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There are 237 items in Spain:

Pillars of Heracles

Pillars of Heracles (Greek: Ἡράκλειαι Στῆλαι): ancient name for the narrow strait that connected the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, identical to the modern Strait of Gibraltar. …

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Plutarch on Caesar in Baetica

Plutarch of Chaeronea (46-c.122): influential Greek philosopher and author, well known for his biographies and his moral treatises. His biography is here; the following fragment is from his Life of Julius Caesar.In 61/60, Julius Caesar was governor of Andalusia, or…

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Pyrenees

Pyrenees (Greek Πυρήνη or Πυρηναῖα, Latin Pyrenaei): mountain range between ancient Gaul and Iberia. The Pyrenees Like a straight line between the…

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