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Along the way is Mértola, an ancient white-washed town founded by the Phoenicians, built up by the Romans, and later seized by the Moors.
Astride the neck of land between the Bay of Pollença and the even more expansive Bay of Alcúdia stands the ancient walled town of Alcúdia, first inhabited by the Phoenicians in the eighth century b.c.
Although it is known that the Phoenicians, Greeks, and Carthaginians were aware of Gibraltar, and that the Romans ruled here from about 500 b.c. to a.d. 475, no town was ever built.
As Greek colonial power grew weak from Athens-Sparta rivalry back home and pressure from Phoenicians in Sicily, the vacuum was filled by an uppity confederation of Latin and Sabine tribes living on seven hills known collectively as Rome.
They called this people Phoenicians (from Greek Phoinikes , `Red Ones' or `Crimson Men') on account of their sunburned skin.