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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Cádiz, Spain. Prior to 20th century. 1104 BCE – Gadir founded by Phoenicians. [1] 530 BCE – Gades occupied by Carthaginians. [2] [3] 49 BCE – Julius Caesar conferred the civitas of Rome on the citizens of Gades. [3] 4 CE – Birth of Columella, a prominent writer on agriculture. [3]
Cadiz became Roman in 200 BC. The city reached great prosperity in Roman times, with the construction of amphitheatres and aqueducts. For a short period, Cadiz became the second most populous city in the Empire.
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Gades 1, as the Romans called the city, was said to be founded 2 around 1100 BC. by Phoenicians from Tyre 3 as home port for ships departing for England looking for tin and amber. However, archaeological research around the city has so far yielded nothing older than the 8th century BC.
Gaius Julius Caesar[a] (12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in a civil war, and subsequently became dictator from 49 BC until his assassination in 44 BC.
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Cadiz became Roman in 200 BC. Roman galleys sailed up its main river, now called the Guadalquivir, as far as Cordoba, where they took on board amphorae of olive oil and wine for exportation to Rome. The Romans remained for 700 years.
