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1. Imperial Rome (3rd century AC)
1. Imperial Rome (3rd century AC)
3. Phoenician Carthage (3rd century BC)
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5. Thebes, present-day Luxor (3rd century BC)
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7. The glorious city-palace of Persepolis (5th century BC)
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8. Roman Jerusalem (1st century AC)
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9. Constantinople (11th century AC) https://twitter.com/xruiztru/status/1259926550121787396">https://twitter.com/xruiztru/...
10. Londinium, present-day London (2nd century AC)
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11. Tarraco, present-day Tarragona (2nd century AC)
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12. Homeric city of Troy (11th century BC)
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13. Spalatum, present-day Split (3rd century AC)
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16. Ur, the first great city of Sumer (21st century BC)
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17. Karnak Temple Complex (10th century BC)
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19. Lutetia, present-day Paris (2nd century AC)
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20. Aeminium, present-day Conimbriga (2nd century AC)
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21. Colonia Agrippina, present-day Cologne (3rd century AC)
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22. Akhetaten, present-day el-Amarna (14th century BC)
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24. Barcino, present-day Barcelona (2nd century AC)
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25. Semitic city-state of Mari (20 century BC)
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26. Chang& #39;an, present-day Xi& #39;an (1st century BC)
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28. Emerita Augusta, present-day Mérida (2nd century AC)
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30. Aquae Sulis, present-day Bath (3rd century AC)
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31. Giza pyramid complex (26th century BC)
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Colonia Iulia Emona, present day Ljubljana (1st century AC)
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33. Linzi, capital of the ancient Chinese state of Qi (9th century BC)
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34. Ephesus (2nd century AC)
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35. Tenochtitlán, present-day Mexico City (14th century)
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39. Cesarea (end of 2nd century AC)
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40. Carthago Nova, present-day Cartagena (1st century AC)
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41. Gerasa, present-day Jerash (2nd century AC)
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