Paginas Archeologicas III - Situação conjectural de Talabriga

This study dives into the long‑standing mystery of Talabriga, an ancient Lusitanian settlement whose exact location has evaded scholars for centuries. By weaving together clues from the Roman Itinerarium, Pliny’s natural history, and medieval cartography, the author reconstructs the probable course of the military road that once linked Aeminium (modern Coimbra) with Calem (the area of present‑day Porto). The investigation balances textual analysis with careful topographic observation, offering a nuanced picture of the surrounding landscape and its waterways.

The work is organized into detailed sections that examine the testimonies of classical writers, assess the reliability of surviving maps, and explore the region’s mining activity and settlement patterns. It highlights the scarcity of surviving mile markers, a gap that makes on‑site verification essential. While no definitive answer is presented, the study assembles a solid framework of evidence, inviting future archaeological surveys to test its conjectures and bring the hidden town of Talabriga into clearer view.