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BILBILIS (Ancient city) ZARAGOZA
Bilbilis (Calatayud) Zaragoza, Spain.
Iberian settlement and Roman municipium in the Conventus Caesaraugustanus Tarraconensis,
at the junction of the Jalon and Jiloca rivers and SW of the town of Zaragoza
on the road to Madrid. Traces of it are visible on the hill above Bambola, 6 km
from the present town of Calatayud. Excavations have yielded remains perhaps of
a theater, of a temple, and of hydraulic construction. The town climbed a hillside
and was of long but irregular outline. Paintings and other objects are in the
local museum.
Bilbilis was the scene of the struggle between Sertorius and Metellus.
The town issued native coinage and, from the time of Augustus, Imperial bronze
coinage. It was famous for the temper of its weapons, as well as for being the
place where Martial was born and died. Ausonius (Ep. 29.57), in the 4th c., includes
it among the abandoned and desolate Spanish towns.
J. Arce, ed.
This text is from: The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites,
Princeton University Press 1976. Cited Jan 2006 from
Perseus Project URL below, which contains bibliography & interesting hyperlinks.
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