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Rusicade/Thapsus — by E.W.B. Fentress — last modified Aug 01, 2023 06:12 AM

Rusicade/Thapsus was the port of Cirta and a Roman colonia, located at the mouth of the small river Thapsus.

Saldae — by E.W.B. Fentress — last modified Mar 13, 2023 06:40 PM

Founded by Numidian Berbers, the settlement of Saldae (modern Béjaïa, Algeria) was a minor port during phases of Carthaginian and Roman occupation. The Roman emperor Vespasian established a veteran colony there, at a time when Saldae was part of the province of Mauretania Caesariensis.

Salduba/Saltum — by Jr. — last modified Sep 26, 2020 11:39 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 26 E5 Salduba/Saltum

Salebro? — by W.V. Harris — last modified Jan 05, 2024 05:20 PM

An ancient coastal town with Etruscan origins near Lacus Prelius.

Sanisera — by P.O. Spann — last modified Sep 22, 2024 10:51 AM

Sanisera was a Roman settlement of Menorca.

Savo/Vicus Virginis? — by M. Pearce — last modified Jul 16, 2019 11:22 PM

Savo/Vicus Virginis? (modern Savona) was a Ligurian settlement that came under Roman influence after the Second Punic War.

Senia — by M. Šašel Kos — last modified May 20, 2016 08:44 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 20 B5 Senia

Sexi/Saxetanum — by P.O. Spann — last modified Dec 17, 2019 03:09 PM

Sexi/Saxetanum (modern Almuñécar) was a Phoenician colony established ca. 800 BC that eventually became a Roman one (Sexi Firmum Iulium).

Sinope — by T. Sinclair — last modified May 01, 2024 03:50 PM

Sinope (modern Sinop, Turkey) on the Black Sea has been a major port since the time of the Hittites.

Skandeia — by G. Reger — last modified Jun 06, 2023 07:39 PM

Pausanias locates Skandeia on the coast of the island of Cythera, some 10 stades from the inland settlement of Cythera.

Soloi/Pompeiopolis — by S. Mitchell — last modified Jan 26, 2024 11:00 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 66 F3 Soloi/Pompeiopolis

Spina — by M. Pearce — last modified Nov 17, 2022 02:08 PM

An Etruscan port city at the mouth of the Po river on the Adriatic Sea, most likely founded at the end of the sixth century B.C.

St-Peter-Port — by P. Galliou — last modified Apr 21, 2013 07:16 PM

St-Peter-Port is a port city on the island of Guernsey.

Styra — by J. Fossey — last modified Apr 22, 2024 05:19 PM

Styra was an ancient port city located in the southwestern part of Euboea that possessed also an inland acropolis (on the modern peak of Hagios Nikolaos), extensive quarries, and a series of large stone structures known today as drakospita (dragon's houses).

Sulci(s) — by S.L. Dyson — last modified Nov 23, 2021 11:11 PM

A site with Phoenician origins (founded ca. 730-700 B.C.) located in southwestern Sardinia. Site of a Roman naval victory against Carthage by Gaius Sulpicius Paterculus in 258 BC during the First Punic War.

Sulci(s) — by S.L. Dyson — last modified Jun 22, 2014 06:48 PM

Modern Tortolì, Sardinia.

Sullecthum — by R.B. Hitchner — last modified Jul 31, 2023 09:44 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 33 H2 Sullecthum

Sybaris/Thurii/Copia — by I.E.M. Edlund Berry — last modified Oct 02, 2024 10:14 AM

Sybaris was an ancient city of Magna Graecia founded as an Achaean colony as early as 720 B.C. on a plain drained by both the Crati and Sybaris rivers.

Tainaron (settlement) — by G. Reger — last modified Jan 20, 2022 09:26 PM

An ancient settlement, located near the tip of a southern peninsula of the Peloponnese (modern Cape Matapon in Greece). The site featured a sanctuary of Poseidon and served as both a port and a mercenary staging and recruitment area at least as early as the Classical period.

Tartessos — by Jr. — last modified Oct 17, 2022 01:07 PM

Tartessos was a harbor city and surrounding region located on the southern coast of the Iberian peninsula at the mouth of the Guadalquivir River.