Magnus Portus

MAGNUS PORTUS

MAGNUS PORTUS

1.

(Πόρτος μάγνος,Ptol. 2.4.7; comp. Marcian. p. 41), a port-town of Hispania Baetica, between the town Abdara and the Prom. Charidemi.

2.

(Μέγας λιμήν,Ptol. 2.6.4), a bay on the coast of the Gallaeci Lucenses, which is evidently the same as the Artabrorum Sinus. [Vol. 1. 226b.]

3.

(Μέγας λιμήν,Ptol. 2.3. §§ 4, 33), a barbour in Britain, opposite the island of Vectis, corresponds to Portsmouth.

4.

(Πόρτος Μάγνος,Ptol. 4.2.2; Mela, 1.5; Plin. Nat. 5.2; It. Anton. p. 13), a port-town of Mauretania Caesariensis, on the road between Gilva and Quiza, described by Pliny as civium Romanorum oppidum.I t is identified by Forbiger with Oran, of which the harbour is still called Mars-el-Kibir, i. e., the great Harbour.

5.

(Μεγάς λιμήν,Ptol. 4.6.6), a port on the west coast of Libya Interior, between the mouth of the river Daradus and the promontory Ryssadium.