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2 unusual facts about 123 BC


123 BC

Quintus Caecilius Metellus conquers the Balearic Islands for Rome, for which he earns the cognomen "Balearicus."

He settles 3,000 Roman and Iberian colonists on the islands and founds the cities of Palma and Pollentia.



see also

Tortona

123 BC - 118 BC at the junction of the great roads; the Via Postumia and the Via Aemilia Scauri which merged to become the Via Julia Augusta.