Pollentia (Mallorca)
"Sa Portella" residential area in Pollentia | |
| Location | Alcúdia, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain |
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| Coordinates | 39°51′0″N 03°07′20″E / 39.85000°N 3.12222°E |
| Type | Settlement |
| History | |
| Founded | 1st century BC |
| Site notes | |
| Discovered | 17th century |
| Excavation dates | 1923–present |
Pollentia (Catalan: Pol·lèntia) was a Roman city founded by Quintus Caecilius Metellus Balearicus in the present city of Alcúdia, allegedly in the year 123 BC.
The first documented remains belong, however, to the first half of the 1st century BC. This had led the researchers to establish the possibility of the creation of a castra (military camp) by the military expedition that, a generation later, would result in the current city of Pollentia.