Saldae
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: E.W.B. Fentress
Creators: E.W.B. Fentress
Contributors:
DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
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Last modified
Mar 13, 2023 06:40 PM
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History
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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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/305142
36.740851, 5.057965
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 14571 (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARE Location (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 100 meters.
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- Béjaïa (English, modern)
- Colonia Iulia Augusta Salditanorum (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Saldae (330 BC - AD 640)
- Saldae part of (administrative) Mauretania Caesariensis (30 BC - AD 300)
- Saldae part of (administrative) Mauretania Sitifensis (AD 300 - AD 640)
- Saldae next place in route Muslubium (30 BC - AD 640)
- Rusazus? next place in route Saldae (30 BC - AD 550)
- Ruzai next place in route Saldae (30 BC - AD 640)
- Unnamed aqueduct supplying Saldae flows into Saldae (unspecified date range)
settlement, port
- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 31 C3 Saldae
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Béjaia
E.W.B. Fentress, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Saldae: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/305142> [accessed: 22 December 2024]
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