Herminius Mons

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography

HERMI´NIUS MONS(τὸ ὄρος Ἑρμίνιον: Sierra de la Estrella), a mountain range of Lusitania, S. of the river Durius ( Douro), a position of some importance in Caesar's campaign in Lusitania. (Dio Cass.; Hirt. Bell. Alex. 48; Suet. Jul. 54.) In the middle ages it was still called Hermenoand Arminna(Resendius, Antiq. Lusit. p. 58; Link, Reise durch Portugall, vol. 2. p. 142; Florez, Esp. S. vol. 13. p. 166; Ukert, vol. ii. pt. 1. p. 277).
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