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    Pollentia (Catalan: Pol·lèntia) was a Roman city founded by Quintus Caecilius Metellus Balearicus in the present city of Alcúdia, allegedly in the year...
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    on the south of the island, and Pollentia in the northeast – on the site of a Phoenician settlement. Whilst Pollentia acted as a port to Roman cities...
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    Mallorca (redirect from Majorca)
    Mallorca, or Majorca, is the largest island of the Balearic Islands, which are part of Spain, and the seventh largest island in the Mediterranean Sea...
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    and then the city of Pollentia. From Pollentia, it was possible to view both the bay of Pollença and the bay of Alcúdia. Pollentia served as a guard against...
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    Spanish colonists on the larger island, and founded the cities of Palma and Pollentia. The islands belonged, under the Roman Empire, to the conventus of Carthago...
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    sə]) is a town and municipality in the northern part of the island of Majorca, near Cap de Formentor and Alcúdia. It lies inland, about 6 km (4 mi) west...
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    the Roman fold. Metellus founded the colonies of Palma and Pollentia on Majorca. Pollentia became the capital. The Roman historians Florus, Orosius and...
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  • city in northern Majorca (Balearic Islands, Spain), dating back to pre-Roman times. It was one of the oldest settlements in Majorca and was once a foederatus...
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  • Year Battle Loc. Description 402 Battle of Pollentia Romans under Flavius Stilicho win a small victory against the Visigoths under Alaric. 403 Battle...
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  • Asti (402) – 402 – Gothic War (401–403) (Roman–Germanic wars) Battle of Pollentia – 402 – Gothic War (401–403) (Roman–Germanic wars) Battle of Verona (402)...
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