Praesidium

PRAESI´DIUM the name of several fortified places established by the Romans.

1. In Lusitania, on the Douro. ( Itin. Ant. p. 428.)


2. In Baetica, on the road from the mouth of the Anas to Emerita ( Ib. 431); thought by some to be S. Lucar de Guadiana.


3. In Gallaecia, not far from the Douro. ( Ib. 422.)


4. In Britannia Romana, in the territory of the Cornavii ( Not. Imp. ), supposed to be Warwick. (Camden, p. 602.) [T.H.D]