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Ruspe — by R.B. Hitchner — last modified Sep 11, 2024 08:29 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 33 H2 Ruspe

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

Septem — by M. Euzennat — last modified Jun 22, 2018 07:47 AM

Now the Spanish exclave of Ceuta, Septem is an ancient port whose phases are not entirely clear owing to modern overburden. The city was the seat of a bishopric in the Byzantine period and was the last of Morocco's cities to recognize the authority of the emperor at the time of the Arab conquest.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Telamon — by W.V. Harris — last modified Sep 24, 2023 09:47 AM

An ancient city of coastal Etruria, Telamon was eventually razed by L. Cornelius Sulla.

Thapsus — by R.B. Hitchner — last modified Aug 16, 2024 01:19 PM

An ancient settlement and port, located at modern Ras Dimass in the Tunisian municipality of Bekalta (Monastir). Habitation at the site dates to at least the 6th century BCE and continued through the Byzantine and into the Islamic period, but it appears that the main settlement itself relocated to Bekalta in medieval times.

Tingi — by M. Euzennat — last modified Jan 27, 2024 05:31 PM

Tingi (modern Tangier) began as a Carthaginian colony of the early 5th century BC. A commercial center, Tingi came under the Roman sphere in the first century BC, initially as a free city but later as the site of a colony (Colonia Julia) under Claudius and the capital of Mauritania Tingitana.

Tipasa — by D.J. Mattingly — last modified Mar 13, 2023 07:35 PM

An ancient settlement and emporion.

Torikos/Pagras Limen/Heptalou Limen — by David Braund — last modified Mar 02, 2022 05:16 PM

Torikos/Pagras Limen/Heptalou Limen (modern Gelendzhik) was a Greek trading outpost on the Black Sea known to the Romans as Pagrae.

Trajanic harbor — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Dec 01, 2023 09:41 AM

The hexagonal Trajanic harbor basin at Portus was built between 100 and 112. Its maximum diameter is approximately 716 meters.