Calagurris

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Calagurris was an ancient Roman town in Hispania Tarraconensis, located in what is now northern Spain and known as the birthplace of the rhetorician Quintilian.

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Calagurris canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman town
archaeological site
municipium
continent Europe
coordinateLocation 42.305°N 1.965°W
country Roman Empire
culture Roman
grantedStatus municipium under Augustus
hasArchaeologicalFind architectural remains
ceramics
coins
inscriptions
hasDemography Roman citizens and local indigenous population
hasEconomicActivity cereal cultivation
olive cultivation
viticulture
hasHeritageDesignation Bien de Interés Cultural (Calahorra archaeological remains)
hasLatinName Calagurris Fibularia
Calagurris Iulia Nasica
hasModernName Calahorra
hasMunicipalStatus municipium civium Romanorum
hasNotablePerson Marcus Fabius Quintilianus
linked to: Quintilian

Quintilian
hasReligion Roman paganism
linked to: Roman religion
hasRoadConnection Roman road network in Hispania
linked to: Roman roads
hasStructure Roman baths
Roman forum
linked to: Roman Forum

Roman walls
amphitheatre (probable)
hasTypeOfEconomy agricultural economy
trade center
knownFor birthplace of Quintilian
languageUsed Celtiberian (earlier period)
Latin
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Hispania Tarraconensis
locatedInOrNextToBodyOfWater Cidacos River
Ebro River
locatedInPresentDay Navarre
Spain
locatedInRegion northern Spain
partOf Conventus Caesaraugustanus
linked to: Caesaraugusta

Hispania
linked to: Hispania (probable)

Roman Hispania urban network
precededBy pre-Roman settlement
timePeriod Roman Empire
Roman Republic

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Quintilian birthPlace Calagurris