(also tō-lĕ'THō) A city of central Spain near the Tagus River south-southwest of Madrid. It fell to the Romans in 193 B.C. and was later the capital of the Visigoth kingdom (534-712). As a Moorish capital (712-1085) it was a center of Arab and Hebrew learning. Population: 78,600.

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