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  2. Romanization of Hispania - Wikipedia

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    Tarraco was the capital at the outset of the Hispania Citerior during the Roman Republic, and later the very extensive Hispania Citerior Tarraconensis Province. Possibly around the year 45 BC Julius Caesar changed the status of city to a colonia , which is reflected in the epithet Iulia in its formal name: Colonia Iulia Urbs Triumphalis Tarraco ...

  3. History of Spain - Wikipedia

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    Those tribes that survived took over existing Roman institutions, and created successor-kingdoms to the Romans in various parts of Europe. Hispania was taken over by the Visigoths after 410. [24] At the same time, there was a process of "Romanization" of the Germanic and Hunnic tribes.

  4. Bilbilis - Wikipedia

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    Augusta Bilbilis was a city (or municipium) founded by the Romans in the province of Hispania Tarraconensis. [1] It was the birthplace of famous poet Martial c. 40 AD.The modern town of Calatayud was founded near this Roman site.

  5. Roman circus of Toledo - Wikipedia

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    The Roman circus at Toletum (Toledo) was built in the 1st century, during the reign of emperor Augustus or emperor Tiberius.Possibly, its construction was included within the plan that the emperor undertook throughout the Roman Empire to endow all the great cities with public buildings like amphitheatres, theatres, fora, and thermae, with the aim of promoting the Romanization in these zones.

  6. Economy of Hispania - Wikipedia

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    The economy of Hispania, or Roman Iberia, experienced a strong revolution during and after the conquest of the peninsular territory by Rome, in such a way that, from an unknown but promising land, it came to be one of the most valuable acquisitions of both the Republic and Empire and a basic pillar that sustained the rise of Rome.

  7. Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula - Wikipedia

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    He had founded the colony (settlement) of Italica (near Santiponce) to settle wounded Roman veterans. He also changed the Roman army in Hispania from one financed by Rome to a self-sufficient army. He did this through war booty and collections of food, clothes, and other supplies from the local tribes that had rebelled against the Romans.

  8. Home renovation frozen in time reveals Roman building ... - AOL

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    The ancient Roman city of Pompeii was home to up to 20,000 people before it was destroyed in the 79 AD eruption, which was visible from more than 40 kilometers (25 miles) away. More than 2,000 ...

  9. Via Augusta - Wikipedia

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    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.