Historical place profile
Saldae
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.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:305142
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:305142
- Place type
- port, settlement
- Coordinates
- 36.740851, 5.057965
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
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.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 31 C3 Saldae
Source and reuse
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Research path
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