CLAS/HIST240 Ancient Societies:
Everyday Life in Ancient Greece and Rome
Department of Classics, Monmouth College

List of Geographic Places to Learn

You should know the athletic significance of each of the following places (written in capital letters) and be able to locate each place on a map of the Mediterranean world for a Map/Geography Quiz.  Click here for a sample map.

GREEK WORLD

ACHAEA
AETOLIA
ARCADIA
ARGOLIS (ARGOLID)
ATHENS
ANTIOCHIA
ATTICA
ALEXANDRIA
BOETIA
BOSPHORUS
BYZANTIUM
CARIA
CORINTH
CRETE
CYPRUS
CYRENE
ELIS
EPHESUS
IONIA
KNOSSOS (CNOSSUS)
LACONIA
LESBOS
MACEDONIA
NEAPOLIS
OLYMPIA
PELOPONNESE
PERGAMUM
PONTUS
RHEGIUM
SICILY
SPARTA
SYBARIS
SYRACUSE
THESSALY
THRACE

Also (not in book):
CYCLADES
MYCENAE
THERA
TROY

ROMAN WORLD

ACHAEA
AEGYPTUS
AFRICA
ASIA
ANTIOCHIA
AUGUSTA TREVERORUM
BILBILIS
BRITANNIA
CARTHAGO
CONSTANTINOPOLIS
CORDUBA
CYRENAICA
DACIA
DAMASCUS
DURA-EUROPUS
EMERITA AUGUSTA
EPHESUS
ETRURIA
GALLIA
GERMANIA
HISPANIA
ILLYRICUM
ITALIA
LATIUM
LEPTIS MAGNA
LONDINIUM
LUGDUNUM
MACEDONIA
MAGNA GRAECIA
MASSILIA
MEDIOLANUM
MESOPOTAMIA
MOESIA
NORICUM
PAESTUM
POMPEII
RAETIA
ROMA
SARDINIA ET CORSICA
SILICIA
SYRIA

Good websites for mapwork include: http://www.hsa.brown.edu/~maicar/MapGreece.html
Interactive Ancient Mediterranean

This material has been published on the web by Prof. Tom Sienkewicz for his students at Monmouth College. If you have any questions, you can contact him at toms@monm.edu.

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