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Iptuci

Iptuci was a Roman settlement that reached its maximum importance at the end of the 2nd century. The Roman city of Iptuci had been cited by Pliny as a "Civitas" capable of minting its own currency. Today the archaeological remains are located in the Cabezo de Hortales, about 4.5 km from the town of Prado del Rey (CÃ¡diz) Spain.

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Irippo

there is a proposal to place the Roman city of Irippo, which coined money about the years 44 to 25 BC., in the modern Mesa de Gandul, a depopulated location in the area of AlcalÃ¡ de GuadaÃra (Province of Seville, Spain)

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Italica

The city of Italica (north of modern day Santiponce, 9 km NW of Seville, Spain) was founded in 206 BC by the Roman general Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus in order to settle Roman soldiers wounded in the Battle of Ilipa, where the Carthaginian army was defeated during the Second Punic War. The name Italica bound the colonia to their Italian origins. At AugustusÂ´and TiberiusÂ´reign the city was already a municipium civium romanorum. Italica was the birthplace of Roman Emperors Trajan and Hadrian. Marcus Ulpius Trajan was born in the city in 53AD as was his successor, Aelius Hadrian in 76AD.

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Julia Traducta

Iulia Traducta was a Roman city in Andalusia, Spain, on the site of the modern Algeciras, a port city in the south of Spain, and the largest city on the Bay of Gibraltar. According to modern historians the foundation of the city was an attempt by the emperor Octavian to create a strong city of his supporters in an area of Betica (Andalusia) that had overwhelmingly supported Pompey during the Civil War. For this purpose, he moved the population of Zilis to the peninsula. Iulia Traducta was inhabited by veterans as well as by the people from Zilis, the North African city of Colonia Iulia Constantia Zilitanorum. The name "Iulia Traducta" ("transferred Iulia"), refers to the fact that part of the population had been moved from Iulia Constantia Zilitanorum.

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Lastigi

Lastigi probably was near or at AznalcÃ³llar, a city located in the province of Seville, southern Spain, at the feet of the Sierra Morena. But itÂ´s still an uncertain location surely in the province of Seville, maybe the hill of the Cheese/SanlÃºcar, a mint supposedly near Laelia and Olontigi and not far from Onuba.

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Lepida Celsa

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Lucus Augusti

The city of todays Lugo in Galicia was probably founded by Celtic inhabitants of the region and dedicated to Lugos, a pan-Celtic god of light, oaths and arts. Later conquered by Paullus Fabius Maximus and called Lucus Augusti in 13 BC on the positioning of a Roman military camp, while the Roman Empire completed the conquest, in the North, of the Iberian Peninsula. Situated in what was the Roman province of Hispania Tarraconensis, it was the chief town of the tribe of the Capori. Though small it was the most important Roman town in what became Gallaecia during the Roman period.

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Malaca

MÃ¡laga is capital of the Province of MÃ¡laga, in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain, with a population of 569,130 in 2015. The southernmost large city in Europe, it lies on the Costa del Sol of the Mediterranean, about 100 kilometres east of the Strait of Gibraltar and about 130 km north of Africa.
MÃ¡laga's history spans about 2,800 years, making it one of the oldest cities in the world. It was founded by the Phoenicians as Malaka about 770 BC, and from the 6th century BC was under the hegemony of Ancient Carthage. Then, from 218 BC, it was ruled by the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire as Malaca (Latin). After the fall of the empire and the end of Visigothic rule, it was under Islamic rule as MÄlaqah (Ù…Ø§Ù„Ù‚Ø©) for 800 years, but in 1487, the Crown of Castille gained control after the Reconquista.

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Obulco

Porcuna is a village and municipality in the province of JaÃ©n in Andalusia, Spain, 42 km from JaÃ©n and 50 km from CÃ³rdoba. The primary occupation of the 6,990 inhabitants is olive growing. At the time of the rule of the Iberian people, the village was called Ipolca, the Romans later renamed it Obulco, Obolcon duding Visigoth times until the Arabs called it BulkÅ«na (Ø¨Ù„ÙƒÙˆÙ†Ø©). In 1483 Arab rule ended during the Reconquista and the name changed to Porcuna during Spanish rule.

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Orippo

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Osset

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Sacili

Sacili is located at todays Pedro Abad, a village located in the province of CÃ³rdoba, Spain. According to the 2006 census, it has a population of 2934 inhabitants. In Imperial Rome, the village was part of Sacili Martialium, as mentioned by the historian Pliny.
In the 13th century, it was called Fuente de Per Abad.

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Saguntum / Arse

Sagunto (Valencian: Sagunt, Spanish: Sagunto) is a town in Eastern Spain in the province of Valencia, located ca. 30 km north of Valencia. During the 5th century BC., the Iberians built a walled settlement on the hill overseeing the plain. During this period, the city was known as Arse.
It is best known for the remains of the ancient Iberian and Roman city later called Saguntum, which sided with the local colonists and Rome against Carthage, and drew Hannibal's first assault, his siege of Saguntum, which triggered the Second Punic War. Saguntum was captured in 219 BC by the armies of Hannibal.
Seven years later, the town was retaken by the Romans. In 214 BC., it became a Roman municipium, was rebuilt and flourished.

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Segobriga - Sekobirikes

The Celtiberian town of Segobriga in Hispania Tarraconensis (central Spain) was already mentioned by Pliny the Elder who travelled about 74 BC through the Hispanian peninsula as a roman official.
Segobriga issued its own coins in early imperial Roman times (Augustus â€“ Caligula). It is not the location of Segovia.
After the breakdown of westroman power the city was occupied by the Visigoths.
In the 8th century it was occupied by Moors from North Africa.
During the time of the moors and the following Spanish reconquista Segobriga lost importance and was finally given up by all inhabitants.
Today the ruins and excavations are visited by tourists.

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Sekaisa

Sekaisa or Segeda is an ancient settlement, between today's Belmonte de GraciÃ¡n and Mara in modern-day Spain. Originally it was a Celtiberian town, whose inhabitants, the Belli, gave it the name Sekeida or Sekeiza.
In 153 BC, the Roman Senate changed the first day of the consular year to 1 January in order to allow consul Quintus Fulvius Nobilior to attack the city of Segeda during the Celtiberian Wars. The city was destroyed during the war but, soon after, a new settlement was built on a nearby site. Coinage shows it had the same name as the old settlement, but "Segeda II" (as archeologists have named it) was under Roman influence, obvious from the rectilinear layout of streets and other features. During the events of the Roman Civil War, "Segeda II" was ruined, and after 49 BC it was abandoned permanently.

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Tarraco