Italica
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![The 2nd-century Venus of Italica, found in 1940 near the theatre (Museo Arqueológico, Seville)](/Images/godic/202501/21/SevillaMusArqS17_013256.JPG")
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Italica (Spanish:Itálica; north of modern-day Santiponce, 9 km NW of Seville, Spain) is a well-preserved Roman city and the birthplace of Roman Emperors Trajan and Hadrian.
The modern town of Santiponce overlies part of the pre-Roman Iberian settlement and the Roman city.