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VIC (Town) CATALONIA
Ausa (Vich) Barcelona, Spain.
Town in Tarraconensis W of Gerona and 50 km N of Barcelona, mentioned by Pliny
(HN 22-23) and Ptolemy (2.6.69). The town takes its name from a tribe of the Ausetani,
who held sway as far as Gerunda. Under Amusicus, Ausa revolted against the Romans
but was subdued after a 30-day winter siege by Cneus Cornelius Scipio. In the
2d c. B.C. the town minted many coins based on the Roman system with the Iberian
legend AUSESCEN and, according to Pliny, had Latin rights. A small prostyle hexastyle
Corinthian temple survives from the Imperial age; the cella (10.1 x 12.1 m) is
built in opus emplecton lined with small ashlar.
J. Maluquer De Motes, ed.
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