Castle and Roman theater of Sagunto

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Castle and Roman theater of Sagunto

Of the ancient ars to SaguntumAlready it talks with one another of the Sagunto city in some texts of the classic literature, relating the with events happenings in the second Punic Wars. This Iberian city-|edetana| was known as ars but with the time it makes room for the Saguntum |hispanorromana| city.The Iberian city-|edetana| was besieged by the general Hannibal in the year 219 AdC; account the legend that the citizens of Sagunto when not receiving the help of the romen, and with the negative of producing, decided light a great bonfire and it is thrown all to her. So the second |punica| war is started between Carthage and republicas it of Roma.Siete years after the city was recovered for the romen, below the name of Saguntum, whom built a great circus in the low part of the city and a theater with capacitance of eight thousand spectators.The arabs took the city in the year 713 d.C. as of this time is when the Saguntum |topónimo| changed to Morbyter and other variants, and more late names to him Murviedro in Castilian and Murvedre or Molvedre in Valencian, derived denominations of the |veretes| |muri| ( "old walls") of the age it intercedes.In the year 1239 the reconquest of the city is produced by James I the conqueror, king of Aragon.http ://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagunto

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