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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco' has mentioned 'City' in the following places:
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| Contents 1 Origins and the Second Punic War 2 Tarraco during the Roman Republic 3 The period of Augustus 4 The city during the high empire 5 The low empire 6 Archaeological ensemble 6.1 Criteria 6.2 Protected sites 7 See also 8 References 9 External links | WIKI |
| The main remains of the Roman city preserved in the Museu Nacional Arqueolxc3xb2gic de Tarragona (MNAT). | WIKI |
| Livy writes that the Romans conquered a field of Punic supplies for Hannibal's troops near Cissis and took the city. | WIKI |
| But it remains unclear whether Cissis and Tarraco were the same city. | WIKI |
| There was therefore a strong military presence during this period, possibly in the highest area of what is currently the city's historic quarter, called the Part Alta. | WIKI |
| Gaius Porcius Cato, consul in the year 114 BC, chose Tarraco as the place of his exile in the year 108, indicating that Tarraco was a free city or perhaps an ally at that time. | WIKI |
| [11] Apparently, Augustus had built an altar in the city, and a story by the rhetorician Quintilian mentions that the inhabitants of Tarraco complained to Augustus that a palm tree had grown on the altar. | WIKI |
| The city flourished under Augustus. | WIKI |
| After the death of Augustus in the year 14 AD, the emperor was officially deified and in 15 AD a temple was erected in his honour, probably in the easternmost neighbourhood of the city or near the Colonial Forum, as mentioned by Tacitus in his annales. | WIKI |
| The city during the high empire[edit] | WIKI |
| Tarragona Amphitheatre, the temple area, and the Provincial forum at the top of the city were probably built during this period. | WIKI |
| The patron of the city Senator Lucius Licinius Sura was appointed under the Emperor Trajan. | WIKI |
| In the winter 122-123 AD Hadrian is thought to have visited the city to hold a conventus for Hispania. | WIKI |
| Few statues were built in honor of the city, probably due to a lack of funds. | WIKI |
| The invasions in about 260[19] by groups of both Franks and Alemanni created hardships for a decade but excavations have not shown effects of these raids within the city and destruction has only been seen in the harbour area and outside the walls. | WIKI |
| There is no evidence of destruction and apparently the capture of the city was relatively quiet. | WIKI |
| The end of the ancient history of the city came with the arrival of the Muslims in 713 or 714. | WIKI |
| Inscriptions on the stones of houses written in Latin and even in Phoenician can be found throughout the city. | WIKI |
| Two ancient monuments, a small distance from the city, have aged well. | WIKI |
| The first is a magnificent aqueduct, which crosses a valley 1.5xc2xa0km (0.93xc2xa0mi) from the city gates. | WIKI |
| The other monument, to the north-west of the city, and also about 1.5xc2xa0km (0.93xc2xa0mi) from it, is a Roman tomb, which is usually called Torre dels Escipions, although there is no evidence to suggest that the Scipio brothers were buried there. | WIKI |
| It was a major administrative and mercantile city in Roman Spain and the major centre of the Imperial cult for all the Iberian provinces. | UNESCO |
| Txc3xa1rraco was endowed with many fine buildings, and archaeological excavations have revealed parts of the Roman settlement from the foundation of the city in the Republican period (3rd century BCE) to the Early Christian Era. | UNESCO |
| Txc3xa1rraco is remarkable for its singular conception within Roman planning: the town plan was adapted to the configuration of the land by means of a series of artificial terraces, which can be seen around the provincial forum as well as in the residential area of the Roman city. | UNESCO |
| The distribution reveals an upper part, which dominates the whole city and is devoted to representation, part provincial officialdom and part recreational. | UNESCO |
| The different elements built in the dependent territory of the city are also noteworthy. | UNESCO |
| Owing to the importance of the buildings that made up this complex and the limited technical resources available to the builders of the mediaeval city, the Roman architectural and town planning elements have endured impressively in the modern topography of the historical centre of Tarragona, along with the monumental elements that are still present in the territory of Txc3xa1rraco. | UNESCO |
| Although many of the remains are fragmentary, many continue to be preserved beneath more recent buildings and can present a vivid picture of the grandeur of this Roman provincial city. | UNESCO |
| Archaeological excavations have uncovered the structures of the port zone, the area with the colony forum, the baths, the Roman theatre, the amphitheatre and the circus, and the upper part of the city or cult area with the provincial forum. | UNESCO |
| These elements portray the foundation, phases of construction and splendour and decline of the city and together illustrate the significance of the urban fabric of the whole. | UNESCO |
| The overall state of conservation of the archaeological remains is good and buildings and monuments retain their ability to reveal their importance and their roles and functions in relation to the Roman city. | UNESCO |
| A series of regulations, legislative protection measures and management plans have been established to ensure the proper protection of a city that is constantly changing and growing. | UNESCO |
| The Roman city of Txc3xa1rraco, like all archaeological sites partly located in a modern city, may seem vulnerable to constant threats from urban pressures, which at times hinder maintenance of the attributes of the property. | UNESCO |