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LA ALMUNIA DE DONA CODINA (Town) ZARAGOZA
Nertobriga (La Almunia de Dona Godina) Zaragoza, Spain.
The present town 50 km SW of Zaragoza, NE of Calatayud, was constructed
on the ruins of a Roman villa excavated a few years ago which, from its mosaics,
can be dated to the 3d c. A.D.
The exact location of the Celtiberian city and the mansio on the Roman
road is uncertain, in spite of an attempt to identify it with Roman ruins, probably
villas, near Calatorae. Recent excavations in Cabezo Chinchon, between Calatorae
and Almunia, have unearthed a prehistoric settlement of the 6th and 5th c. B.C.,
but no Celtiberian establishment. The indigenous city, often referred to in military
events of the 2d c. B.C., which minted coins bearing the inscription NERTOBIS
in the Iberian alphabet, must lie in the Ricla-Calatora-La Almunia triangle.
A. Balil, 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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