Tarrăco

, now Tarragon a , a city of Spain, situate on the shores of the Mediterranean, founded by the two Scipios, who planted a Roman colony there. The province of which it was the capital was called Tar racon ens is , and was famous for its wines. Hispania Tar racon ens is , which was also called by the Romans Hispania Citer i or , was bounded on the east by the Mediterranean, the ocean on the west, the Pyrene an mountains and the sea of the Cantabri on the north, and Lusitania and Bætic a on the south. Martial , bk. 10 , ltr. 104 ; bk. 13 , ltr. 118 .— Mela , bk. 2 , ch. 6 .— Silius Italic us , bk. 3 , li. 369 ; bk. 15 , li. 177 .