Ebura

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography

EBU´RA or E´BORA.

1. (Ἐβοῦρα, Ἐβόρα, S. Lucar de Barrameda), a city and fortress of the Turduli, in Hispania Baetica, at the mouth of the river Baetis ( Guadalquivir), on its left bank. (Strab. 3. p. 140; Mela, 3.1, Castellum Ebora in litore; Ptol. 2.4.11; Itin. Ant. p. 426; Steph. B. s. v.;Inscr. ap. Gruter, p. 489.)


2. EBURA CEREALIS,an inland city of Hispania Baetica, probably in the neighbourhood of Santa Cruz. (Plin. Nat. 3.1. s. 3; Inscr. ap. Muratori, p. 461; Florez, Esp. S. vol. 12. p. 390; Ukert, vol. ii. pt. 1. p. 370.)


3. (Ἐβόρα), an inland city of the Edetani, in Hispania Tarraconensis, SE. of Caesaraugusta, only mentioned by Ptolemy (Ptol. 2.6.63). (Brietius, Tab. Parall. vol. 1. p. 268; Ukert, vol. ii. pt. 1. p. 417.)


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Mela (3.1) mentions an Ebora as a port of the Celtici, at the NW. extremity of the peninsula, which Ukert takes to be Barreon the Tambre. (Ukert, vol. ii. pt. 1. p. 438.) [P.S]