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    Clunia (full name Colonia Clunia Sulpicia) was an ancient Roman city. Its remains are located on Alto de Castro, at more than 1000 metres above sea level...
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  • Clunia is the name of an ancient Roman city that is situated in Feldkirch (Vorarlberg, Austria) and indicated on the Tabula Peutingeriana. In Roman time...
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    was an uninhabited place called Clunia, which later on evolved to Cruña and eventually Coruña. The place name Clunia is believed to come from the Proto-Celtic...
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    that a new ruler of the world would arise in Clunia. Therefore, Galba proclaimed himself emperor at Clunia. After receiving the support of the governor...
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    The Theatre of Clunia Sulpicia is a Roman theatre in the ancient city of Colonia Clunia Sulpicia, in what is now province of Burgos, northern Spain. Built...
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    made no progress in the year. Col de Portet Lauron Valencia Sucro Saguntum Clunia Italica Lusitania Narbo Martius Vaccaei In 75 BC, Sertorius led the campaign...
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  • both sides: Gaius Memmius and Hirtuleius die. Siege of Clunia – Sertorius lay sieged in Clunia with Metellus and Pompey outside. He eventually extricates...
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    court (Latin conventus iuridici, Spanish convento jurídico) located in Clunia. The aqueduct once transported water from the Rio Frio River, situated in...
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    is La Corona. It seems less likely that it traces back to the Galician clunia.[citation needed] The name is reputedly from the Greek Κορώνα (Crown), referring...
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    Segovia as well as many archaeological remains such as those of the ancient Clunia, Salt mines of Poza de la Sal and the vía de la Plata pathway, which crosses...
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    Castra Batava (Passau) Castra Regina (Regensburg) Clavenna (Chiavenna) Clunia (probably Feldkirch or Balzers) Curia (Chur) Endidae (Neumarkt) Feltria...
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    the field. He retired to a strong fortress town in the mountains called Clunia. Pompey and Metellus rushed to besiege him, and during the siege, Sertorius...
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    (Chester, 154 AD), found on a votive altar dedicated by a Roman officer from Clunia (modern Burgos Province), and in the Gaulish hydronym Tanarus ('thundering'...
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    was declared a public enemy and his legion was confined in the city of Clunia. Nero had regained the control of the empire militarily, but this opportunity...
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    in the Peninsula is to Mérida, but also the theater of Italica, Sagunto, Clunia, Caesaraugusta and others are part of the archaeological record, and some...
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    what seems to be a man facing a bull is on the Celtiberian tombstone from Clunia and the cave painting El toro de hachos, both found in Spain. Bullfighting...
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    reign saw the fortification of the Duero and the repopulation of Roa, Osma, Clunia, and San Esteban de Gormaz. During this period, the count of Castile, Gonzalo...
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    province of Hispania Tarraconensis, in the jurisdiction of Colonia Clunia Sulpicia (modern Clunia). Though the little Roman garrison city was an active mint,...
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    Sertorius marched to the fortress town of Clunia in Celtiberia drawing Metellus and Pompey with him. At Clunia Sertorius resisted a siege tying up Pompey...
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    Galba, who lived in Tarraco for eight years, was proclaimed emperor in Clunia Sulpicia. Vespasian began a reorganization of the precarious finances of...
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  • Calagurris Calahorra, La Rioja Carthago Nova Cartagena Colonia Clunia Sulpicia Clunia, Burgos Colonia Victrix Iulia Lepida / C. V. I. Celsa Gelsa / Velilla...
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  • head is 7 kilometres (4 mi) away. Located near the ancient Roman city of Clunia, was possession of several monasteries, such as Santo Domingo de Silos,...
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    following year, along with Clunia. The loss of San Esteban dismantled Castilian defenses along the Douro, while the taking of Clunia endangered lands south...
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    coins from the late republic. Some of his coins feature the boar emblem of Clunia. Crawford, Roman Republican coinage, pp. 457–459 William Smith. Dictionary...
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  • designated. He then made for the fortress town of Clunia and prepared for a siege. Even while fortifying Clunia Sertorius was dispatching messengers to his...
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    inscription found in Rome in AD 222 refers to the patronage of Colonia Clunia Sulpicia. Lomas 1996, pp. 218–219. Lomas 1996, p. 218. Amorós 1952, pp. 632–637...
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  • Germisara (Geoagiu) Caldes de Malavella, Gerona Caldes de Montbui, Barcelona Clunia, Province of Burgos Lucus Augusti, Lugo Baetulo, Badalona, Barcelona Empúries...
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  • modern Estella-Lizarra and Pamplona, forcing the abandonment by León of Clunia. 922 Navarre defeated Galindo Aznárez II, count of the County of Aragon...
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    Ledesma) as well as founding or repopulating frontier strongholds (e.g., Osma, Clunia). Ramiro masterminded a Pamplona/León coalition that defeated a joint Andalusian...
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    century BC as a number of Roman colonies were founded in this period: Colonia Clunia Sulpicia (in the province of Burgos, it was one of the most important Roman...
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