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He left Sinuessa to its fate, made off to Telamon, enlisted a legion of Etrurian clients of Gaius Marius's, and sailed on the winter winds for Tarraco.
Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993
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Ancient Spain was, for administrative purposes, divided into two provinces -- _Hispania Tarraconensis_, or _provincia citerior_, with Tarraco (the modern Tarragona) for its capital; and
C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust
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But the passage he cited in its support, Silius III 369-70 'Tarraco
The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid
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_Lyaeo_ there stands for _uino_, and the passage means 'Tarraco, rich in vines, conceding priority to Latin wine alone'.
The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid
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Tarraco, where he received embassies from various Spanish tribes, who offered to become the allies of the Romans or to recognize their supremacy.
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Gaul and sack Tarraco in Spain; the Alemanni attack Italy; the
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 Rossiter Johnson 1906
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Gracchus had instructed his colleague, L. Postumius Albinus, who was on his way to Further Spain, to inform Q. Fulvius that he was to bring his army to Tarraco, where he intended to disband the old soldiers, incorporate the reinforcements into the various corps and reorganise the whole army.
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The day after leaving Tarraco he came to anchor at a spot ten miles distant from the mouth of the Ebro.
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By the time he reached Tarraco the whole of Spain on this side the Ebro had been subjugated and the soldiers belonging to the Roman and allied troops who had through various mishaps been made prisoners in Spain were brought by the natives as a gift to the consul.
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With its former glory thus renewed the victorious army marched to Tarraco.
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