Scylletium

Scylletium
Σκυλλήτιον
Scolacium
Remains of Amphithéâtres of Scolacium.
Scylletium is located in Italy
Scylletium
Shown within Italy
LocationBorgia, Calabria, Province of Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy
Coordinates38°48′33″N 16°35′44″E / 38.80917°N 16.59556°E / 38.80917; 16.59556
TypeSettlement
Site notes
Excavation dates1982
ManagementSoprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Calabria
WebsiteArcheoCalabriaVirtual (in Italian)

Scylletium[1] or Skylletion or Scolacium was an ancient seaside city in Calabria, southern Italy. Its ruins can be found at the frazione of Roccelletta, near Catanzaro, facing the Gulf of Squillace.

  1. ^ Also spelled Scolacium, Scylacium, Scolatium, Scyllaceum, Scalacium, or Scylaeium in Latin – (Greek: Σκυλλήτιον, per Stephanus of Byzantium and Strabo, or Σκυλάκιον, per Ptolemy), and later, Minervium and Colonia Minervia. See Richard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, (ISBN 0-691-03169-X), Map 46, notes..

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