Segovia

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography

SEGO´VIA(Σεγουβία, Ptol. 2.6.56).

1. A town of the Arevaci in Hispania Tarraconensis, on the road from Emerita to Caesaratgusta. ( Itin. Ant. p. 435; Plin. Nat. 3.3. s. 4; Flor. 3.22.) It still exists under the ancient name. For coins see Florez (Med. 2. p. 577), Mionnet (1. p. 51, and Suppl. 1. p. 104), and Sestini (p. 196).


2. A town of Hispania Baetica, on the river Silicense. (Hirt. B. A.57.) In the neighbourhood of Sacili or the modern Perabad. [T.H.D]