OBU´CULA
OBU´CULA (
Ὀβούκολα,
Ptol. 2.4.4), called by Pliny (iii. l.s. 3) Obulcula, and by Appian (
App. Hisp. 68)
Ὀβόλκολα, a town of Hispania Baetica, on the road from Hispalis to Emerita and Corduba (
Itin. Ant. pp. 413, 414), now
Monclova. Some ruins are still visible (Caro,
Ant. Hisp. 1.19; Florez,
Esp. S. xii. p. 382.)
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