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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 ...
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.
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.
Rome also demanded Massalia a small strip of land in order to build a road to Hispania, to assist in troop transport. [9] The Romans therefore landed their troops on Massalia to protect the city. After Rome held territories in Hispania, the Romans left control of the route to the city, causing praetor Lucius Baebius to be killed by the Ligures ...
Latifundia also expanded to the Roman provinces of Mauretania (modern Maghreb) and in Hispania Baetica (modern Andalusia) with conquest of those areas. [citation needed] The latifundia distressed Pliny the Elder (died AD 79) as he travelled, seeing only slaves working the land, not the sturdy Roman farmers who had been the backbone of the ...
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 ...
Ruins of a Roman garum factory near Tarifa, Spain. Carthaginians and Greeks also traded with Spain and established their own colonies on the coast. Spain's mineral wealth and access to metals made it a key source of raw material during the early metal ages. Carthage conquered parts of Iberia after the First Punic War.
Invasion of the NW of the Iberian peninsula (the Roman Gallaecia) by the Suevi (Quadi and Marcomanni) under king Hermerico, accompanied by the Buri. The Suevic Kingdom eventually received official recognition from the Romans for their settlement there in Gallaecia. It was the first kingdom separated from the Roman Empire that minted coins.