Sa·gun·to (s -g n t , sä-) A city of eastern Spain north-northeast of Valencia. Founded by Greek colonists and later allied with Rome, it was besieged and captured by Carthaginian forces led by Hannibal (219-218 b.c.), thus precipitating the Second Punic War. Sagunto was held by the Moors from a.d. 713 until 1238. Population: 63,400. |
Sagunto (Spanish) [saˈγunto]
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(Placename) an industrial town in E Spain, near Valencia: allied to Rome and made a heroic resistance to the Carthaginian attack led by Hannibal (219-218 bc). Pop.: 57 300 (latest est.) Ancient name Saguntum [səˈguːntəm]
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