, stretching along the southern coast of Asia Minor as far north as the Taurus mountains and westward from the Amanus mountains to the river Melas or, according to some ancient commentators, all the way to the coastal city of Korakesion (modern Alanya in Turkey)