OK, I'm sorry:
"Domus Dulcis Domus looks to be on the site of modern Vilnius, although obviously there was never actually a town called "Home Sweet Home" in ancient times."
Apart from being accurate to the point of pedantry, is there any point in making the distinction between a fictitious settlement where a modern city stands, or where an ancient city once existed?
Tanais = (30km west of Rostov on Don, Ukraine)
Chersonesos = Sevastopol, Ukraine
Kotais = K'ut'aisi, Georgia
Started work on a methodical list, starting south of the Mediterranean, West to East. (Parentheses) means ancient ruin with no modern equivalent:
Tingi - Tangiers
Cirta - Constantine
Carthage - (Carthage)
Thapsus - (Ras Dimas)
Dimmidi - Messaad
Nepte - Nafta
Lepcis Magna - (Al Khums)
Cyrene - (Shahat)
Siwa - Siwa
Alexandria - Alexandria
Memphis - (Mit Rahineh)
Thebes - Luxor / Karnak
Petra - (Petra)
Bostra - (Bostra)
Dumatha - (Thought to be Dumah)
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