Moron was an ancient city mentioned by
Strabo. Several hypotheses exist related to its location, but a location near
Santarém is strongly considered.
Strabo mentions that
Decimus Junius Brutus Callaicus
Decimus Junius Brutus Callaicus (or Gallaecus or Callaecus; c. 180113 BC) was a consul of the Roman Republic for the year 138 BC together with Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio. He was an optimate politician and a military commander in Hisp ...
made camp on an island near the city
[ Strabo, '']Geographica
The ''Geographica'' (Ancient Greek: Γεωγραφικά ''Geōgraphiká''), or ''Geography'', is an encyclopedia of geographical knowledge, consisting of 17 'books', written in Greek and attributed to Strabo, an educated citizen of the Roman ...
'', book III, chapter 3, section 1 identified as modern
Almourol
Almourol is an islet in the Tagus river, in the civil parish of Praia do Ribatejo, Center Region, Portugal. The small island lies in the middle of the Tagus, a few meters below its confluence with the Zêzere River.
The castle of Almourol, ...
on the river
Tagus
The Tagus ( ; es, Tajo ; pt, Tejo ; see below) is the longest river in the Iberian Peninsula. The river rises in the Montes Universales near Teruel, in mid-eastern Spain, flows , generally west with two main south-westward sections, to ...
.
Another hypothesis points to
Alpiarça
Alpiarça () is a municipality in Santarém District in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 7,702, in an area of 95.36 km2.
The present Mayor is Mário Fernando Pereira and the President of the Municipal Assembly is Mario Santiago. The muni ...
.
References
Roman towns and cities in Portugal
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