Juliobriga

Coordinates: 42°59′12″N 4°06′44″W / 42.9866°N 4.1123°W / 42.9866; -4.1123
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42°59′12″N 4°06′44″W / 42.9866°N 4.1123°W / 42.9866; -4.1123

Partial view of the house of mosaics, Juliobriga

Juliobriga (

Ancient Greek: Ἰουλιόβριγα) was the most important urban centre in Roman Cantabria, as stated by numerous Latin authors including Pliny the Elder.[1] The site has traditionally been identified with ruins in the village of Retortillo (Cantabria) and its Villafría district, in the municipality of Campoo de Enmedio.[2]

History

toponym element -briga, common in Iberia.[4]

Due to its strategic location in the

AD
. Following that, its population began to decline, until the city was completely abandoned in the 3rd century.

Rediscovery

The ruins of Retortillo were first identified with Julióbriga in the second half of the 18th century by

archaeologists have worked on the site since, including some of Spain's foremost. The ruins of Juliobriga were declared a Heritage Site (Spanish: Bien de Interés Cultural
) by the Spanish Government on March 29, 1985.

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Julióbriga.
  1. Natural Histories
    III.4.27
  2. ^ The ruins are 4km (2.5 mi) southeast of Reinosa near the reservoir of the river Ebro.((in Spanish) Iglesias Gil, JM. Julióbriga, p. 5.)
  3. ISBN 84-01-61513-5
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  4. ^ "The same Indo-European root is also the origin of the Germanic cognates berg or burg, Gothic baurgs. The first meaning is, apparently, something like 'hill', from whence comes 'fortress' or 'fortified town', until we may eventually get simply to the idea of an urban enclave that was not necessarily fortified." (Juan Luis García Alonso, "-Briga Toponyms in the Iberian Peninsula" e-Keltoi 6).
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