VIROBESCA
(Briviesca) Burgos, Spain.
About 40 km NE of Burgos. The most important community of the Autrigones, mentioned by Pliny (
HN
3.27) and by Ptolemy (2.677.52.64). A magnificent
Early Christian sarcophagus was found here, with biblical scenes on one face and the martyrdom of Santa Perpetua on the other. It dates from about the middle of the 4th c. and is now in the Burgos museum.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
H. Schlunk, “Zu den frühchristlichen
Sarkophagen aus der Bureba (Burgos),”
MadrMitt 6
(1965) 139-66
MIP.
J. ARCE