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Genua
Genoa · Genova
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Genua, today Genoa in Italy, was the market harbour of the Ligurians, and the Greek geographer Strabo lists what changed hands there: timber, cattle, hides and honey from the hills, olive oil and wine from Italy. In 218 BC Scipio landed here on his way to confront Hannibal, and in 205 BC the Carthaginian Mago took the town by surprise and destroyed it. Rome had it rebuilt two years later. From 148 BC it was the starting point of the Via Postumia, and a milestone set up by the consul Spurius Postumius Albinus still names Genua as its point of departure.