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Portus Herculis — by W.V. Harris — last modified Jan 19, 2024 11:26 AM

Portus Herculis is located on the eastern side of the Monte Argentario peninsula, about 40 km south-east of Grosseto and about 7 km south-west of Orbetello. and about 12 km from Porto Santo Stefano. The site is in use as a port in the Etruscan, Roman, and Late Antique phases of occupation. It is included on the Peutinger map and in the Itinerarium Maritimum.

Portus Liquentiae — by M. Pearce — last modified Mar 11, 2017 12:26 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 40 D1 Portus Liquentiae

Portus Pisanus? — by W.V. Harris — last modified Nov 19, 2021 04:04 PM

The port city of Roman Pisa.

Portus Sigensis — by T.W. Potter — last modified Sep 23, 2023 02:16 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 29 D1 Portus Sigensis

Portus Sucronis — by P.O. Spann — last modified Dec 01, 2023 09:47 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 27 E2 Portus Sucronis

Portus Veneris — by W.V. Harris — last modified Jul 26, 2018 09:25 AM

A Roman maritime community that may derive its name from a local sanctuary of Venus, Portus Veneris served as the base of the Byzantine fleet until it was destroyed in A.D. 643.

Portus Veneris — by H.S. Sivan — last modified Jul 26, 2018 09:25 AM

An ancient seaport located near Cape Béar, modern Port-Vendres in France.

Portus Victoriae Iuliobrigensium — by E.W. Haley — last modified Nov 01, 2023 11:23 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 24 H1 Portus Victoriae Iuliobrigensium

Potidaion — by J. Bennet — last modified Aug 01, 2020 08:29 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 60 E4 Potidaion

Prusias ad Mare/Kios — by C. Foss — last modified Jun 18, 2023 10:14 PM

Prusias ad Mare/Kios was an ancient Greek city on the Propontis. The city joined the Aetolian League and was destroyed by Philip V of Macedon. Prusias I of Bithynia rebuilt the site, naming it for himself.

Ptolemais/Barkes Limen — by D.J. Mattingly — last modified Nov 07, 2022 10:56 AM

An ancient capital of Cyrenaica, Ptolemais was probably named after Ptolemy III Euergetes. The city was founded in either the seventh or sixth century BC.

Pyrgi — by N. Purcell — last modified Jan 14, 2024 11:33 PM

Pyrgi is an ancient Etruscan port city on the Tyrrhenian coast of Italy. A Roman colony was established at the site by 191 B.C. In 1964 the bi-lingual 'Pyrgi Plaques' were discovered during the course of excavations.

Pythagoreion — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Mar 08, 2023 11:45 AM

An ancient fortified port on Samos.

Qatif — by D.T. Potts — last modified Oct 06, 2013 01:01 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 95 B3 Qatif

R(h)oda — by H.S. Sivan — last modified Mar 31, 2023 11:52 AM

A Greek trading settlement in northeastern Spain founded by the Rhodians.

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.

Rouskiane — by I.E.M. Edlund Berry — last modified Jul 19, 2021 03:02 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 46 E2 Rouskiane

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.

Ruspe — by R.B. Hitchner — last modified Apr 18, 2021 04:01 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.