Roman Hispania

Roman Hispania was a colony in Iberia (Europe) that lasted from 218 BCE to 472 CE, about 689 years. Its people spoke Latin and Romance languages (Latin, Italic, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Romanian).

Rome landed at Emporion in 218 BCE and took two centuries to conquer the whole peninsula. Hispania gave Rome the emperors Trajan and Hadrian and the writer Seneca.

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Facts

Dates

218 BCE to 472 CE

Duration

689 years

Type

Colony

Region

Iberia, Europe

Language family

Latin and Romance

Capital

Tarraco, Corduba, Emerita Augusta

Came from

• Carthaginian Iberia 237 to 206 BCE

Became

• Visigothic Kingdom of Toledo 507 to 711 CE
• Kingdom of the Suebi 409 to 585 CE

Events in Europe during its time

• 218 BCE Hannibal crosses the Alps
• 44 BCE Assassination of Julius Caesar
• 9 Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
• 313 Edict of Milan
• 330 Constantinople dedicated
• 410 Visigoths sack Rome

Neighbours in Europe

• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE
• Roman Republic 509 to 27 BCE
• Roman Empire 27 BCE to 395 CE
• Hunnic Empire c. 370 to 469 CE
• Sparta c. 900 to 192 BCE
• Etruscan civilization c. 720 to 90 BCE
• Roman Gaul 50 BCE to 486 CE
• Kingdom of Macedon c. 700 to 168 BCE
• Syracuse c. 734 to 212 BCE
• Roman Britain 43 to 410 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Byzantine Empire 395 to 1453 CE, Middle East
• Ghana Empire (Wagadu) c. 300 to 1200 CE, North and West Africa
• Kingdom of Aksum c. 100 to 940 CE, North and West Africa
• Moche (Mochica) c. 100 to 800 CE, South America
• Carthage c. 814 to 146 BCE, North and West Africa
• Teotihuacan c. 100 BCE to 550 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Tiwanaku c. 400 to 1000 CE, South America
• Parthian Empire 247 BCE to 224 CE, Middle East
• Sasanian Empire 224 to 651 CE, Middle East
• Kushan Empire c. 30 to 375 CE, South Asia

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