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Pollentia (Catalan: Pol·lèntia) was a
Roman city
founded by
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Balearicus in the
present city of Alcúdia,
allegedly in the year...
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Pollentia,
known today as
Pollenzo (Piedmontese: Polèns), was an
ancient city on the left bank of the Tanaro. It is now a
frazione (parish) of Bra in...
- The
Battle of
Pollentia was
fought on 6
April 402
between the
Romans under Stilicho and the
Visigoths under Alaric I,
during the
first Gothic invasion...
- and then the city of
Pollentia. From
Pollentia, it was
possible to view both the bay of Pollença and the bay of Alcúdia.
Pollentia served as a
guard against...
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Alaric to
break the siege. Two
battles were fought. The
first was at
Pollentia on 4
April 402 (Easter Sunday),
where Stilicho (according to Claudian)...
- as soon as the p****es had cleared,
meeting Alaric in two
battles (near
Pollentia and Verona)
without decisive results. The Goths, weakened, were allowed...
- on the
south of the island, and
Pollentia in the
northeast – on the site of a
Phoenician settlement.
Whilst Pollentia acted as a port to
Roman cities...
- the
Roman fold.
Metellus founded the
colonies of
Palma and
Pollentia on Majorca.
Pollentia became the capital. The
Roman historians Florus,
Orosius and...
- "Pollença" can be
traced back to the name of the
Roman settlement of
Pollentia, the
excavated remains of
which lie
several kilometers away, at the modern...
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attack on
Easter Sunday in 402,
Stilicho defeated Alaric at the
Battle of
Pollentia,
capturing his camp and his wife.
Alaric himself managed to
escape with...
