- GISCALA
- GISCALAGalilaeae civitas, firmis portis et muris munita, ac populo frequens: patria seditiosi illius ac nequititâ nobilissimi Ioh. I. eviae filii. Huius frequens est apud Ioseph. mentio.
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GISCALA
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