Ancient and present city names

[V.T. Marvin]

Hello, friends! The idea behind this thread is to compile a comprehensive list matching EB settlements with their current names or with names of present cities that are more or less in the same place cities. It would allow, for instance, to easily find your favourite EB settlement in
Google Earth, or plan your holiday trip.

Some are pretty obvious - Roma = Rome, Side = Side, etc. but others might be more interesting and not everyone might know them - like Ecbatana = Hamadan, and such.

I would therefore like to encourage you to post as many matching couples as you know of. Some interesting info on the liquistics or meaning of the city name would also be much appreciated.

And here is what we have so far...

Adrumeto = Sousse, Tunesia
Ak-Ink = Budapest, Hungary
Alexandreia = Alexandria (or Al Iskandariyah in Arabic), Egypt
Alexandria-Ariana = Herat, Afghanistan
Alexandria-Eschate = Khujand (in the Fergana valley), Tajikstan
Alexandropolis = Kandahar, Afghanistan*
Ambrakia= Arta, Greece
Ammonion = Siwa, Egypt
Ani-Kamah = Gyumri, Armenia*
Ankyra = Ankara, Turkey
Antiocheia = Antioch (or Antakya i Turkish), Turkey
Antiocheia-Margiane = Merv, Turkmenistan
Arbela = Irbil, Iraq
Ariminium = Rimini, Italy
Armavir = Armavir, Armenia
Arpi = Foggia, Italy
Arretium = Arezzo, Italy
Arsé = Sagunto (or Sagunt in Catalanian), Spain
Artaunon = Heidetränk-Oppidum near Frankfurt a/M, Germany
Ascaucalis = Kalisz, Poland
Athenai = Athens, Greece
Atiqa = Destroyed around 800AD, Tunisia
Augila = Awjila, Lybia
Aventicos = Avenches, Suisse
Axum = Axum, Ethiopia
Baktra = Balkh, Afghanistan
Bocchoris = ruins near Pollença (Mallorca), Spain
Bononia = Bologna, Italy
Burdigala = Bordeaux, France
Byzantion = Istanbul, Turkey
Caern-Brigantae = Aldborough near Bidborough, England
Camulosadae = Colchester (?), England
Capua = Santa Maria Capua Vetere or Capua, Italy
Carali = Cagliari, Italy
Carna = Qarnaw, Destroyed (?) in the Ramlat al-Sab`atayn desert, Yemen
Carrodunum = Kraków, Poland
Cassemor = Southend-on-sea, England
Cenabum = Orleans, France
Chach = Tashkent, Uzbekistan*
Charax = Madaniyah, Iraq*-Near al Basrah
Chersonesos = Sevastopol (?), Ukraine
Damaskos = Dimashq, Syria
Darioritum= Vannes, France
Diospolis-Megale/Thebes - near Luxor and al-Karnak, Egypt
Ekbatana = Hamadan, Iran
Emporion = Empuries, Spain
Gabai = Isfahan, Iran
Gader = Cadiz, Spain
Gandhara = Islamabad, Pakistan*
Garama = Sabha, Lybia*
Gawajam-Heruskoz = Dortmund
Gawajam-Kimbroz = Vorbasse, Denmark
Gerrha = Near the ruins of fort Uqair, Saudi Arabia
Halikarnassos = Bodrum, Turkey
Hibis = Kharga, Egypt
Hierosolyma = Jerusalem, Israel
Ictis = Exeter (?), England
Ippone/Hippo Regius = Annaba, Algeria
Iuvavoaeta = Salzburg, Austria
Kallatis = Mangalia, Romania
Karmana = Kerman, Iran*
Kart-Hadast = Tunis, Tunisia
Khiva = Xiva, Uzbekistan
Kophen = Kabul, Afghanistan
Korinthos = Corinth, Greece
Kirtan = Destroyed and rebuilt as Constantine, Algeria
Kydonia = Chania, Greece
Kyrene = Destroyed, ruins near Shahhat, Lybia
Lepki = Wadi Lebda, Al Khums, Lybia
Lixus = north of Larache, Morocco
Lilybaeum = Marsala, Italy
Marakanda = Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Maryab = Ma'rib, Yemen
Massilia = Marseille, France
Mastia = Cartagena, Spain
Mediolanum = Milan, Italy
Memphis = Ruins near Cairo
Meroe = Deserted, in the middle of nowhere, Sudan
Mesana = Messina, Italy
Mitilene = Mitilini, Greece
Naissos = Niš, Serbia
Nikaia = Iznik, Turkey
Nisa = Ashgabat, Turkmenistan*
Numantia = destroyed, but the ruins are near Soria, Spain
Olbia = Zhovetnovoye, Ukraine* S of Mikolaiv
Opiana = Sitpur, Pakistan-closest major city is Multan*
Pantikapaion= Kerch, Ukraine
Paraitonion - Marsa Matruh, Egypt
Patala = South of Hyderabad x East of Karachi, Pakistan*
Patavium = Padua, Italy
Pella = Pella, Greece
Pergamon = Bergama, Turkey
Persepolis = Persepolis (UNESCO World Heritige Site) about 70km SW of Shiraz, Iran
Petra = Petra, Jordan
Petridava = Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine
Phraaspa = SE of Tabriz, Iran*
Pselkis = El-Dakka, Egypt?
Ptolemais-Theron = Aqiq, in the vicinity of Massawa, Eritrea
Ratae Corieltauvorum = Leicester, England
Rhegion = Reggio di Calabria, Italy
Rhodos = Rhodos, Greece
Roma = Rome, Italy
Sabata = Shabwa, Yemen
Sala = Chellah, on the outskirts of Rabat, Morocco
Sardis = Sart, Turkey
Segesta = Sestri Levante, Italy
Segestica = Sisak, Croatia
Seleukeia/Ctesiphon = Baghdad, Iraq*
Serdike = Sophia, Bulgaria
Side = Manavgat, Turkey
Siga = Raghgoun, Algeria
Singidunum = Belgrade, Serbia
Syracosai = Siracusa, Italy
Tamane = Bayhan al Qisab, Yemen
Tanais = Rostov-na-Donu, Russia*
Taras = Taranto, Italy
Tarsos = Tarsus, Turkey
Tingis = Tangier (or Tanja in Berber and Arabic), Morocco
Tolosa = Toulouse, France
Trapezous = Trabzon, Turkey
Tylis = Plovdiv (?), Bulgaria
Ubar = Iram (?) The lost city in the Rub' al Khali desert (Oman, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Yemen)
Vesoncio= Besançon, France
Vindobona=Vienna, Austria
Ynys-Mon = Anglesey, Wales
Zadraka(r)ta = Sari, Iran

*for approximate locations, the nearest large city is listed

I will update the list as more cities will be identified.

Thank you for your co-operation!

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