Roman Spain

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Roman Spain was the region of the Iberian Peninsula under Roman rule, known for its strategic provinces, extensive Romanization, and role as a vital source of resources and culture within the Roman Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region
part of the Roman Empire
administrativeReformBy Augustus
alsoKnownAs Iberian Peninsula
surface form: Hispania
capitalCity Tarraco
conflict Cantabrian Wars
Lusitanian War
Second Punic War
conqueredBy Roman Republic
conqueredFrom Carthage
countryToday Portugal
Spain
culturalProcess Romanization
dividedIntoProvince Andalusia
surface form: Baetica

Carthaginensis
Galicia
surface form: Gallaecia

Hispania Citerior
Hispania Ulterior
Lusitania
Tarraconensis
economicRole important agricultural region of the Roman Empire
major mining center of the Roman Empire
infrastructure Roman roads
amphitheaters
aqueducts
bridges
theaters
introducedLanguage Latin
laterInvadedBy Alans
Suebi
Vandals
laterReligion Christianity
laterRuledBy Roman Empire
Visigothic Kingdom
legacy origin of the Romance languages of the Iberian Peninsula
legalStatus imperial provinces
senatorial provinces
locatedIn Iberian Peninsula
majorCity Asturica Augusta
Bracara Augusta
Caesaraugusta
Carthago Nova
Clunia
Córdoba
surface form: Corduba

Augusta Emerita
surface form: Emerita Augusta

Italica
surface form: Hispalis

Italica
Segobriga
Toletum
notableLeader Augustus
Scipio Aemilianus
Scipio Africanus
Quintus Sertorius
surface form: Sertorius
notableNative Hadrian
Lucan
Seneca the Younger
Theodosius I
Trajan
producedResource copper
garum
gold
iron
olive oil
silver
wine
religion Roman paganism
timePeriodEnd 5th century CE
timePeriodStart 3rd century BCE

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Council of Elvira locatedIn Roman Spain
Kingdom of Toledo precededBy Roman Spain
this entity surface form: Roman Hispania
Kingdom of Toledo culture Roman Spain
this entity surface form: Hispano-Roman culture
Valentia Edetanorum locatedIn Roman Spain
this entity surface form: Hispania Tarraconensis
Valentia Edetanorum partOf Roman Spain
this entity surface form: Roman province of Hispania Tarraconensis
Italica locatedIn Roman Spain
this entity surface form: Roman province of Baetica
Umayyad conquest of Hispania involvedEthnicGroup Roman Spain
this entity surface form: Hispano-Romans
Christianization of the Iberian Peninsula precededBy Roman Spain
this entity surface form: Roman paganism in Hispania
Gallia Narbonensis borderedBy Roman Spain
this entity surface form: Hispania Tarraconensis
Iberian kingdoms precededBy Roman Spain
this entity surface form: Roman Hispania
Celtiberia partOf Roman Spain
this entity surface form: Roman Hispania
Malaka wasPartOf Roman Spain
this entity surface form: Roman Hispania
Romanization of Cisalpine Gaul relatedTo Roman Spain
this entity surface form: Romanization of Hispania
Elvira locatedIn Roman Spain
this entity surface form: Roman Hispania
Elvira culturalContext Roman Spain
this entity surface form: Roman Hispano culture
Battle of Ilipa region Roman Spain
this entity surface form: Roman Hispania
Legio VII Gemina garrisonRegion Roman Spain
this entity surface form: Hispania Tarraconensis
Barcino locatedIn Roman Spain
this entity surface form: Hispania Tarraconensis
medieval Spain follows Roman Spain
this entity surface form: Roman Hispania
Cauca partOf Roman Spain
this entity surface form: Roman Hispania
Las Médulas partOf Roman Spain
this entity surface form: Roman mining district of northwestern Hispania
Ancient Iberia precedes Roman Spain
this entity surface form: Roman Hispania
Vetus Urbs hasCulturalContext Roman Spain
this entity surface form: Roman Hispania
Mozarabic chant influencedByCulture Roman Spain
this entity surface form: Hispano-Roman culture