See also:

• CALAHORRA (anc. Calagurris)

CALAHORRA (anc. Calagurris)  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, in the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of Logrono; on the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• RIVER

river Cidacos which enters the See also:

• EBRO (anc. Iberus or Hiberus)

Ebro 3 M . E., and on the See also:

• BILBAO

Bilbao-See also:

• SARAGOSSA (Zaragoza)
• SARAGOSSA, COUNCILS OF (Concilia Caesarauguslana)

Saragossa railway . Pop . (Igoo) 9475 . See also:

• CALAHORRA (anc. Calagurris)

Calahorra inbuilt on the slope of a See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill overlooking the wide Ebro valley, which supplies its markets with an abundance of See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain, See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine, oil and See also:

• FLAX

flax . Its See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral, which probably See also:

• DATES

dates from the See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of the see of Calahorra in the 5th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, was restored in 1485, and subsequently so much altered that little of the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic structure survives . The Casa See also:

• SANTA

Santa, annually visited by many thousands of pilgrims on the 31st of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August, is said to contain the bodies of the martyrs Emeterius and Celedonius, who were beheaded in the 3rd or 4th century, on the site now occupied by the cathedral . Their heads, according to See also:

• LOCAL

local See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend, were See also:

• CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast into the Ebro, and, after floating out to See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea and rounding the Iberian See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula, are now preserved at See also:

• SANTANDER
• SANTANDER (ancient Portus Blendium or Fanum S. Andreae)

Santander . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief remains of the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman Calagurris are the vestiges of an See also:

• AQUEDUCT (Lat. aqua, water, and ducere, to lead; Gr. apaymryeiov, apayeeywov, vlrovopos)

aqueduct and an See also:

• AMPHITHEATRE (Gr. 441, around, and O&arpov, a place for spectators)

amphitheatre . Calagurris became famous in 76 B.C., when it was successfully defended against See also:

• POMPEY

Pompey by the adherents of See also:

• SERTORIUS, QUINTUS

Sertorius . Four years later it was captured by Pompey's See also:

• LEGATE (Lat. legatus, past part. of legare, to send as deputy)
• LEGATE, BARTHOLOMEW (c. 1575-1612)

legate, See also:

• AFRANIUS, LUCIUS

Afranius, after See also:

• STARVATION

starvation had reduced the See also:

• GARRISON
• GARRISON, WILLIAM LLOYD (1805-1879)

garrison to See also:

• CANNIBALISM

cannibalism . Under See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus (31 B.C.-A.D .

14) Calagurris received the privileges of Roman citizenship, and at a later date it was given the additional name of Nassica to distinguish it from the neighbouring See also:

• TOWN

town of Calagurris Fibularensis, the exact site of which is uncertain . The rhetorician See also:

• QUINTILIAN [MARCUS FABIUS QUINTILIANUS] (C. A.D. 35-95)

Quintilian was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Calagurris Nassica about A.D . 35 .