Ocilis
OCILIS
OCILIS(Ὄκιλις, Appian, B. Hisp. 100.47, sqq.), a town of the Celtiberi, which served the Romans as a magazine in the time of the Celtiberian war. It was probably in the SE. part of Celtiberia, and Reichard identifies it with Ocana.
[T.H.D]OCILIS (Medinaceli) Soria, Spain.
Town 76 km S of Soria and SW of Calatayud. Framed in the Roman wall on the entrance road is the only Roman arch in Spain with three openings. It is 13.1 m long, 8.5 m high, and 2.05 m wide. Both niches in the facade are crowned with pediments. In the entablature was an inscription, now lost. It probably dates from the 2d c. A.D.
BIBLIOGRAPHYJ. R. Mélida, Monumentos romanos de España (1925) I; B. Taracena, Ars Hispaniae II (1947) I.
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