Savus(81 words)
[German version]
(Σάουος; Sáouos). Right-hand tributary of the Danube in the south of Pannonia (Plin. HN 3,128; 147 f.; Ptol. 2,16,1 f.; 3,9,1; Str. 4,6,10; Geogr. Rav. 4,20), modern Sava (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia). In its middle and lower reaches it was navigable. On its banks there were important communications nodes (Neviodunum, Siscia, Sirmium, Singidunum). S. was also worshipped as a river deity (CIL III, 4009).
Burian, Jan (Prague)
Bibliography
TIR L 33 Tergeste, 1961, 65
TIR L 34 Budapest, 1968, 100.
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Burian, Jan (Prague),
“Savus”, 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 06 June 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e1102840>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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