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City in ancient Portugal
Roman provinces of Hispania map, showing Moron south of Scallabis (Gustav Droysen, 1886).
Moron was an ancient city mentioned by
Strabo . Several hypotheses exist related to its location, but a location in
Lusitania , near
Scallabis (modern day
Santarém ) is strongly considered.
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[2]
Strabo mentions that
Decimus Junius Brutus Callaicus made camp on an island near the city
[3]
[2]
[4] possibly identified as modern
Almourol on the river
Tagus .
[1]
[2]
[5]
Another hypothesis points to
Alpiarça .
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[4]
References
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b SOBOTA, Jorge (2020).
"SANTARÉM, THE PARADISE OF DELIGHTS: FINDING STRABO'S MŌRON AND ITS LOST ISLAND, WITH A NEW ETYMOLOGY FOR MŌRON" . Review of Historical Geography and Toponomastics . XVII (33–34): 115–136.
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c Arruda, Ana Margarida; Pereira, Carlos; Sousa, Elisa de; Pimenta, João; Detry, Cleia; Gomes, João (2018).
"Chões de Alpompé (Vale de Figueira, Santarém): lendas e narrativas" . SPAL. Revista de Prehistoria y Arqueología de la Universidad de Sevilla . 27.2 : 201–227.
doi :
10.12795/spal.2018i27.20 .
ISSN
1133-4525 .
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Strabo ,
Geographica , book III, chapter 3, section 1
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b Arruda; Sousa; Pimenta; Mendes; Soares (June 2014).
"Alto do Castelo's Iron Age occupation (Alpiarça, Portugal)" (PDF) . Zephyrus . LXXIV : 144–146.
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b
Lusitânia Romana Origem De Dois Povos (PDF) (in European Portuguese) (2nd ed.). Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional. 2018. pp. 66, 69.