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Colonia Iulia Urbs Triumphalis Tarraco
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Colonia Iulia Urbs Triumphalis Tarraco

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Where in the world

Spain

The site

Tarraco, formally Colonia Iulia Urbs Triumphalis Tarraco, was a Roman port city on the coast of what is now Spain, occupied from about 218 BCE into the early centuries CE. As a provincial capital it grew into one of the leading Roman cities of the Iberian Peninsula. Its surviving walls, forums and public buildings earned Tarraco its place on the UNESCO World Heritage list.

Field notes

civilizations
Roman
types
Port · City
occupied
218 BCE — 700 CE
country
Spain
elevation
67 m above sea level

Figures of this place

Laid to rest, born or died at Colonia Iulia Urbs Triumphalis Tarraco

Lucius Licinius Sura
Lucius Licinius Suraborn herelate 1st/early 2nd century Roman senator, consul and governor

Chronicle

What happened at Colonia Iulia Urbs Triumphalis Tarraco

  1. 422 CEBattle of Tarraco

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