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	Pliny's Natural History
		We next come to the Port of Blendium, the Orgenomesci, a people of the Cantabri, Vereasueca their port, the country of the Astures, the town of Noega, and on a peninsula, the Pæsici.
		After passing the Cileni, belonging to the jurisdiction of the Bracari, we have the Heleni, the Gravii, and the fortress of Tyde, all of them deriving their origin from the Greeks.
		We then come to the river Limia, and the river Durius, one of the largest in Spain, and which rises in the district of the Pelendones, passes near Numantia, and through the Arevaci and the Vaccæi, dividing the Vettones from Asturia, the Gallæci from Lusitania, and separating the Turduli from the Bracari.
	www.maryjones.us /ctexts/classical_pliny.html (3265 words)

	Braga
		It has been suggested, however, that it was founded by the Gadhelic Celts, also known as Bracari (hence the name Bracara, the original form of the present Braga).
		Other authors consider the Andalusian Turduli to have been here at the same time as the Bracari, and that they lived side by side.
		In 250 B.C. Bracara was conquered by the Romans who held it for a long time, dedicating the town to the Emperor Augustus.
	liihs.irit.fr /event/dsvis/dsvis99/infobraga.html (684 words)

	6/43.- Braga, "Santa Barbara" Gardens. Tourist Information - VIRTOURIST.COM
		Behind the Garden you can see the medieval walls of the Archbishop’s Palace.
		It’s almost sure that the city was founded by the Gadhelic Celts (known also as Bracari, it seems that the name of Braga comes from that term).
		In 250 BC the Romans invaded the city and stayed here for several centuries, they named the city Bracara Augusta (after Emperor Augustus).
	www.virtourist.com /europe/braga/06.htm (75 words)

	Braga, Portugal
		Braga is one of the most beautiful cities in Portugal, with a number of impressive Baroque monuments, including one of the country's best-known sights, the Bom Jesus Sanctuary.
		Founded by a Celtic tribe called Bracari and later occupied by the Romans (who made it the administrative center of Gallaecia, or present-day
		Minho and Spanish Galicia), it became the seat of a large archbishopric and the country's religious capital in the 11th century.
	www.golisbon.com /portugal/cities/braga.html (797 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Braga (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		For the Ecclesiastical history see Archbishopric of Braga
		The region of Braga has been inhabited since pre-historic times, and in the Iron Age the Bracari people occupied the region and built their characteristic fortified villages (castrum).
		The Romans began their conquest of the region around 136 BC, and during the times of Emperor Augustus (around the year 20 BC) the city of Bracara Augusta was founded in the context of the administrative needs of the new Roman territory.
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Braga (1522 words)

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