Pompelo

POMPELO

PO´MPELO (Πομπελών, Ptol. 2.6.67; Strab. 3. p. 161, who makes the name equivalent to Πομπηιόπολις), the chief town of the Vascones in Hispania Tarraconensis, on the road from Asturica to Burdigala (Itin. Ant. p. 455), and a civitas stipendiaria in the jurisdiction of Caesaraugusta. (Plin. Nat. 3.3. s. 4.) Now Pamplona.

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