Pompaelo

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Pompaelo is the ancient Roman name for the city now known as Pamplona in northern Spain, historically significant as a fortified settlement in the province of Hispania.

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Pompaelo canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman settlement
ancient city
archaeological site
administrativeStatus municipium or similar local community under Roman law
approximateFoundationCentury 1st century BC
connectedBy Roman roads
country Roman Empire
economicActivities agriculture in surrounding territory
local trade
etymologyLinkedTo Vascon personal name Pompeius or similar
evidenceFrom Roman inscriptions
archaeological excavations in Pamplona
foundedBy Romans
function administrative center
military stronghold
urban settlement
hasArchaeologicalRemains Roman streets
Roman walls
domus (Roman houses)
public buildings
sewers
hasFortifications city walls
defensive ramparts
historicalSignificance important fortified center in Roman Hispania
influencedByCulture Roman culture
languageUsed Latin
laterReligionPracticed Christianity
locatedIn Hispania Tarraconensis
Iberian Peninsula
Navarre
northern Spain
modernCity Pamplona
nearMountainRange Pyrenees
partOf Roman provincial network in Hispania
preRomanInhabitants Vascones
linked to: Basques
preRomanNameAssociatedWith Pompelo or similar Vascon toponym
presentDayCountry Spain
regionInAntiquity Vasconia
linked to: Navarre
religionPracticed Roman paganism
RomanNameOf Pamplona
situatedOnRiver Arga River
strategicRole control of routes across the western Pyrenees
successorSettlement medieval Pamplona
timePeriod Roman era
urbanContinuityWith Pamplona historic center
linked to: Pamplona
urbanLayoutType Roman orthogonal plan

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Pamplona hasLatinName Pompaelo