Carissa (Spain)

Carisa or Carissa (Greek: polytonic|Κάρισσα, Ptol. ii. 4, § 13) was an ancient city of the Turdetani in Hispania Baetica, in the "conventus" of Gades, having the "civitas Latina". Several of its coins are extant. (Caro, "Ant. Hisp." iii. 19; Morales, "Antig." p. 8, b.; Florez, "Med. de Esp." vol. i. p. 285, vol. iii. p. 30; Mionnet, vol. i. p. 8, Suppl. vol. i. p. 16; Sestini, pp. 20, 38; Eckhel, vol. i. p. 16). Pliny refers to the city as Carissa "cognomine" Aurelia, Plin. iii. l. s. 3. The city is usually associated, due to inscriptions, with Carixa, near Bornos, in the Province of Cadiz.

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