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Coca, Spain
Coca is a town in the province of Segovia, Spain, the ancient Cauca of the Vaccaei. In 151 BCE the Roman general Lucullus massacred its inhabitants after they had surrendered. Under Rome it was a town of Hispania and is named in ancient sources as the birthplace of the emperor Theodosius I. It is now known for its fifteenth-century brick castle.
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