Suances

SUANCES (“Portus Blendium”) Santander, Spain.

On the coast 31 km W of Santander. Pliny (HN 4.3) located Portus Blendium in Cantabria, the nearest port E of Portus Victoriae Iuliobrigensium. The Itinerarium of Varro makes it the terminus of the road from Iuliobriga to the coast, a stretch of which is preserved. It is either in Suances or nearby, where several Roman objects have been found.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

A. García y Bellido, “Exploraciones arqueológicas en la provincia de Santander,” ArchEspArq 29 (1954).

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