Castulo
Coordinates: 38 ° 0 ′ N , 3 ° 40 ′ W
Castulo ( Greek Κασταλών Kastaloni ) was the capital of the Iberian Oretani . It was located on the upper reaches of the Baetis ( Guadalquivir ) about 7 km south of today's Linares in Andalusia in Spain . There were silver mines and lead pits nearby, which made the city economically important.
Before the Second Punic War , Castulo was under the rule of Carthage . Hannibal married a resident of Castulo, who according to Silius Italicus was called Imilke . However, the city presented itself in the course of the Second Punic War in 214 BC. On the side of Carthage's enemy, the Roman Republic . Another change from Castulos to Hannibal's side took place in 211 BC. In the next few years Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus was able to completely drive the Punians out of Spain, so that Castulo 206 BC. Finally came under Roman rule. Even after it was incorporated into Roman rule, its own coins were minted.
Castulo was a bishopric since the beginning of the 4th century AD, but it became deserted in the Middle Ages . The titular diocese of Castulo goes back to the lost bishopric .
literature
- Philip Smith: Castulo . In: William Smith : Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London 1854.
- Robert Grosse: Castulo. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 1, Stuttgart 1964, Col. 1083.
- Michael Blech, Pedro Barceló: Castulo. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 2, Metzler, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-476-01472-X , Sp. 1028.