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The landing of Gnaeus Scipio at Empúries

l'Escala, Alt Empordà, Girona

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The landing of Gnaeus Scipio at Empúries

Historical milestone · l'Escala, Alt Empordà, Girona

Image of l'Escala, not of the place itself.

General Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio landed in the year 218 BC in the port of Emporion with two legions to cut Hannibal's lines in the Second Punic War; it was Rome's entry into the Iberian Peninsula and the beginning of almost seven centuries of rule.

218 a.C.

Photo: Isidro Jabato (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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