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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 43. Chapters: History of Minorca, Municipalities in Minorca, People from Minorca, Sport in Minorca, Mahon, Sanisera, Invasion of Minorca, 1781, Battle of Minorca, CF Sporting Mahones, Capture of Minorca, Abu 'Uthman Sa'id ibn Hakam al Qurashi, Sergio Llull, Ciutadella de Menorca, Joan Riudavets, Juan Pons, List of butterflies of Menorca, List of dragonflies of Menorca, Siege of Fort St. Philip, Cala En Porter, Jorge Farragut, Mathieu Orfila, Nuralagus rex, Torre d'en Galmes, Sergi Enrich, John Mostyn, Ferreries, Minorca football team, Richard Lyttelton, Abu 'Umar ibn Sa'id, San Luis Aerodrome, Cap de Cavalleria Ecomuseum, Castle of Santa Agueda, List of Governors of Minorca, Fornells, Minorca, Albert Torres, Naveta des Tudons, List of beaches in Minorca, El Toro, Es Castell, Manurqa, Cami de Cavalls, Alaior, Es Mercadal, Abarca, Estadi Mahones, Atletico Villacarlos, Colom Island, St. Philip's Castle, Lobster stew, Ra'is of Manurqa, Sant Lluis, Pau Faner Coll, Es Migjorn Gran, Arenal d'en Castell, Flag of Minorca, Menorca Sun, Binibeca, Doma Menorquina. Excerpt: Sanisera was one of the Roman cities located in the island of Menorca (Balearic Islands, Spain), which was mentioned by Pliny the Elder in his book Naturalis Historia, III, 77 - 78 in the 1st century BC. The Baleares, so formidable in war with their slingers, have received from the Greeks the name of Gymnasiae. The larger island is 100 miles in length, and 475 in circumference. It has the following towns; Palma and Pollentia, enjoying the rights of Roman citizens, Cinium and Tucis, with Latin rights: Bocchorum, a federate town, is no longer in existence. At thirty miles' distance is the smaller island, 40 miles in length, and 150 in circumference; it contains the states of Jamnon, Sanisera, and Magon. Naturalis Historia, 1669 edition. Aereal view of the Port of SanitjaThe a..