Abdera, Spain

This article is about the Carthaginian/Roman city in Spain. For the city in Thrace, see Abdera, Thrace.
Abdera
Abdera, Spain is located in Spain
Abdera, Spain
Shown within Spain
Location Spain
Region Andalusia
Coordinates36°45′N 3°01′W / 36.750°N 3.017°W / 36.750; -3.017
As of Tiberius from Abdera, Spain

Abdera was an ancient Carthaginian and Roman port on a hill above the modern Adra on the southeastern Mediterranean coast of Spain.[1] It was located between Malaca (now Málaga) and Carthago Nova (now Cartagena) in the district inhabited by the Bastuli.[2]

  1. ^ Amorós, Maila García; Papadopoulou, Panagiota (2021). "Byzantine Studies in Spain. The Specific Case of Granada". Konštantínove listy. 14 (1): 178. doi:10.17846/CL.2021.14.1.177-183. ISSN 1337-8740. S2CID 237758834.
  2. ^  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Abdera". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 33.