Roman province on the Iberian Peninsula (27 BC-459 AD)
Provincia Hispania Tarraconensis
Province of the Roman Empire
27 BC–459
Capital
Tarraco
Historical era
Antiquity
• Established
27 BC
• Visigothic conquest
459
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Hispania Citerior
Visigothic Kingdom
Kingdom of the Suebi
Today part of
Spain Portugal
Hispania Tarraconensis was one of three Roman provinces in Hispania. It encompassed much of the northern, eastern and central territories of modern Spain along with modern northern Portugal. Southern Spain, the region now called Andalusia, was the province of Hispania Baetica. On the Atlantic west lay the province of Lusitania, partially coincident with modern-day Portugal.
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HispaniaTarraconensis was one of three Roman provinces in Hispania. It encompassed much of the northern, eastern and central territories of modern Spain...
while Hispania Citerior was renamed HispaniaTarraconensis. Subsequently, the western part of Tarraconensis was split off, initially as Hispania Nova,...
reorganised the Roman provinces in Hispania. Hispania Citerior was replaced by the larger province of HispaniaTarraconensis, which included the territories...
west by Lusitania, and to the northeast by Tarraconensis. Baetica remained one of the basic divisions of Hispania under the Visigoths. Its territory approximately...
the capital, successively, of the Roman provinces of Hispania Citerior and HispaniaTarraconensis. The Archaeological Complex of Tàrraco is a UNESCO World...
name originated in Latin and may refer to the Tamaris River in HispaniaTarraconensis (Spain). They are evergreen or deciduous shrubs or trees growing...
Roman settlement on the Iberian Peninsula. It became the capital of HispaniaTarraconensis following the latter's creation during the Roman Empire. In 2000...
Cantabria and Basque country, was renamed HispaniaTarraconensis. Gaius Julius Caesar was the governor of Hispania Ulterior from 61-60 BC. In the early fifth-century...
central Hispania and northern Hispania. It was renamed Hispania Tarraconensis. Hispania Ulterior was divided into the provinces of Baetica (most of modern...
place north of HispaniaTarraconensis, to fight in the Cantabrian Wars. This war would definitively establish Roman power in Hispania. While the legion...
comprising (i) Gallia Narbonensis in 70, (ii) Africa in 70–72, (iii) HispaniaTarraconensis in 72–74, and (iv) Gallia Belgica in 74–76. According to Syme, Pliny...
the reign of Domitian; in AD 89, serving as a legatus legionis in HispaniaTarraconensis, he supported the emperor against a revolt on the Rhine led by Antonius...
Roman Empire. The nickname "Hispana" was gained when it was stationed in Hispania under Augustus. It was stationed in Britain following the Roman invasion...
(ballo) in Greek. Before being separated, Hispania Balearica was the fourth district of the Tarraconensis with a native local government headed by a...
by the provinces of Gallia Lugdunensis, Gallia Narbonensis, and HispaniaTarraconensis. Fourteen Celtic tribes and over twenty Aquitanian tribes occupied...
Nero. But Nero was unpopular in the area, and when the governor of HispaniaTarraconensis, Galba, said he wished to overthrow Nero, the legion supported him...
List of governors of HispaniaTarraconensis, also known as Hispania Citerior. This imperial province was created from Hispania Ulterior in 27 BC, and...
Iberia. Hispania Carthaginiensis was created from HispaniaTarraconensis by the emperor Diocletian in 298. Roman Spain and HispaniaTarraconensis Romanization...
province, he allied himself with Galba, the governor of neighbouring HispaniaTarraconensis, during the revolts of 68. He accompanied Galba on his march to...
in 469. Euric also attacked the Western Roman Empire, capturing HispaniaTarraconensis in 472, the last bastion of (Western) Roman rule in Spain. By 476...
their territories were incorporated into the Roman Province of HispaniaTarraconensis in 19 BC, following the Cantabrian Wars. Cantabri is a Latinized...
Claudius. His place of birth was Augusta Bilbilis (now Calatayud) in HispaniaTarraconensis. His parents, Fronto and Flaccilla, appear to have died in his youth...
Roman provinces: Hispania Baetica, HispaniaTarraconensis, and Hispania Lusitania. Strabo says that the Romans use Hispania and Iberia synonymously, distinguishing...
a city (or municipium) founded by the Romans in the province of HispaniaTarraconensis. It was the birthplace of famous poet Martial c. 40 AD. The modern...
Gurt – J. M. Palet, El pasado presente. Arqueología de los paisajes en la Hispania romana, Universidad de Salamanca – Universitat de Barcelona, Salamanca...
number of appointments, most importantly as praeses (governor) in HispaniaTarraconensis and Britain. The date of his appointment is unclear, so the province...
Pannonia and in the civil wars, it was settled by Vespasian in HispaniaTarraconensis, to supply the place of the Legio VI Victrix and Legio X Gemina...
flourishing production phase in late Republican times. The Hispania Baetica and HispaniaTarraconensis regions (south-western and eastern Spain) were the main...