Roman province of Hispania Tarraconensis

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Roman province imperial administrative region

The Roman province of Hispania Tarraconensis was a vast imperial administrative region in northern and eastern Iberia, centered on the city of Tarraco, that played a key role in Rome’s control, military operations, and economic exploitation of the peninsula.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Hispania Tarraconensis 7
Roman Hispania Tarraconensis 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman province ⓘ
imperial administrative region ⓘ
administrativeCenter Tarraco NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Gallia Narbonensis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hispania Baetica NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hispania Lusitania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
capital Tarraco NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
countryToday Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
createdFrom Hispania Citerior NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
mining ⓘ
olive oil production ⓘ
salted fish production ⓘ
wine production ⓘ
establishedBy Augustus NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishedInYear 27 BC ⓘ
exportedProduct agricultural produce ⓘ
gold ⓘ
iron ⓘ
metals ⓘ
silver ⓘ
governedBy legatus Augusti pro praetore ⓘ
governorRank senatorial ⓘ
hadMilitaryLegions true ⓘ
hadRomanRoad Via Augusta NERFINISHED ⓘ
includedRegion Cantabria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Celtiberia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gallaecia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lusitanian borderlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vasconia NERFINISHED ⓘ
incorporatedInto Diocesis Hispaniarum NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageUsed Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ
laterSubdividedInto Carthaginensis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gallaecia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tarraconensis (reduced) NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
eastern Iberia ⓘ
northern Iberia ⓘ
modernSiteOfCapital Tarragona NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter Tarraco NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Roman Empire ⓘ
primaryMilitaryRole control of northern tribes GENERATED ⓘ
defense of Pyrenean frontier GENERATED ⓘ
religion Roman paganism ⓘ
reorganizedAroundYear late 3rd century AD ⓘ
reorganizedUnder Diocletian NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Asturica Augusta → partOf → Roman province of Hispania Tarraconensis ⓘ
Caesaraugusta → locatedIn → Roman province of Hispania Tarraconensis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hispania Tarraconensis
Cauca → partOf → Roman province of Hispania Tarraconensis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hispania Tarraconensis
Las Médulas → locatedIn → Roman province of Hispania Tarraconensis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hispania Tarraconensis
Archaeological Ensemble of Tarraco → associatedWith → Roman province of Hispania Tarraconensis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman Hispania Tarraconensis
Gallia Aquitania → borderedBy → Roman province of Hispania Tarraconensis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hispania Tarraconensis
Hispania Ulterior → followedBy → Roman province of Hispania Tarraconensis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hispania Tarraconensis
Complutum (Roman city) → locatedIn → Roman province of Hispania Tarraconensis ⓘ
subject surface form: Complutum
this entity surface form: Hispania Tarraconensis
Lusitania → borderedBy → Roman province of Hispania Tarraconensis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hispania Tarraconensis