
Augusta Emerita y el territorio de la Praefectura regionis Turgaliensis en época de augustea
Author(s) -
Julio Gómez Santa Cruz
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
gerión
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1698-2444
pISSN - 0213-0181
DOI - 10.5209/geri.56159
Subject(s) - tribe , geography , archaeology , humanities , ethnology , history , art , anthropology , sociology
Con la fundación de Augusta Emerita se procede a la asignación de un amplio territorio a la nueva capital lusitana en el que se inscriben, entre otras, la Praefectura regionis Turgalium cuya delimitación aproximada al sureste de la provincia de Cáceres marcaba los límites del norte del ager emeritensis. Se plantea este trabajo una aproximación al territorio de dicha Praefectura a partir del estudio de los testimonios onomásticos proporcionados por colonos de ascendencia itálica, veteranos de las legiones y menciones de la tribu Papiria entre otros indicios epigráficos.After Augusta Emerita foundation, the assignment of a wide territory to the new Lusitanian capital begins. Among others, the Praefectura regionis Turgalium is included in this territory, and its approximated delimitation is outlined in the present work, based on the onomastic testimonies of settlers with italic roots, veterans of the legions and other references to the Papiria tribe. This is how the territory of the new Praefectura, located in the southeast of the province of Cáceres, is shaped up. This territory is also characterized by the abundant Roman onomastic