Portus Iuliobrigensium

PORTUS IULIOBRIGENSIUM or Portus Victoriae Iuliobrigensium, Santander, Spain.

Cited by Pliny (HN 4.3). Its name refers to its status as Iuliobriga's outlet to the sea and to a victory of Augustus in the Cantabrian wars. The hypocaust of baths, perhaps belonging to a building of the 1st c. A.D., survives.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

I. González Echegaray, “Estudio sobre Portus Victoriae,” Altamira 2-3 (1951) 282ff; A. García y Bellido, Excavaciones y exploraciones arqueológicas en Cantabria (1970).

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