BRA´CARA AUGUSTA(Βραίκαρ Αὐγουστα, Ptol. 2.6.39; Augusta Bracaria, Geog. Rav. 4.43; Braga, Ru.), a city in the NW. of Hispania Tarraconensis, the capital of the Callaïci Bracarii, who dwelt between the rivers Durius and Minus, and the seat of a conventus juridicus. It stood at the meeting of four roads, some distance from the sea, and not far from the left bank of the river Naebis ( Cavado). Among its ruins are the remains of an aqueduct and amphitheatre. (Plin. Nat. 4.20. s. 34; Itin. Ant. pp. 420, 422, 423, 427, 429; Auson. de Nob. Urb. 8, quaeque sinu pelagi jactat se Bracara dives;Morales, Ant. pp. 102, 103; Miñano, Diccion. vol. 2. p. 136.)
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