The Encyclopedia of Ancient Natural Scientists: The Greek tradition and its many heirs

Naukratis (mod. Kom Gaief/Ge
if; 30 ̊ 54 ’ N, 30 ̊ 35 ’ E): in the western Nile Delta, west of Saïs and upstream from Alexandria ...

(north-east of mod. Adıyaman and north of Kahta), near whose peak Antiokhos I of Kommage ̄ne ̄ set up a Hierothesion. PECS 618 – ...

engaging in trade from 540 CE; declined in the 7th c. ODB 1488, M.M. Mango; OCD3 1046, J. Whatmough; BAGRW 87-D3; BNP 9 (2006) 7 ...

Claudius, Trajan, and most extensively by Hadrian. PECS 658 – 661, R. Meiggs; OCD3 1081 – 1082, N. Purcell; BAGRW 43-B2; BNP 10 ...

P. Pe ̄lousion (mod. Tell el-Farama; 31 ̊ 03 ’ N, 32 ̊ 36 ’ E): ancient Egyptian city and border fort, at the north-ea ...

Persians to 469 BCE, then allied with Athens; autonomous in the 4th c. BCE; welcomed Alexander of Macedon, then Ptolemaic in the ...

kingdom of Pergamon until 133 BCE, when it came under Rome. M VI was besieged here by Flauius Fimbria 85 BCE. PECS 71 ...

Prousias “ad Mare” (mod. Gemlik; 40 ̊ 26 ’ N, 29 ̊ 09 ’ E): coastal city on the eastern Propontis, the ancient Kios, colonized b ...

commercial interests. Revolted from Sparta 395, allied with Athens 378 – 357 BCE, after which under Mausso ̄llos. Allied with Al ...

Edessa, Kure ̄ne ̄, and Nisibis). After several earthquakes (332, 342, 352 CE), rebuilt as Constantia by Constantius II (337– 36 ...

M. Scylletium/Skulle ̄tion (mod. Roccalletta; 38 ̊ 49 ’ N, 16 ̊ 36 ’ E): on the Golfo di Squil- lace, on the border betw ...

A. Sicca Veneria (mod. Le Kef; 36 ̊ 11 ’ N, 08 ̊ 43 ’ E): on the inland road between Carthage and Cirta; under Carthage fro ...

B (2), D, M, P (?), Z. Sigeion (mod. Yenis ̧ehir near Kumkale; 40 ̊ 00 ’ N, 26 ̊ 12 ’ E): co ...

7th c. BCE as a colony of Lindos; sided with the Persians against Alexander of Macedon. Ravaged and depopulated by Tigrane ̄s of ...

I. Stratonikeia (mod. Eskihisar; 37 ̊ 19 ’ N, 28 ̊ 04 ’ E): east of Mulasa and south of Tralleis, founded ca 270 BCE on ...

and allied with, Athens in the 5th c. BCE. Member of the island-league centered at De ̄los (q.v.). PECS 874, M.G. Picozzi; BAGRW ...

T. Tenedos (mod. Bozcaada; 39 ̊ 50 ’ N, 26 ̊ 04 ’ E): small island close to the shore, opposite Alexandria Troas; settled ...

generally included the Thrakian Khersone ̄sos. Greeks considered Thrakians primitive and colonized coastal areas; but natives re ...

T. Trebizond ⇒ Trapezous Troas: mountainous peninsula in north-west Anatolia, on the Hellespont; under Persia from the en ...

I A. Verona (mod. Verona; 45 ̊ 26 ’ N, 10 ̊ 59 ’ E): town of north Italy, on the Adige river; described as large and ...