#000|A warrior nation, once the|unchallenged master of the|Greek world.|
#001|Euclid, a disciple of Soc-|rates, was from Megara, a |town proverbial for stupidity|
#002|Fabled seat of Oedipus,|besieged by 7 Argive chiefs|before the Trojan War.|
#003|Capital of the island king-|dom of Crete, home of the|mythic Minotaur.|
#004|The Illyrians have made |this thriving port their|capital.|
#005|The imperial city built on |seven hills.  Centre of a|celebrated empire.|
#006|A port city of no major|strategic importance.||
#007|In 260BC the Roman bat-|tle fleet fell in with a Pun-|ic squadron and won.|
#008|A city whose commanding|position on the straits made |it a desirable conquest.|
#009|Once a major Punic|stronghold.||
#010|A Punic base which in 213|BC took refuge from Ro-|me as an ally of Carthage.|
#011|In 244BC a Latin colony|established here on land con-|fiscated by Rome.|
#012|Strongly garrisoned for|defence and strategically |well-placed for naval attack|
#013|Founded by the Etruscans|and a centre for the bronze|and ceramic industries.|
#014|The centre of the Eleatic|philosophers.||
#015|In 279BC Pyrrhus & his|army of elephants fought a|hard fight with Rome here.|
#016|Trajan spent large sums|improving the harbour works|at Ancona. Strategic.|
#017|An Adriatic port of |Northern Italy.||
#018|Roman port city of the|Adriatic.||
#019|On the island of Corsica|& of no great strategic imp-|ortance. It guards a ruin.|
#020|Famous for its ceramic|industry and as a centre of|trade throughout the empire.|
#021|Harbour at the mouth of the|Tiber with granaries. Often|raided by pirates.|
#022|Rome established its colony|here in 291BC.||
#023|A source of naval strength|for Rome.||
#024|A fine port to embark |from in launching an attack|on Corcyra & then Attica.|
#025|An ally of Rome which|privided ships as part of its|strategic commitment.|
#026|Home of the famed|Oracle.||
#027|A port which features in|the poems of Homer.||
#028|A port strategically placed,|a stone's throw from Italy,|a brief march from Attica.|
#029|An important port of|southern Italy.||
#030|Not far from the capital,|Syracuse, and important|as a naval base.|
#031|Aeschylus, father of Greek|tragedy, visited the Sicilian|capital in 468BC.|
#032|A Mycenaean town tradit-|ionally ruled by Nestor. |Overlooks Navarino Bay.|
#033|Invaded by the Boeotians|in 370-369BC who failed|to take the arsenal.|
#034|Fixed in rivalry with|neighbouring town of Elis.||
#035|One of the great Pan-|hellenic centres, home of the|Olympian Games.|
#036|Until 399 BC port of|the Eleans of Elis.||
#037|A Mycenaean town of|some strength while Athens|was yet comparatively weak|
#038|Attacked by Athens in 459|BC and again in 429BC by|an army led by Pericles.|
#039|Invaluable strategically. |Useful as a base for raiding|Corinth and Megara.|
#040|A port of some strategic|interest.||
#041|An important and powerful|trading nation noted for its|loose living!|
#042|A seaside town not to be|confused with the Minoan|culture of the Cretans.|
#043|Mycenaean town, usurped|control of Olympia in |572 BC.|
#044|Athens, heartland of classi-|cal culture, prime mover in|Greek politics.|
#045|Minoan city, now buried|under Khania, the modern|capital of Crete.|
#046|Washed by waves and |storm, a Cretan town of|no strategic import.|
#047|A large palace and fine|houses reflect the prosperity|of this Cretan town.|
#048|Founded by Athens in|437-6 BC.||
#049|Port of Athens. Strategi-|cally important.||
#050|Euboean city overthrown by|the Athenian Demosthenes|in 341 BC.|
#051|With neighbouring Oreus|formed part of the Euboeic|League in 341 BC.|
#052|Euboean city which re-|mained loyal to Athens in |the Euboean revolt 348BC.|
#053|In a pass near Thermopylae|Leonidas and his 300 Spar-|tans faced the Persian host.|
#054|Thracian town named after|Heracles, founder of the|Olympian Games.|
#055|Port city in Thrace invaded|by Xerxes' great army in |480BC.|
#056|An attack on Methone by |Athens in 431BC was thw-|arted by Spartan Brasidas.|
#057|Near the Spartan colony|Heraclea in Thrace. Gar-|isoned by Spartans.|
#058|Set on a rocky coastline,|home of the legendary |Calydonian boar.|
#059|Set by the sea and rocky|Calydon.  A brief march|from Athens.|
#060|Port city of Ilyria, named|for the god Apollo.||
#061|A colony of Corcyra.|||
#062|A naval nation only a short|jump from the heel of |Italy. |
#063|Set strategically on the south|side of Ambraciot Gulf & |on the north of Ambracia.|
#064|Allied with old enemy|Athens in 343BC against|Philip of Macedonia.|
#065|Western Boeotian town|of minor import.||
#066|A town in western Boeotia|where Athenian General |Tolmides fell in 447BC.|
#067|A Phocian city, restored to|the Boeotian confederacy by|Philip of Macedonia 346BC|
#068|Named for Philip of|Macedon, father of the |great Alexander.|
#069|A minor port of Illyria.|Handy for attacking the|coast of Southern Italy.|
#070|A seaport of Illyria.|||
#071|Seat of Philip & his in-|vincible son Alexander of|the sunblast shield.|
#072|Famed for its cavalry.|||
#073|Macedonian city named|after the regent Antipater.||
#074|An inland town of |Macedonia set upon rocky|hills.|
#075|A port named for the dau-|ghter of Priam & Hecuba,|gifted with prophetic power.|
#076|Named for the daughter|of the incestuous Oedipus.||
#077|Adriatic seaport captured|by Octavian in 36 BC.||
#078|Like Helorus, a port city|of only distant importance|as a naval base.|
#079|A Punic city. In 213 BC|the inhabitants of this city|massacred by Rome.|
#080|Like most port cities on |this coast, often fought over|& quite desirable strateagically|
#081|This harbour provides a fine|strategic base for launching|attacks on Sicily.|
#082|Venetian Hadria, city|of marshes and canals.||
#083|Near the Julian and|Carnic Alps, an Illyrian|port Romanised in 177BC.|
#084|Captured during Octavian's|Adriatic campaign in|36BC.|
#085|In 314BC Rome colonized|this former Samnite city.||
#086|Two hundred miles |from Rome, a mere march.||
#087|Site of naval battle in 433|BC between Corcyra, its|Athenian allies and Corinth.|
#088|An important port city and|centre of the iron industry.||
#089|The chief trading city of|the peninsular.||
