Saxetanum
Saxetanum a place in Hispania Baetica (Itin. Ant. p. 405), called Sex (Σέξ) by Ptolemy (2.4.7), Hexi by Mela (2.6), and by Pliny (3.3) Sexti Firmum Julium. It is the Ἑξιτανῶν πόλις of Strabo (iii. p.156). On the name see Casaubon (ad Strab. i. p. 50), and Tzschuck (ad Melam, vol. ii. pt. 2. p. 447). It was renowned for its salt-fish. (Strab, iii. p. 156; Athen. 3.121; Plin. Nat. 32.11. s. 53; Mart. 7.78, &c.) Now most probably Motril. (Cf. Florez, Esp. Sagr. xii. p. 101.)
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.