Facts in brief:
Surrendered to Romans at end of Second Punic War; ruined by Visigoths 5th cen.; Moors controlled port 711-1262; taken from Moors & reconstructed by Alfonso X of Castile 1262; was base of Spanish treasure fleets after Columbus charted America in 1492.
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