TURIA
TURIA or
TURIUM, a river in the territory of the Edetani in Hispania Tarraconensis, which enters the sea in the neighbourhood of Valentia (Mela, 2.6;
Plin. Nat. 3.3. s. 4; Vib. Seq. p. 227, ed. Bip.)
It was famed for the proelium Turiense between Pompey and Sertorius (
Plut. Pomp. 18,
Sert. 19;
Cic. p. Balb. 2). Now the
Guadalaviar. [
T.H.D]
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