Carisa or Carissa (

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: , Ptol. ii. 4, § 13) was an ancient city of the

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, in the '' conventus'' of Gades, having the '' civitas Latina''. Several of its coins are extant. Pliny refers to the city as Carissa ''cognomine'' Aurelia.Pliny iii. l. s. 3. The city is usually associated, due to inscriptions, with Carixa, near Bornos, in the

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