Tharros

settlement · 750 BC – 2099 AD

An ancient Phoenician settlement located in western Sardinia on a promontory in the Gulf of Oristano, just south of modern San Giovanni di Sinis. While it originates as a Punic or Carthaginian settlement ca. 700 BCE, it continued as a major town in Roman times.

Coordinates

39.87486, 8.44101

Also known as

San Giovanni di Sinis (it), San Giovanni di Sinis, S. Giovanni di Sinis (it), Tarras (grc), Tharros, Thárros (grc), Θάρρος (grc), Τάῤῥας (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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