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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]

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