Valentia Edetanorum

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Valentia Edetanorum was the Roman-era name for the ancient city that evolved into modern-day Valencia in eastern Spain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman colony
ancient city
associatedWithTribe Edetani
developedInto medieval city of Valencia
foundedAroundYear 138 BC
foundedAs Roman colony for veterans
foundedBy Romans
foundedInCentury 2nd century BC
hadInfrastructure bridge over the Turia River
cardo and decumanus street grid
city walls
forum
hasArchaeologicalRemainsIn historic center of Valencia
hasCoordinateApprox 39.47°N 0.38°W
hasHistoricalPeriod Roman Empire
Roman Republic
hasLatinName Valentia Edetanorum self-link
hasModernSuccessor Valencia
hasNameEtymology derived from Latin "valentia" meaning strength or valor
hasSuccessorState Visigothic Kingdom
surface form: Visigothic Valencia
locatedIn Roman Spain
surface form: Hispania Tarraconensis

Eastern Iberian Peninsula
surface form: eastern Iberian Peninsula

present-day Spain
region of Edetania
locatedInPresentDay Valencia
surface form: Valencia, Spain
locatedInRegion Valencian Community
modernCountry Spain
partOf Roman Empire
Roman Spain
surface form: Roman province of Hispania Tarraconensis
situatedOn Turia River
urbanType planned Roman colonial town
usedCurrency Roman currency
usedLanguage Latin
wasDestroyedInConflict Sertorian Wars
wasRepopulatedInCentury 1st century BC

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Valentia Edetanorum hasLatinName Valentia Edetanorum self-link
Valencia originalName Valentia Edetanorum