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In 64 BC, the Roman Republic gained control of the city. Zeugma was of great importance to the Roman Empire as it was located at a strategically important place. Up to 70,000 people lived in the city, and it became a center for the military and commerce for the ancient Romans. [2] In 253 AD, it was destroyed by the Sassanids, but was later ...
Marcianopolis city model (Devnya museum) and showing the location of the House of Antiope in the centre. Marcianopolis or Marcianople (Greek: Μαρκιανούπολις), also known as Parthenopolis was an ancient Greek, then Roman capital city and archbishopric in Moesia Inferior. It is located at the site of modern-day Devnya, Bulgaria. The ...
The Gortyn code (also called the Great Code [1]) was a legal code that was the codification of the civil law of the ancient Greek city-state of Gortyn in southern Crete. History [ edit ]
In ancient China, the first comprehensive criminal code was the Tang Code, created in 624 AD in the Tang Dynasty. The following is a list of ancient legal codes in chronological order: Cuneiform law. The code of law found at Ebla (2400 BC) Code of Urukagina (2380–2360 BC) Code of Ur-Nammu, king of Ur (c. 2050 BC). Copies with slight ...
Letopolis (Greek: Λητοῦς Πόλις) was an ancient Egyptian city, the capital of the second nome of Lower Egypt. Its Egyptian name was Khem 𓋊𓐍𓐝𓂜𓊖𓉐 (ḫm), [ 2 ] and the modern site of its remains is known as Ausim ( Arabic : اوسيم , from Coptic : ⲟⲩϣⲏⲙ, ⲃⲟⲩϣⲏⲙ ).
The former name of the town is Shubrā Ankalusā (Arabic: شبرا انكلسا). The ancient city of Bashrud is thought to be in Sidi Ghazy (Kom el-Ahmar). سيدي غازي Ἐλεαρχία Al-Haddadi/ Nastarawa ⲛⲓϣⲧⲉⲣⲱⲟⲩ Ništerōw: [nəʃtəˈroːw] Ništarōw: [nəʃtɑˈroːw] From Ancient Egyptian: nht-bꜣst.t-rw, lit.
Ancient theater of Aptera Aptera ( Ἄπτερα [ 1 ] or Ἀπτερία [ 2 ] ) or Apteron [ 3 ] was an ancient city, now an archaeological site in Kalives [ 4 ] in western Crete , a kilometre inland from the southern shore of Souda Bay , [ 5 ] about 13 km east of the city of Chania in the municipality of Chania .
The town ruled over a small kingdom, covering the lands between the lower Dnieper and Crimea. Between the end of the 4th century BC and the beginning of the 3rd century BC, historians suggest that the Kizil-Koba culture occupied the area of Scythian Neapolis before any Scythian artefacts were found; Neapolis was destroyed by the Goths halfway ...