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The Romanization of Hispania is the process by which Roman or Latin culture was introduced into the Iberian Peninsula during the period of Roman rule. Glass jar, at the Museum of Valladolid . The Romans were pioneers in the technique of glass blowing.
Hispania, the Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula, included what is now Spain, Portugal, Andorra, and the southernmost part of France. [11] When Augustus went to Spain between 16 and 13 BC, he saw the need for roads and ordered the construction of the Via Augusta, the longest and most important road in Hispania.
La Cueva, Camesa y Rebolledo, Valdeolea Building Ciavieja Cisterna de Andelos 42°35′58″N 1°52′2″W / 42.59944°N 1.86722°W / 42.59944; -1
The Romans decided to fight two campaigns, one in Africa (the Roman name for today's Tunisia and western Libya, Carthage's homeland) and one in Hispania. Six Roman legions (24,000 infantry and 1,800 cavalry) and 40,000 infantry of Italian allies and 4,400 allied cavalry were levied. A fleet of 220 ships of war and 20 light galleys was prepared.
Tarraco is the ancient name of the current city of Tarragona (Catalonia, Spain).It was the oldest Roman settlement on the Iberian Peninsula.It became the capital of Hispania Tarraconensis following the latter's creation during the Roman Empire.
Bust of Drusus Julius Caesar from Caesaraugusta (first quarter of the 1st century AD).. Caesar Augusta was founded in 14 B.C. — although other dates have been proposed for the foundation of the city, ranging from 25 to 12 B.C.— as an Colonia inmune where soldiers from the legions that fought with Caesar Augustus in Hispania between 29 and 26 B.C. were integrated into the Iberian Salduie ...
Roman sites of Hispania located within present day Spain. Subcategories. This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total. A. Ancient Roman buildings ...
The construction of the Roman theater of Caesaraugusta began in the early 1st century during the reign of the Roman Emperor Tiberius. It was completed under the rule of Emperor Claudius by the mid-1st century AD. Covering an area of 7,000 square meters (with a diameter of 106 meters), it ranks as one of the largest theaters in Roman Hispania ...