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Romanization brought a second, distinct stage in the ancient history of Catalonia. Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus arrived in Empúries in 218 BC, with the objective of cutting off the sources of provisions of Hannibal's Carthaginian army during the Second Punic War. After the Carthaginian defeat, and the defeat of various Iberian tribes who ...
This is a timeline of Catalan history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Catalonia and its predecessor states and polities. To read about the background to these events, see History of Catalonia .
Catalonia [d] is an autonomous community of Spain, ... The development of these infrastructures, resulting from the topography and history of the Catalan territory ...
Les Homilies d'Organyà (12th century), first written in Catalan.. By the 9th century, the Catalan language had developed from Vulgar Latin on both sides of the eastern end of the Pyrenees mountains (counties of Rosselló, Empúries, Besalú, Cerdanya, Urgell, Pallars and Ribagorça), as well as in the territories of the Roman province and later archdiocese of Tarraconensis to the south. [1]
This is a collection of articles about the history of Catalonia and its people. Wikimedia Commons has media related to History of Catalonia . The main article for this category is History of Catalonia .
The name "Principality of Catalonia" is abundant in historical documentation that refers to Catalonia between the mid-14th century and early 19th century. [70] According to research carried out in recent decades, is considered to be in the second half of the 12th century when the Catalan counties form a unified and cohesive political entity ...
The history of Barcelona stretches over 2000 years to its origins as an Iberian village named Barkeno. [1] Its easily defensible location on the coastal plain between the Collserola ridge (512 m) and the Mediterranean Sea , the coastal route between central Europe and the rest of the Iberian Peninsula , has ensured its continued importance, if ...
The Museum of the History of Catalonia (Catalan: Museu d'Història de Catalunya, MHC) is a history museum in Barcelona that promotes the awareness and knowledge of the history of Catalonia and its culture.