Bilbilis, an old Iberian city of Spain, 2 miles E. of the modern town of Calatayud (q.v.), in the province of Saragossa, chiefly celebrated as the birthplace of the poet Martial, but also famed for its highly tempered steel blades.
Bilbilis
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 139
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