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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.

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.

Rhapta — by D.T. Potts — last modified Sep 01, 2022 03:25 PM

A city and trading port on the east coast of Africa, mentioned in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea and other sources. Probably to be located in the area south of modern Dar es-Salaam, in or around the Rufiji Delta and Mafia archipelago (Tanzania). Rhapta's location has not been archaeologically verified, but monumental architecture identified in 2016 off the north coast of Mafia island is a strong candidate.

Rhion — by Ryan Horne — last modified Jun 08, 2022 08:13 PM

An ancient harbor and political dependent of Molykreion. Its precise location cannot be determined today.

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 19, 2021 03:02 PM

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.

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

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 33 H2 Ruspe

Rutubis — by R. Talbert — last modified Mar 15, 2014 05:52 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 1 B4 Rutubis

Sa Caleta — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Dec 04, 2023 02:44 PM

A Phoenician settlement of the eighth and seventh centuries B.C.

Saint-Martin-le-Bas, Gruissan — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Mar 16, 2022 07:12 AM

An archaeological site covering some 3 ha in the modern French commune of Gruissan (Aude department), with occupation beginning in the first century BCE and continuing to Late Antiquty.

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.

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