Tomb of Eurysaces: one of the most famous mausolea of ancient Rome.The tomb of Eurysaces near the Porta Maggiore was built in c.30 BCE by a man named Marcus Vergilius Eurysaces. A former slave, he had started a bakery and…
Roompot: possible location of a Roman fort along the North Sea shore.In 173, the Chauci, a tribe that lived in what is now called Groningen and Ostfriesland, and was well-known for its sea-faring qualities, attacked what is now called Flanders.…
Sabratha (Greek Σáβραθα): Phoenician, Punic, and Roman town in northwestern Libya, famous for its theater.
Sabratha, theater
Like Lepcis Magna and Oea,…
Sagalassos (Greek Σαγαλασσός): Hellenistic and Roman city in Pisisia (southwestern Anatolia); modern Ağlasun.Hellenistic Age
The hill on which the Sagalassians defended thei…
Salamis (Greek Σαλαμίς): port on eastern Cyprus, just north of modern Famagusta.
Personification of Salamis (with a mural crown)
Salamis is, essentially,…