Hispania Ulterior

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Hispania Ulterior
Córdoba)
Historical eraAntiquity
• Established
197 BC
• Disestablished
19 BC
Succeeded by
Hispania Baetica
Today part ofSpain
Gibraltar
Portugal

Hispania Ulterior (English: "Further Hispania", or occasionally "Thither Hispania"

Corduba
.

Etymology

Hispania is the Latin term given to the

hyraxes", in turn a misidentification on the part of Phoenician explorers of its numerous rabbits as hyraxes. Ulterior is the comparative form of ulter, which means "that is beyond". According to ancient historian Cassius Dio, the people of the region came from many different tribes. They did not share a common language or a common government.[2]

History

After losing control of Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica in the

Second Punic War began. Much of that war between Carthage and Rome took place in Hispania until Scipio Africanus effectively seized control of Hispania from Hannibal and the Carthaginians in the Battle of Ilipa in 206 BC. Four years later, Carthage surrendered and ceded its control of the region to Rome after Carthage's defeat in 201 BC.[3]

In 197 BC, the peninsula was divided into two provinces because of the presence of two military forces during its conquest. These two regions were

Basque Country
.

There was peace in the region until 155 BC when the

Gaius Julius Caesar
was the governor of Hispania Ulterior from 61-60 BC.

In the early fifth-century AD, the

Visigoth king, Athaulf, to defeat the Vandals. The Visigoths seized control of Hispania and made Toledo
the capital of their country.

Roman effects on Hispania

Roman aqueduct in Hispania at Segovia

Each province was to be ruled by a praetor. Members of the tribal elite of Hispania were introduced into the Roman aristocracy and allowed to participate in their own governance. Roman emperors

Valencia were enhanced and irrigation aqueducts were introduced. The economy thrived as a granary as well as by exporting gold, olive oil, wool, and wine.[7]

See also

  • Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula

References

  1. ^ Nelson's Encyclopaedia, Thomas Nelson and Sons, New York (1907), vol. XI, p. 338 ("Spain").
  2. ^ Dio, Cassius. Roman History.
  3. ^ Grout, James. Encyclopaedia Romana
  4. ^ Appian. Roman History; Vol I: The Wars in Spain; translated by Horace White (Loeb Classical Library). London: Heinemann, 1912
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  7. ^ Summer, G. V. “Notes on Provinciae in Spain (197-133 B.C.).” Classical Philology; Vol. 72, No. 2 (Apr., 1977), pp. 126–130.
  • Strabo. The Geography of Strabo; with an English translation by Horace Leonard Jones.(Loeb Classical Library.) Vol. II. London: Heinemann, 1923.

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