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2 unusual facts about 123 BC


123 BC

Quintus Caecilius Metellus conquers the Balearic Islands for Rome, for which he earns the cognomen "Balearicus."

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He settles 3,000 Roman and Iberian colonists on the islands and founds the cities of Palma and Pollentia.



see also

Tortona

123 BC - 118 BC at the junction of the great roads; the Via Postumia and the Via Aemilia Scauri which merged to become the Via Julia Augusta.