BRIGA´NTIUM
BRIGA´NTIUM (
Βριγάντιον,
D. C. 37.53; Flavium Brigantium,
Φγαυύιον Βριγάντιον,
Ptol. 2.6.4; Brigantia,
Oros. 2.2), an important seaport town of the Callaïci Lucenses, on the Magnus or Artabrorum Portus (
Bay of Ferrol and Coruña), 35 M. P. NW. of Lucus Augusti (
Itin. Ant. p. 424). Some geographers identify it with
El Ferrol, others with
Betanzos, and others with
La Coruña, identifying the ancient tower at this place with the great lighthouse of Brigantium mentioned by Orosius. (Florez,
Esp. S. 19.14; Ukert, vol. ii. pt. 1. p. 437.)
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