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,…
In his History of the Jugurthine War, section 78, the Roman author Sallust (86-34 BCE) informs us about the early history of Lepcis Magna. When he speaks about "Sidon", he probably does not mean the city, but Phoenicia in general;…
Sallustia Orbiana: name of a Roman empress, wife of the emperor Severus Alexander (r.222-235)
Sallustia Orbiana
Life
Date of birth unknown; daughter of…
Cornelia Salonina (†268 CE): name of a Roman empress, wife of Gallienus.
Salonina
Life
Date of birth and parents unknown
254: Made Augusta
268: Probably…
Samaria (Hebrew Šomron): residence of the kings of ancient Israel, and provincial capital in the Assyrian, Babylonian, Achaemenid, and Seleucid empires. The Jews of Jerusalem did not accept the religious ideas of the people of Samaria, but acknowledged that the…
Samaritans: group of monotheists worshipping YHWH on Mount Gerizim. They are related to but not identical with the inhabitants of ancient Samaria.Samaritanism resembles Judaism, but there are several differences.
Samaritans think that the temple of YHWH should not be on Mount…