Iria Flavia

Iria Flavia or simply Iria in Galicia, northwestern Spain, was a Celtiberian port, the main seat of the Caporos, on the road between Braga and Astorga, which the Romans rebuilt as via XVIII or Via Nova http://www.carmalaga.com/information-galicia/roman-galicia.htm. The Romans refounded it as Iria Flavia ("Flavian Iria") to compliment Vespasian. Iria was the seat of a 6th-century Christian bishopric that was shared with Compostela, then moved there in 1095. The modern city on the site is Padrón.

External links

• Catholic Encyclopedia: Compostela
• "Iria de Flavia" (In Spanish)
• Jorge Quiroga and Monica R. Lovelle, "Ciudades atlánticas en transición: La ?ciudad? tardo-antigua y alto-medieval en el noroeste de la Península Ibérica (s.V-XI)" from Archeologia Medievale vol xxvii (1999), pp 257–268