Saetabis(115 words)
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Capital of the Contestani near the eastern coast of Spain on the great coastal road (Geogr. Rav. 304,4) on a high mountain (Sil. Pun. 3,373 celsa arce), in a fertile area, modern Játiva. From the end of the 3rd cent. BC onwards numerous coins with S. or Saiti. Mentioned in Plin. HN 3,25 as a municipium Augustum; in the Imperial period S. was famous for its linen industry (sudaria Saetaba, Catull. 12,14; Plin. HN 19,9; Sil. Pun. loc. cit.).
Ferrer Maestro, Juan José (Castellón)
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Ferrer Maestro, Juan José (Castellón),
“Saetabis”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
Consulted online on 22 January 2021 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e1027280>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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