Σκυλλήτιον Scolacium | |
 Remains of Amphithéâtres of Scolacium. | |
  Shown within Italy | |
| Location | Borgia, Calabria, Province of Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy |
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| Coordinates | 38°48′33″N 16°35′44″E / 38.80917°N 16.59556°E |
| Type | Settlement |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1982 |
| Management | Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici della Calabria |
| Website | ArcheoCalabriaVirtual (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.
- ^ 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..