Braga
Ancient
Bracara Augusta
PLEIADES platform information on Classical Antiquity
Pleiades ID: 236377
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.
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Plin., NH (Mayhoff: PHI) 4.112.4AccessPlinius Secundus Maior, C. Naturalis Historiae. Edited by Karl Friedrich Theodor Mayhoff. Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana. Lipsiae: Teubner, 1906. http://latin.packhum.org/loc/978/1/0.
See Further
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BAtlas 24 C3 Bracara AugustaAccessTalbert, Richard J. A., ed. Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2000. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43970336.
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Tovar 1989 310-11Tovar, Antonio. Tarraconensis. Strasbourg: Heitz, 1989.
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Wikipedia (English) Bracara AugustaAccessWikipedia: the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit (2001-), Bracara Augusta.
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PECS (Perseus) BRACARA AUGUSTA (Braga) Minho, PortugalAccessStillwell, Richard, William L MacDonald, and Marian Holland McAllister, eds. The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1976. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0006.
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Wikipedia (English) BragaAccessWikipedia: the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit (2001-), Braga.
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Wikipedia (Portuguese) Bracara AugustaAccessWikipédia: A enciclopédia livre que todos podem editar (2001-), Bracara Augusta.
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ToposText Bracara Augusta (Lusitania)AccessKiesling, Brady. ToposText – a Reference Tool for Greek Civilization. Version 2.0. Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation, 2016-.
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Smith 1854 (Perseus) ÁSTURESAccessSmith, William. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: Murray, 1854. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0064.
Contributors
Citation
E.W. Haley. "Bracara Augusta" Pleiades, 18 June 2025. https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/236377.
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Nearby Points
Name
Category
Distance
Igreja da Misericórdia de Braga
edifícios religiosos
24m
Pelourinho de Braga
pelourinhos
25m
Sé de Braga, compreendendo os túmulos, designadamente os do Conde D. Henrique e D. Teresa, do Infante D. Afonso e do arcebispo D. Gonçalo Pereira
edifícios religiosos
29m
Túmulo do Arcebispo D. Diogo de Sousa
túmulos
41m
Casa das Paivas ou Casa da Roda
habitações
42m
Nearby Archaeological Sites
Name
Description
Distance
Braga - Rua Dom Afonso Henriques
Braga - Rua Dom Afonso Henriques
0.2 km
Braga - Carvalheiras
Braga - Carvalheiras
0.3 km
Braga - Tanque do Quintal do Ídolo/ Fonte do Ídolo
Braga - Tanque do Quintal do Ídolo/ Fonte do Ídolo
0.4 km
Braga - Termas Romanas de Maximinos/ Alto da Cividade/ Colina de Maximinos
Braga - Termas Romanas de Maximinos/ Alto da Cividade/ Colina …
0.5 km
Braga - Balneário Pré-Romano de Bracara
Braga - Balneário Pré-Romano de Bracara
0.6 km
Location
41.55001, -8.427013
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