Oretum Germanorum

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography

ORE´TUM GERMANO´RUM(Ὤρητον Γερμανῶν, Ptol. 2.6.59). Germani was another name for the Oretani ( Oretani, qui et Germani nominantur,Plin. Nat. 3.3. s. 4), and Oretum was one of their towns; probably the Orisia of Artemidorus, quoted by Steph. B. (s. v.), and the Oria of Strabo (3. p. 152). It has been identified with Granatula, a village near Almagro, where there is a hermitage still called De Oreto, and close by several ruins, a Roman bridge, &c. (Morales, Ant. 8b., 76a.; Florez, Esp. S. 7. p. 255; Ukert, vol. ii. pt. 1. p. 152.) [T.H.D]