Left alone while her husband was miles away in the city, the modern wife assumed more and more duties normally reserved for the male.

Anavarza ) was an ancient Cilician city, situated in Anatolia in modern Turkey, in the present Çukurova ( or classical Aleian plain ) about 15 km west of the main stream of the present Ceyhan River ( or classical Pyramus river ) and near its tributary the Sempas Su.

Ambracia, occasionally Ampracia (), was a city of ancient Greece on the site of modern Arta.

The following year, 478 BC, the Allies sent a force to capture the city of Byzantion ( modern day Istanbul ).

Insofar as it carried railroad trains under a city street, some have claimed it be the world's first subway tunnel, though, unlike a modern rapid transit subway, it had no stations.

The town was ruled from the " Rore " tower, which has been incorporated into the modern city hall.

The modern city not only encloses the entire harbor but takes up the better part of the Gulf of Ajaccio and in suburban form extends for some miles up the valley of the Gravona River.

Alexandria Troas (" Alexandria of the Troad ", modern ) is an ancient Greek city situated on the Aegean Sea near the northern tip of Turkey's western coast, a little south of Tenedos ( modern Bozcaada ).

For the Ottoman and modern city ( after 1453 ), see Istanbul.

The name of the city was officially changed to Istanbul in 1930 following the establishment of modern Turkey.

* Istanbul details the history of the city from 1453 on, and describes the modern city.

Later on, they attacked the city of Noreia ( in modern Austria ) shortly before a group of Boii ( 32, 000 according to Julius Caesar-the number is probably an exaggeration ) joined the Helvetii in their attempt to settle in western Gaul.

This was challenged legally on the basis that no prior team relocations ( in the modern era ) left a city without a team.

In the event, due to the urgently needed reinforcements in the Thracian front, Bulgarian Headquarters was soon forced to remove its troops from the city ( while the Greeks agreed by mutual treaty to remove their units based in Serres ) and transport them to Dedeağaç ( modern Alexandroupolis ), but still it left behind a battalion that started fortifying its positions.

This city had different specialized districts, much as is seen in modern city planning today.

The immense influence on the identity of Cambodia to come was wrought by the Khmer Kingdom of Bhavapura, in the modern day Cambodian city of Kompong Thom.

* Preah Ko Style ( 877-886 AD ): Hariharalaya was the first capital city of the Khmer empire located in the area of Angkor ; its ruins are in the area now called Roluos some fifteen kilometers southeast of the modern city of Siem Reap.

Chang ' an ( modern Xi ' an ), the national capital, was the largest city in the world of its time.

The title was also used in other city states and also revived in modern states, notably in the First French Republic.

One of Claudius's investigators discovered that many old Roman citizens based in the modern city of Trento were not in fact citizens.

It was inspired by the English garden city movement ; hence the original English name Park ( in the Catalan language spoken in Catalonia where Barcelona is located, the word for " Park " is " Parc ", and the name of the place is " Parc Güell " in its original language ).

On flowing out of the lake it passes through Thun, and then flows through the city of Bern, passing beneath eighteen bridges and around the steeply-flanked peninsula on which the Old City is located.

Acapulco ’ s most historic building is the San Diego Fort, located east of the main square and originally built in 1616 to protect the city from pirate attacks.

Geographically, Aachen is the westernmost city of Germany, located along its borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, west of Cologne.

RWTH Aachen University, one of Germany's Universities of Excellence, is located in the city.

Alfonso also moved the capital from Pravia, where Silo had located it, to Oviedo, the city of his father's founding and his birth.

Nevertheless, Canberra stands as an exemplary city design and is located halfway between the ski slopes and the beach.

The Alvar Aalto Museum, designed by Aalto himself, is located in what is regarded as his home city Jyväskylä.

The Acropolis of Athens ( Greek: Ακρόπολη Αθηνών ) is an ancient citadel located on a high rocky outcrop above the city of Athens and containing the remains of several ancient buildings of great architectural and historic significance, the most famous being the Parthenon.

The Acropolis is located on a flat-topped rock that rises above sea level in the city of Athens, with a surface area of about 3 hectares.

AZ play their home games at the AFAS Stadion, located in the southern part of the city of Alkmaar.

The campus of the University of Alicante is located in San Vicente del Raspeig, bordering the city of Alicante to the north.

He settled in the free imperial city of Regensburg, a town located on the Danube River in 1505, eventually becoming the town architect and a town councillor.

Abakan (; Khakas: Ағбан ) is the capital city of the Republic of Khakassia, Russia, located in the central part of Minusinsk Depression, at the confluence of the Yenisei and Abakan Rivers.

Ajmer has a population of around 551, 360 in its urban agglomeration and 542, 580 for the city ( 2011 census ), and is located west of Jaipur, the state capital, 274 km from Udaipur, 439 km from Jaisalmer, and 391 km from Delhi.

The city lies on the Golden Quadrilateral National Highway ( NH ) 8, midway between Delhi and Mumbai and is located about 400 km from Delhi and 135 km from Jaipur.

* In Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, Sakharov Square, located in the heart of the city, is named after him.

The city is located in rich farm country, which produces corn, soybeans, and tomatoes ; and is in the Indiana natural gas region, to which fact it owed its growth as a manufacturing center.

The municipality is composed of 14 parishes ( freguesias ), and is located in Aveiro District and the chief city of Baixo Vouga.

The province's most populous city is Vancouver, which is not on Vancouver Island but rather is located in the southwest corner of the mainland ( an area often called the Lower Mainland ).

The city was referred to as " Hüdavendigar " ( meaning " God's Gift ") during the Ottoman period, while a more recent nickname is " Yeşil Bursa " ( meaning " Green Bursa ") in reference to the parks and gardens located across its urban tissue, as well as to the vast forests in rich variety that extend in the surrounding region.

One of the most popular skiing resorts of Turkey is located at Uludağ just next to the city proper.

The brewery is located in the city of Sabaneta, near Medellín.

Commissioner Paul Tagliabue promised the city of Cleveland that an NFL team would be located in Cleveland, either through relocation or expansion, " no later than 1999 ".

Bethlehem ( or, lit " House of Meat ";,,, lit " House of Bread ;", Vithleém ) is a city located in the central West Bank and approximately south of Jerusalem, with a population of about 30, 000 people.