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Tabula Contrebiensis

87 BCE · 1st century BCE

The Tabula Contrebiensis is a bronze tablet of 87 BCE found in 1979 at Botorrita, the ancient Contrebia Belaisca, near Zaragoza. Written in Latin, it records a dispute between two neighbouring communities over land and a water channel, decided by the senate of Contrebia under the authority of the Roman governor Gaius Valerius Flaccus. It is one of the earliest Roman legal documents from Spain.

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Tabula Contrebiensis. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/tabula-contrebiensis
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“Tabula Contrebiensis.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/tabula-contrebiensis. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Tabula Contrebiensis.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/tabula-contrebiensis.
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