Sagunto

Sagunto, known in antiquity as Saguntum, is an ancient Iberian and Roman city in the Valencia province of eastern Spain. Originally settled by the Edetani tribe who called it Arse, the city prospered through trade with Greeks and Phoenicians. In 219 BC, Hannibal besieged and captured the city, triggering the Second Punic War between Rome and Carthage. The Romans recaptured it in 214 BC and enriched it with monuments including a theatre, temples to Diana and Venus, and an aqueduct spanning Iberian, Roman, and Moorish construction periods.