Saguntum

(place) by EverybodysCyclopedia (8.7 mon) Thu Aug 31 2006 at 22:23:51

Saguntum, formerly a town in Spain south of the Ebro, about three miles from the coast. it is famous in Roman history; its siege by Hannibal in 219-218 B.C. having given rise to the second Punic War.

Entry from Everybody's Cyclopedia, 1912.

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