The name Amarante appears to come from the proper name Amarantus, but that would not necessarily be the Amaranth buried in S.Marcos. Amarantus was a relatively frequent personal name in the Roman occupation of the Iberian Peninsula. However, it is still admissible that it was this Roman governor who ordered the building / expansion of the city and then imposed his name on it. Others reject the thesis of the origin of the designation of Amarante coming from a proper name, and explain this designation of Amarante with its proximity to Serra do Marão, as if it says "Ante Marão" or "Marão Ante", that is, "Behind the Marão ". Amarante would be founded at the time of the Turdetanos, 360 BC, Araduca because it is located Ante Maranum, before or before Marão. Another possibility is that Amarante changed to its current name, at the time of Emperor Augustus, when Seneciones, Roman general, took the pronouncement of Amaranto, when defeating the Lusitanians in this village, the battle being so bloody that it is still called the Ogar where she took Mortório.