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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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    • Appian, Wars in Spain, 12.68
    • Claudius Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos, 2.4
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