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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 Jun 19, 2018 11:11 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.

Saww — by Gabriel Mckee — last modified Apr 11, 2023 05:51 PM

A port on the Red Sea, located at a small dhow harbor now called Mersa Gawasis. The port was used during the 12th Dynasty for expeditions to Punt and Sinai.

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.

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.

Stifone — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified May 17, 2022 03:45 PM

Evidence of a Roman shipyard has been discovered at the locality of Stifone within the comune of Le Mole of the town of Narni. This shpiyard was connected to an artificial canal dug adjacent to the river Nera.

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 Aug 25, 2023 11:41 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.

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