🏛️ Flavium Brigantium-Aquae Calidae
Roman thermal settlement and fortified town in Galicia
📌 Fast Facts
- Located in modern-day A Coruña province, Galicia, northwestern Spain
- Established as a Roman military settlement and thermal spa complex in the 1st–2nd centuries CE
- Named for its natural hot springs (Aquae Calidae) and fortified garrison (Flavium Brigantium)
- Archaeological site administered by the Xunta de Galicia; remains partially excavated
Flavium Brigantium-Aquae Calidae was a dual-function Roman settlement combining military infrastructure with civilian thermal tourism. Situated on the northwestern Iberian Peninsula in what is now Galicia, the site exploited abundant natural hot springs to develop both a strategic fort and a spa complex that attracted visitors throughout the Roman period. The settlement declined following Rome's withdrawal from Hispania in the 5th century and was eventually abandoned ...