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- The province Hispania Citerior Tarraconensis was established in the reign of Augustus as the direct successor of the Roman Republican province of Hispania Citerior ("nearer Hispania"), which had been ruled by a propraetor.
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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.
Under the Roman Republic, Hispania was divided into two provinces: Hispania Citerior and Hispania Ulterior. During the Principate, Hispania Ulterior was divided into two new provinces, Baetica and Lusitania, while Hispania Citerior was renamed Hispania Tarraconensis.
The Imperial Roman province called Tarraconensis, supplanted Hispania Citerior, which had been ruled by a consul under the late Republic, in Augustus's reorganization of 27 BC. Its capital was at Tarraco (modern Tarragona, Catalonia).
Nov 15, 2017 · The previous year he had made the city the capital of the newly created province which bore the city’s name; Hispania Tarraconensis. After Augustus’ death, Tarraco was supposedly one of the first places to build a temple to the deified emperor, setting a precedent for the provinces.
When the Romans took the peninsula from the Carthaginians (206 bce), they divided it into two provinces: Hispania Ulterior (present Andalusia, Extremadura, southern León, and most of modern Portugal) and Hispania Citerior, or Tarraconensis (all of what is now northern, eastern, and south-central Spain).
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Apr 19, 2021 · The Roman city of Tarraco was the capital of the Hispania Tarraconensis as well as a fortress against the Carthaginians, and therefore was one of the empire’s most important cities. Tarragona’s provincial forum was built around 30 BC, the city being expanded after Augustus wintered there during his Cantabrian campaign.
Sep 9, 2007 · The introductory chapter places the Spanish peninsula in its pre-Roman context; offers highlights of how Rome created its province of Hispania Citerior Tarraconensis over the last two centuries B.C.; and provides a brief overview of the development of Roman urbanism with the caveat that the unevenness of this development has to do with cultural ...
