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Calahorra

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Ancient

Calagurris Nasica Iulia/Calagurris Iulia

Ancient
Calagurris Nasica Iulia/Calagurris Iulia
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city

Calagurris (Nassica) Iulia

Pleiades ID: 246279

settlement

Description

Calagurris (Nassica) Iulia (modern Calahorra, Spain) was conquered by Rome in 187 BC and later supported Quintus Sertorius in his war against Cn. Pompeius Magnus.

Evidence

  • Liv. (OCT: PHI) 39.21
    Titus Livius. Titi Livi Ab Urbe Condita. 5 vols. Clarendon: Oxford U.P, 1908. https://latin.packhum.org/loc/914/1/0#0.
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  • Suet. (Ihm: Packard) Aug. 49.1
    Suetonius, Max Ihm, Karl Wilhelm August Reifferscheid, Friedrich Wilhelm Ritschl, and Giorgio Brugnoli. The works of C. Suetonius Tranquillus. PHI CD ROM #5.3. Los Altos, CA: Packard Humanities Institute, 1991. https://latin.packhum.org/loc/1348/1/0.
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See Further

  • BAtlas 25 D3 Calagurris (Nassica) Iulia
    Talbert, Richard J. A., ed. Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2000. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43970336.
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  • TIR Caesaraugusta 75-76
    Fatás Cabeza, Guillermo, Adela Cepas, José Ignacio Reguera Cardiel, and José Manuel Abascal Palazón. Tabula Imperii Romani : K30 Madrid : Caesaraugusta - Clunia : escala 1:1.000.000 : base geográfica, Instituto Geográfico Nacional. Tabula Imperii Romani, K30. Madrid. Madrid: Ministerio de Cultura; Union académique internationale; Instituto Geográfico Nacional (Spain), 1993. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31397775.
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  • PECS (Perseus) CALAGURRIS (Calahorra) Logroño, Spain
    Stillwell, Richard, William L MacDonald, and Marian Holland McAllister, eds. The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1976. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0006.
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  • Wikipedia (English) Calahorra
    Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit (2001-), Calahorra.
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  • ToposText Calaguris (Iberia)
    Kiesling, Brady. ToposText – a Reference Tool for Greek Civilization. Version 2.0. Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation, 2016. https://topostext.org/.
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Names

Citation Information

H.S. Sivan, S.J. Keay, and R.W. Mathisen. "Calagurris (Nassica) Iulia" Pleiades, 11 December 2024. https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/246279.
Last modified: 2024-12-11T18:41:44Z

Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (PECS)

PECS Reference

CALAGURRIS (Calahorra) Logroño, Spain.

On the left bank of the river Cidacos near its junction with the Ebro. Mentioned by Livy (39.21) in connection with the wars of the Romans against the Celtiberians in 188-187 B.C. It is celebrated for its adherence to Sertorius and resistance to Pompey and Afranius in 76 B.C. (Sall. H. 3.86-87; Val. Max. 6. ext. 3). Towards the middle of the 1st c. B.C. it acquired the epithet of Nassica and later that of Julia, after Caesar. According to Suetonius (Aug. 49.1) both Caesar and Augustus recruited Calagurritans for their bodyguards, and Augustus accorded the privilege of coining money.

Among its remains is a circus NE of the city, some 400 paces in length and 116 in width, capable of accommodating 20,000 spectators. The highway from Caesaraugusta to Virobesca traversed the site and crossed the Ebro by a 20-arch bridge, 5-6 m high and 140 m long. There are also remains of an aqueduct and of baths with a mosaic pavement.

Calagurris was the birthplace of the orator and essayist Quintilian, and perhaps of Prudentius. According to Ausonius, at the close of the 4th c. it was a deserted town of no importance.

The local museum contains mosaics, terra sigillata, and inscribed stones.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

B. Taracena, “Restos romanos en la Rioja,” ArchEspArq 15 (1942) 17-47MPI.

J. ARCE

Location

42.301498, -1.961128