Saldae

settlement · 330 BC – 2100 AD

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.

Coordinates

36.74085, 5.05796

Also known as

Bicāye (ota), Béjaïa (en), Colonia Iulia Augusta Salditanorum (la), Colonia Iulia Augusta Salditanorum (la), Saldas Colonia (la), Saldas Colonia (la), بجايه (ota)

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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