Mellaria

• a city in Hispania Baetica, Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 7
• —Hence, Mellā-rĭensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Mellaria; in plur. subst.: Mellārĭenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Mellaria, Inscr. Grut. 321, 10.

MELLA´RIA

(Μελλαρία,Plut. Sert. 12; Mellaria, Mela, 2.6.9; Plin. Nat. 3.1. s. 3; It. Anton. p. 407; Geogr. Ray. 4.12 ; Μενλαρία, Strab. 3. p. 140, in Kramer's ed., the old edd. have Μελλαρία; also Μενλαρία, Marcian, p. 39; Μενραλία, Ptol. 2.4.6; Μηλαρία, Steph. B. s. v. Βῆλος), a town of the Bastuli (Ptol. l. c.), on the road between Calpe and Belon (It. Anton. l. c.), possessing establishments for salting fish (Strab. l. c.). It probably stood between Tarifa and Val de Vacca, or was on the site of Val de Vacca itself. (Mém. de l'Acad. des Inscr. 30. p. 107 ; Philos. Transactions, 30. p. 920.)

A town in the interior of Hispania Baetica, belonging to the conventus Cordubensis, and on the road from Corduba to Emerita, probably the modern Fuente de la Ovejuna. (Plin. Nat. 3.1. s. 3; It. Anton. p. 415, with Wesseling's note; Gruter, Inscr. p. 321. 10; Morales, Ant. p. 19; Florez, Esp. Sagr. 9. p. 20.)

(1) A town of the Bastuli in Hispania Baetica, between Belon and Calpé.

(2) A town in the same province, considerably north of the former.