Historical place profile
Bracara Augusta
With settlement from the Neolithic onwards, Bracara Augusta was established as a civitas in 20 B.C. In the third century A.D., Diocletian advanced the settlement to the capital of the administrative area known as Conventus Bracarensis, forming part of the Roman province of Gallaecia.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:236377
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:236377
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 41.550875, -8.424973
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
With settlement from the Neolithic onwards, Bracara Augusta was established as a civitas in 20 B.C. In the third century A.D., Diocletian advanced the settlement to the capital of the administrative area known as Conventus Bracarensis, forming part of the Roman province of Gallaecia.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 24 C3 Bracara Augusta
Source and reuse
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Research path
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