I mentioned Bill Thayer & his great site of Italian Villages with an emphasis on history. See
Gazetteer of Italy.
Well, it seems that he discovered & read the thread (secret U of Chicago bot) and tried to register to make a comment. He also wanted to share a great link from Jona Lendering called:
MOMENTVM which has Google map images of over 700 ancient places & ruins. Wow! If you are a Google maps junkie & an ancient ruins junkie (like me) than have a look.
Bill's post ended up as Awaiting Moderation & was rejected.
Ian