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Roman culture had distinct values on human life which are very different from those now prevailing in Europe and, in general, in the world. The system of slavery made it possible for a man to lose his status as free for various reasons such as: crime, debt or military defeat. After losing their rights, they were coerced into participating in a ...
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.
Roman advance through Hispania. Roman and Greek historians agree that most Hispanic peoples were warrior cultures where tribal warfare was the norm. The poverty of some regions, as well as the reigning oligarchy of their populations, drove them to seek resources in richer areas, both by mercenary work and banditry, which generated a convulsed national environment where fighting was the main ...
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 ...
Romanization in most of those regions remains such a powerful cultural influence in most aspects of life today that they are described as "Latin countries" and "Latin American countries". That is most evident in European countries in which Romance languages are spoken and former colonies that have inherited the languages and other Roman influences.
The Latin term Hispania, often used during Antiquity and the Low Middle Ages, like with Roman Hispania, as a geographical and political name, continued to be used geographically and politically in the Visigothic Spania, as shown in the expression laus Hispaniae, 'Praise to Hispania', to describe the history of the peoples of the Iberian ...
The Iberian Peninsula in the 3rd century BC. The Astures or Asturs, also named Astyrs, [1] [2] were the Hispano-Celtic [3] [4] inhabitants of the northwest area of Hispania that now comprises almost the entire modern autonomous community of the Principality of Asturias, the modern province of León, and the northern part of the modern province of Zamora (all in Spain), and eastern Trás os ...
Human sacrifice is her associated to conventional animal sacrifice, both of them directed to the god Ares, especially venerated by Hispanics.The name is likely an interpretative assimilation (interpretatio graeca) of a native warrior deity, identified by historians as receiving several theonyms: Neto, Cosus, Borus, Tarbucellus, Cariocecus, Sagatus y Tilennus, among others.