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Mayorianus's fleet at the Portus Illicitanus

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Mayorianus's fleet at the Portus Illicitanus

Historical milestone · Santa Pola, El Baix Vinalopó, Alicante

Image of Santa Pola, not of the place itself.

In the year 460 the emperor Majorian assembled at the Portus Illicitanus, the forerunner of the port of Santa Pola, the fleet with which he meant to attack the Vandals of North Africa. The Vandals destroyed it at its anchorage and the campaign failed.

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Photo: Enrique Íñiguez Rodríguez (Qoan) (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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