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Rhizon/Risinium — by M. Šašel Kos — last modified Aug 04, 2023 10:38 PM

A city on the Adriatic coast of Dalmatia with a protected harbor.

Roman harbor at Carthage — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Apr 16, 2021 05:05 PM

Roman engineers began modifying the Punic harbor by the late second century B.C.

Roman vicus and harbor at Lousonna — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Dec 06, 2021 06:34 AM

The site is located in modern Lausanne-Vidy

Rouskiane — by I.E.M. Edlund Berry — last modified Jul 29, 2024 10:46 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 46 E2 Rouskiane

Rusaddir — by T.W. Potter — last modified May 16, 2022 08:00 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 29 C1 Rusaddir

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.

Saintes-Marie-de-la-Mer Roman Port — by Tom Elliott — last modified Aug 16, 2023 10:22 PM

A Roman commercial port near the modern French town of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer is attested by over forty Roman-era shipwrecks discovered in the area since the 1990s, most carrying cargoes of metal. The excavators posit in Roman times a significantly different coastline (generally further south) and an old mouth of the Rhone (Ancien Rhône de Saint-Ferréol), located to the east of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (Long 2011, Figure 1).

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.

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

Sorna Roman Villa and Church — by Francis Tassaux — last modified Feb 14, 2020 06:36 AM

Near Parentium (today Porec/Parenzo in Croatia), Cape Sorna (Zorna) first hosted a large villa maritima, and then a small early Christian church.

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.