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SAGUNTUM

Volume 16 · 55 words · 1797 Edition

an ancient town of Spain, now called Alborodo, where there are still the ruins of a Roman amphitheatre to be seen. The new town is situated on a river called Morvedro, 15 miles to the north of Valencia, in E. Long. 0° 10'. N. Lat. 39° 38'. It was taken by Lord Peterborough in 1766.