PRAESI´DIUM
PRAESI´DIUM the name of several fortified places established by the Romans.
1.
In Lusitania, on the
Douro. (
Itin. Ant. p. 428.)
2.
In Baetica, on the road from the mouth of the Anas to Emerita (
Ib. 431); thought by some to be
S. Lucar de Guadiana.
3.
In Gallaecia, not far from the
Douro. (
Ib. 422.)
4.
In Britannia Romana, in the territory of the Cornavii (
Not. Imp.), supposed to be
Warwick. (Camden, p. 602.) [
T.H.D]