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HERMI´NIUS MONS

HERMI´NIUS MONS (τὸ ὄρος Ἑρμίνιον: Sierra de la Estrella), a mountain range of Lusitania, S. of the river Durius (Douro), a position of some importance in Caesar's campaign in Lusitania. (D. C. 37.52; Hirt. Bell. Alex. 48; Suet. Jul. 54.) In the middle ages it was still called Hermeno and Arminna (Resendius, Antiq. Lusit. p. 58; Link, Reise durch Portugall, vol. ii. p. 142; Florez, Esp. S. vol. xiii. p. 166; Ukert, vol. ii. pt. 1. p. 277).

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