Lacobriga

Lacobriga (Laccobriga or Lacóbriga (Lacobrica in Latin)) was an ancient town of Celtic origin, usually identified as the predecessor of the current city of Lagos in Portugal.

It was conquered by the Carthaginians under Hamilcar Barca, who then recruited Celtic tribesmen in the Punic Wars against the Romans.

The original settlement was destroyed by an earthquake in the fourth century BC.

[2] Following the disaster, the Carthaginian captain Boodes resettled the city on its current location in 250 BC.

With the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the town was occupied in the 6th century by the Visigoths from the Kingdom of Toledo and later by the Byzantines.