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Ligar (river)

a Pleiades place resource

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"Ligar" is provided as a name for a river in Mauretania Caesariensis by the Ravenna Cosmographer (ed. Schnetz). Gsell (AAA) views "Ligar" as a mistake or corruption for "Siga". Neither Schnetz (in his apparatus) nor BAtlDir address the issue. BAtlas/BAtlDir does not include "Ligar" at all.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/296916296

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
35.17385817, -1.45789492826

Locations:

None

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Uncertain: Ligar (Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)

Ligar (river) makes connections with:

Uncertain: Ligar (river) same as Siga (river) (unspecified date range)

Ligar (river) receives connections from:

None

Place type:
river, drainage

References:

Evidence:

GeogRav (Schnetz) 3.8 (page 41 line 23)

See Further:

AAA 31 Tlemcen: see sub 2.

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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Suggested citation:
Tom Elliott, 'Ligar (river): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/296916296> [accessed: 18 May 2026]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/296916296 |title=Places: 296916296 (Ligar (river)) |author=Elliott, T. |accessdate=May 18, 2026 9:18 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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Ligar (river)