Nebrija was born in Lebrija, a small city belonging to the province of Sevilla in Andalusia whose foundation is attributed to the Phoenicians and the Tartessos trading in the left bank of the Guadalquivir since the 4th century B.C. The importance as a port city allowed it to be frequented by different groups of people who called it with different names. The Romans called Nebrissa, the Moors Nebrishah and those who preferred mythical associations called it Veneria, for they fancied the idea of the city venerating the god who founded it, Dionysus. This expresses an important Roman influence in the southern part of the peninsula that would eventually impact Nebrija’s perception of his origins and define his intellectual development.