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Ptolemais Theron — by D.T. Potts — last modified Jan 05, 2022 11:43 AM

Ptolemais Theron was an ancient marketplace on the western coast of the Red Sea. Its precise location on the Sudanese Red Sea coast is now unknown, but many scholars view modern Aqiq (Hillat `Agig) as the most likely alternative.

Pydna/Kitron — by E.N. Borza — last modified Feb 06, 2024 01:40 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 50 C4 Pydna/Kitron

Pyrgos (Kefalonia) — by W.M. Murray — last modified Aug 19, 2022 08:17 PM

A small fortress with cyclopean masonry reported in the 19th century in the north central part of the Ionian island of Kefalonia, at an inhabited place called Pyrgos near the town of Plagia. At the time, the fort was already partially dismantled by dynamiting and also partially built over. The fortress is presumed to have been of Hellenistic date, but coins of Roman date were also reported.

Pyxous/Buxentum (settlement) — by I.E.M. Edlund Berry — last modified Apr 17, 2024 04:32 PM

An ancient coastal settlement of south Italy, modern Policastro Bussentino.

Qasr Bayir — by S.T. Parker — last modified Apr 28, 2023 11:34 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 71 D4 Qasr Bayir

Racalmuto — by R.J.A. Wilson — last modified Apr 07, 2021 05:07 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 47 D4 Racalmuto

Reginca/Aletum — by P. Galliou — last modified Nov 12, 2023 06:17 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 7 D3 Reginca/Aletum

Rienda Roman Villa — by H.S. Sivan — last modified Jul 27, 2022 09:09 AM

In the 1960s, agricultural activity unearthed evidence of a Roman-era villa at modern Rienda in Spain, which was then administratively associated with the municipality of La Artieda de Aragón (it is now part of the Sigüés municipality in Zaragosa province). Subsequent excavation revealed a large courtyard and other structures, as well as a number of mosaics.

Ripacandida — by I.E.M. Edlund Berry — last modified Aug 03, 2021 07:44 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 45 C3 Ripacandida

Roman bridge at Palidoro — by L. Quilici — last modified Feb 04, 2021 10:27 AM

An ancient Roman bridge along the Via Aurelia.

Rubi — by I.E.M. Edlund Berry — last modified Jul 19, 2023 03:11 PM

Rubi was a statio in Apulia, located along the Via Minucia.

S. Casciano dei Bagni — by W.V. Harris — last modified Jan 04, 2024 09:53 PM

The village of San Casciano dei Bagni, located south of Siena, Italy, has been frequented since at least the first millennium BCE on account of its thermal springs with supposedly healing properties.

S. Salvatore di Cabras — by S.L. Dyson — last modified Sep 27, 2021 09:47 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 48 A3 S. Salvatore di Cabras

Sacidava — by A.G. Poulter — last modified Apr 05, 2017 05:31 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 22 E4 Sacidava

Saena — by W.V. Harris — last modified Nov 21, 2023 09:40 PM

Saena was an Etruscan city that received a Roman colony (Saena Iulia) in the time of Augustus.

Saetabis — by P.O. Spann — last modified Jul 14, 2022 06:04 PM

Saetabis was a town of the Contestani in Hispania Tarraconensis. It has been identified with the modern Spanish town of Xàtiva in the province of Valencia.

Safsaf — by D.J. Mattingly — last modified Mar 16, 2023 04:43 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 38 C1 Safsaf

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).

Salamis (settlement) — by J.S. Traill — last modified Mar 01, 2024 10:38 AM

The ancient city of Salamis was located on the Saronic island of the same name, overlooking the modern Ampelaki Bay to the east. The site was likely largely in the area now covered by the modern city of Ambelaki/Ampelaki.

Salmydessos — by C. Foss — last modified Sep 13, 2022 07:48 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 52 C1 Salmydessos (1)