Mirobriga

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography

MIROBRIGA(Μιρόβριγα).

1. Also called MEROBRICA(Plin. Nat. 4.12. s. 35; Coins), a town of the Celtici in Lusitania, upon the Ocean (Ptol. 2.5.6), identified by some with Odemira, by others with Sines. (Mentelle, Esp. Anc. p. 260; Ukert, 2.1. p. 390.)


2. A Roman municipium, in the territory of the Turduli, in Hispania Baetica, on the road from Emerita to Caesaraugusta, now Capilla, N. of Fuente Ovejuna. (Ptol. 2.4.13; Plin. Nat. 3.1. s. 3; It. Anton. p. 444; Inscr. Gruter, pp. 76, 257.)


3. A town of the Oretani, in Hispania Tarraconensis, mentioned only by Ptolemy (Ptol. 2.6.59).