"Segontia Lanca" ("Hispania Citerior"). Propuesta para la identificación de la ciudad celtíbera y romana

Abstract

The development of the Celtiberian and Roman community of Segontia Lanca (Hispania Citerior), in the Upper Duero, between 2nd century B.C. and 2nd century A.D. is assessed. We propose that the following development took place: The pre-Roman city of Segontia Lanca developed as a power centre from the Castro oppidum (Valdanzo, Soria). After the Roman conquest, between 124 and 98 B.C., it was decided to transfer this city to its new location at Las Quintanas-La Cuesta del Moro (Langa de Duero, Soria). The caput urbis of the Late Republican and Augustus-Tiberian Segontia Lanca was founded here. The secotiaz lacaz mint was located in this community. For reasons which still need to be investigated, Segontia Lanca became a multiurban community at the start of the 1st century A. D., comprising a relocated caput urbis and two smaller urban nuclei that were also within its territory. The paper also considers whether this civitas was granted the status of municipium in the 1st century A. D.