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Urcesa

Οὔρκεσα

Urcesa (Οὔρκεσα or Οὔρκεσα Ptol. 2.6 § 58), a town of the Celtiberi in Hispania Tarraconensis. According to some, the modern Requena, whilst others identify it with Veles or Orgas. (Coins in Sestini p. 212.)

From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.