Uxama Argaela

Later, it supported the cause of the Roman rebel Quintus Sertorius against Rome,[1] and was destroyed by Pompey the Great in 72 BC, although it was rebuilt shortly afterwards.

According to Pliny[2] and Ptolemy,[3] it was one of the communities of the Conventus Iuridicus Cluniensis province in Hispania Tarraconensis and became a Municipium under Tiberius, after which began an important monumentalisation process that involved the construction of a small forum, a series of large urban villas, city walls, and an industrial district on the banks of the river Ucero.

The most important monuments are the Mina (section of a drain), cisterns, baths, and a basilica with mosaics.

In the Portugui vineyards part of an extensive Celtiberian cemetery has been excavated, with incineration graves of the 3rd-2nd century BC.

Sections of the aqueduct can be seen cut into tunnels in the solid rock on the edge of the ancient city.