place
Sisapo
also: Sisaponem
A town in southern Spain (Baetica) famous for its cinnabar (mercury) mines, worked by a company of partners. In Phil. 2.48 Cicero says Antony held his one property at Misenum jointly with partners, as the Sisapo mines were held.
Reading notes
- Second Philippic §48 the Sisapo mines
Sisapo in southern Spain was famous for cinnabar (mercury) mines worked by a joint-stock company; Cicero says Antony held his one property at Misenum jointly with partners, just as those mines were held.