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Tarquinia
An Etruscan city. Tarquinia was the birthplace of the first Etruscan king in Rome, Lucius Priscus Tarquinius (Lucumo). Tarquinius was a son of a Co...
By Jimmy Joe
Etruria
The people who spoke the extinct Etruscan language were called Etruscans by the Romans, but Tyrrhenians or Tyrrenians by the Greeks. The sea was na...
By Jimmy Joe
Massalia (Marseille)
Massalia, or Massilia, the ancient name for the modern city of Marseille, now the second largest city in France. The city was located on the coast ...
By Jimmy Joe
Liguria
Liguria is a coastal region of northwest Italy, the principal city being Genoa, which was a small town called Genua in ancient times. As far as I c...
By Jimmy Joe
Italy
Articles of cities and regions in Italy, Sicily and western Europe. Italy Sicily To see the map of Italy, click here . Italy Geographically, Italy,...
By Jimmy Joe
Cherronesus
Cherronesus was the legendary city of the Amazons, located somewhere in western Libya. Most of the (scarce) details about the city came from Diodor...
By Timeless Myths
Carthage
Carthage was a Phoenician city in North Africa, which was located near the modern city of Tunis. The original name of the city was probably Byrsa (...
By Jimmy Joe
Cyrene
Cyrene was a coastal city in Libya. It was named after the Thessalian nymph named Cyrene. Historically, Cyrene was a Greek colony, which became a m...
By Jimmy Joe
Libya
Libya was a large region, west of Egypt, in northern Africa. This included the present day Libya, including modern Morocco, in the West. The region...
By Jimmy Joe
Memphis
Memphis was an ancient city of the Lower Nile. Epaphus, king of Egypt, founded the ancient city of Memphis, which he named after his wife, daughter...
By Jimmy Joe
Egypt
Egypt was an ancient kingdom ruled by kings known as Pharaohs. Cities were built mostly along the river Nile and the Delta Nile. Io was the daughte...
By Jimmy Joe
Tyre
Tyre (modern Sur) was a principal coastal city of southern Phoenicia. The Greeks often confused Tyre with Sidon, its northern neighbour. Sidon was ...