Hispania
Hispania was the Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula. Under the Roman Republic, it was divided into two provinces: Hispania Citerior and Hispania Ulterior. During the Roman Empire, under the Principate, Hispania Ulterior was subdivided into Baetica and Lusitania, while Hispania Citerior was reorganized as Hispania Tarraconensis.
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Hispania was the Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula, which the Romans initially divided into two provinces but later reorganized into multiple provinces as their empire expanded. Understanding Hispania's provincial structure matters because it shows how Rome administered and controlled this important western territory during different periods of Roman rule.
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- Hispania
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- Roman Empire
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- Classical antiquity
- Country.status
- Empire
- Country.government_type
- Autocracy
- Country.p1
- Carthaginian Iberia
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- Visigothic Kingdom
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- Kingdom of the Suebi
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- Spania
- Country.today
- SpainPortugal
- Country.year_start
- 218 BC
- Country.year_end
- 472
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18 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Languages
- History
- Background
- Roman conquest
- Roman rule
- Germanic conquest
- Administrative divisions
- Economy
- Climate
- Sources and references
- Modern sources in Spanish and Portuguese
- Other modern sources
- Classical sources
- Further reading
- See also
- References
- External links
Hispania was the Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula. Under the Roman Republic, it was divided into two provinces: Hispania Citerior and Hispania Ulterior. During the Roman Empire, under the Principate, Hispania Ulterior was subdivided into Baetica and Lusitania, while Hispania Citerior was reorganized as Hispania Tarraconensis.
Beginning with Diocletian’s Tetrarchy (AD 293), the territory of Tarraconensis was further divided to create the provinces of Carthaginensis and Gallaecia (also called Callaecia, the origin of the name of modern Galicia). All the Hispanic provinces on the mainland, together with the Balearic Islands and the North African province of Mauretania Tingitana, were later organized into the Diocesis Hispaniarum, governed by a vicarius.
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