Gadès
Gadès (or Gadir into punic), is a founded ancient city towards 1100 av. J. - C. by the Phéniciens, in the south of the Hispanie, the entry of the Straits of Gibraltar, on the Atlantic gulf of Gadès . Its inhabitants, the Gaditains , were famous tradesmen and sailors.
The Carthaginois seized the city in 501 av. J. - C.. It was joined the Romans in 205 av. J. - C. during the Second Punic War, which was worth to him a preferential treatment on behalf of the Roman République within the Spanish province of Bétique.
Jules César granted to his inhabitants the Roman Citoyenneté in 49 av. J.C because they had taken party for him and driven out the pompéiens (Dion Cassius, 41,24).
The city was destroyed by the Visigoths at the 5th century. In 711, it was taken by the Moors, which rebuilt it.
The city bears today the name of Cadiz.
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