Acci - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Acci - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Acci () was an ancient inland city of Hispania Tarraconensis, on the borders of Baetica. Under the Romans, and with the Jus Latinum, it was a colony with the full name of Colonia Julia Gemella Accitana. Its coins are numerous, bearing the heads of Augustus, Tiberius, Germanicus, Drusus, and Caligula,For descriptions of the coins, see and the ensigns of the legions iii. and vi., from which it was colonized by Julius Caesar or Augustus, and from which it derived the name of Gemella.Itin. Ant., pp. 402, 404Joseph Hilarius Eckhel, Doctrina numorum veterum, vol. i. pp. 34-35; Rasche, s. v. According to Macrobius,Macr., Saturnalia 1.19 Mars was worshipped here with his head surrounded with the sun's rays, under the name of Netos. Such an emblem is seen on the coins. The town became Christian at an early date; the Diocese of Acci was established in 47 AD. The bishop is no longer resident in the uninhabited site, but Acci remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. Read more on Wikipedia
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