The Roman city of Pollentia was founded on the north-eastern coast of Mallorca (Balearic archipelago) after the Roman conquest of the island in 123 BC according to Strabo (3.5.1), it was founded by Caecilius Metellus Balearicus with 3000 Roman colonists.
See:
- Strabo, Geography Book III Chapter 5
- Richard Stillwell,et all. : sv. POLLENTIA (Alcudia de Pollensa) Majorca, Spain., The Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press. 1976.