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Roman iron anchors were in use from the republican period onwards. [3] Originally they were closely modelled on earlier wooden anchors with removable lead stocks. [ 3 ] Over time the design of the arms changed probably to increase the ease with which the anchor could be pulled out of the sand or mud it was embedded in. [ 3 ] Towards the end of ...
Throughout the centuries of Roman rule over the provinces of Hispania, Roman customs, religion, laws and the general Roman lifestyle gained much favour in the indigenous population. Together with a substantial minority of Roman immigrants, these eventually formed a distinct Hispano-Roman culture. Several factors aided the process of Romanization:
Sanisera was one of the Roman cities located in the island of Menorca (Balearic Islands, Spain), which was mentioned by Pliny the Elder in his book Naturalis Historia, III, 77–78 in the 1st century BC: The Baleares, so formidable in war with their slingers, have received from the Greeks the name of Gymnasiæ. The larger island is 100 miles in ...
This article has an unclear citation style. The references used may be made clearer with a different or consistent style of citation and footnoting. (September 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Ethnographic and Linguistic Map of the Iberian Peninsula at about 300 BCE. This is a list of the pre- Roman people of the Iberian Peninsula (the Roman Hispania, i.e., modern Portugal ...
The Turdetani were an ancient pre-Roman people of the Iberian Peninsula, living in the valley of the Guadalquivir (the river that the Turdetani called by two names: Kertis and Rérkēs (Ῥέρκης) and which was later known to the Romans as Baetis), [1] in what was to become the Roman Province of Hispania Baetica (modern south of Spain).
The two cities had different characters: Híspalis was a Hispano-Roman town of craftsmen and a regional financial and commercial hub; while Italica, the birthplace of the Roman emperors Trajan and Hadrian, [9] was residential and fully Roman. Hispalis developed into one of the great market and industrial centres of Hispania, and Italica ...
The subsequent course of Spanish history added new elements to the country's culture and traditions. The Visgoths established a united Hispania and kept the Latin and Christian legacy in Spain between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Early Middle Ages . [ 2 ]
Roman wall of Emporiae, initial entry point of Rome to the Iberian Peninsula. In 218 BC, the expeditionary force to Hispania reached Massalia (Marseilles) to discover that Hannibal was already on his way to Italy. Publius Cornelius Scipio sent 300 cavalry inland to locate Hannibal's forces. By this time, Hannibal was crossing the River Rhone.