EBORA
EBORA (
Ἔβουρα:
Evora, Ru.), an important inland city of Lusitania, on the high road from Augusta. Emerita (
Mecida) to Olisipo (
Lisbon).
It was a municipium, with the old Latin franchise aid the surname of Liberalitas Julia. (
Itin. Ant. pp. 418, 426;
Plin. Nat. 4.21. s. 35;
Ptol. 2.5.8; Coins ap. Florez,
Med. vol. i. pp. 380, foll.; Mionnet, vol. i. p. 2,
Suppl. vol. i. p. 3; Sestini, p. 6; Eckhel, vol. i. p. 11;: Inscr. ap. Gruter, p. 225, No, 3, p. 489, No. 9.) Among the fine ruins of the city. the most remarkable are those of an aqueduct and a temple of Diana. (Florez,
Esp. S. vol. xiv. p. 100; Murphy,
Travels in Portugal, p. 302).
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