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Cáceres

town

Ancient

Norba/Col. Norbensis Caesarina

Ancient
Norba/Col. Norbensis Caesarina
Type
town

Norba/Col. Norbensis Caesarina

Pleiades ID: 256327

settlement settlement-modern

Description

An Roman settlement, modern Cáceres in Spain.

See Further

  • BAtlas 26 D2 Norba/Col. Norbensis Caesarina
    Talbert, 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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  • TIR Emerita 116
  • PECS (Perseus), NORBA CAESARINA (Cáceres) Cáceres, Spain.
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  • ToposText Norba/Col. Norbensis Caesarina (Iberia)
    Kiesling, Brady. ToposText – a Reference Tool for Greek Civilization. Version 2.0. Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation, 2016-.
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See Also

  • Wikipedia (English) Cáceres, Spain
    Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit (2001-), Cáceres, Spain.
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Names

la grc

Citation Information

Jr., F.H. Stanley, and R.C. Knapp. "Norba/Col. Norbensis Caesarina" Pleiades, 08 June 2018. https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/256327.
Last modified: 2018-06-08T11:48:25Z

Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (PECS)

PECS Reference

NORBA CAESARINA (Cáceres) Cáceres, Spain.

Town established as a colony ca. 35 B.C. by the proconsul C. Norbanus Flaccus, which received the cognomen Caesarina in memory of Julius Caesar. It is mentioned by Pliny (4.117), Ptolemy (2.5.6), and in an inscription (CIL II, 694).

Some stretches of the Roman wall and parts of its towers were incorporated into the later Moorish wall, and the E gate of the cardo maximus survives almost intact. The Roman wall consisted of large granite ashlar blocks, not all regular, but well dressed, especially the voussoirs of the E gate. The lower half of the circular tower at the NE corner of the wall is Roman. Just E of the gate is a small bridge over the Marco gully; the original plan is Roman, as are a number of its ashlar blocks. Cáceres also contains small cemetery areas of different periods. Sculpture and inscriptions are housed in the Archaeological Museum, and Roman materials incorporated into later buildings are still visible in the town.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

J. R. Mélida, Catálogo Monumental de España. Provincia de Cáceres (1924); A. García y Bellido, “Dictamen sobre la fecha fundacional de la Colonia Norbensis,” Boletín de la Real Academia de la Historia 49 (1966) 279-92; C. Callejo, “La Arqueología de Norba Caesarina,” ArchEspArq 41 (1968) 121-49MPI

L. G. IGLESIAS

Nearby Points of Interest

Cáceres el Viejo

3348m away

El Junquillo, Aldea Moret, Cáceres

3419m away

Las Corchuelas, Cuarto Roble, Aldea Moret, Cáceres

4387m away

Location

39.473056, -6.371111