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Provincia Hispania Tarraconensis
Province of the Roman Empire
27 BC–459

CapitalTarraco
Historical eraAntiquity
• Established
27 BC
• Visigothic conquest
459
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Hispania Tarraconensis Hispania Citerior
Visigothic Kingdom Hispania Tarraconensis
Kingdom of the Suebi Hispania Tarraconensis
Today part ofSpain
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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place north of Hispania Tarraconensis, to fight in the Cantabrian Wars. This war would definitively establish Roman power in Hispania. While the legion...

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in 469. Euric also attacked the Western Roman Empire, capturing Hispania Tarraconensis in 472, the last bastion of (Western) Roman rule in Spain. By 476...

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Martial

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Claudius. His place of birth was Augusta Bilbilis (now Calatayud) in Hispania Tarraconensis. His parents, Fronto and Flaccilla, appear to have died in his youth...

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a city (or municipium) founded by the Romans in the province of Hispania Tarraconensis. It was the birthplace of famous poet Martial c. 40 AD. The modern...

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Centuriation

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Gaius Junius Faustinus Postumianus

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number of appointments, most importantly as praeses (governor) in Hispania Tarraconensis and Britain. The date of his appointment is unclear, so the province...

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Legio VII Gemina

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