Acci
Acci , also Accis (today Guadix el viejo ), was an ancient Spanish city of the Bastetans . It was at the intersection of the road from Tarraco via Carthago Nova to Castulo and Malaca and extended on the heights along the western Rio Guadix in the province of Granada .
The city was founded either as a military colony Colonia Iulia Gemella Acci or Colonia Iulia Gemellensis Acci around 45 BC. By Julius Caesar or Augustus . The nickname Gemella , "twin", refers to the fact that the veterans settled there came from two legions . Acci originally belonged to the province of Baetica , since a reform under Augustus around 7–2 BC. To the province of Hispania Tarraconensis . The jurisdiction of the city lay with the conventus Carthaginiensis . The townspeople who owned the ius Italiae belonged to the tribus Popina . It is possible that the inhabitants of the city were engaged in mining if one reads Accitani instead of Aquitani in Pliny (Plin. Nh 33, 97) . During the rule of the Visigoths , Acci was also a mint .
The god of war Neto , who is equated with Mars, enjoyed particular veneration . The bishop of Acci had a certain importance in the early Christian church. The episcopus Accitanus Felix is even at the top of the list of participants at the Council of Iliberi . Later bishops play important roles in the councils of Toledo .
literature
- JM Santero: Colonia Iulia Gemella Acci . In: Habis 3 (1972), pp. 203-222.
Coordinates: 37 ° 18 ′ N , 3 ° 8 ′ W