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Sagunto
(sə-go͞onˈtō, sä-)
A city of eastern Spain north-northeast of Valencia. Founded by Greek colonists and later allied with Rome, it was besieged and captured by Carthaginian forces led by Hannibal (219-218 B.C.), thus precipitating the Second Punic War. Sagunto was held by the Moors from A.D. 713 until 1238. Population: 63,400.