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It will be through the Pact signed by the Godo Teodomiro de Oriola with Abd Al-Aziz, in the year 713, that the The Roman city of LUCENTUM LQNT will go by the name of LAQANT to Muslim hands. The construction of the Castle or Alcazaba, probably after the establishment of the city, could be due to the instability produced by the repeated Norman incursions which came to set fire to the city of Oriola or, possibly, as a defense against the military and ideological growth of the Fatimids of Egypt.