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title: Map of Roman Hispania c. 125 CE
author: Simeon Netchev
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# Map of Roman Hispania c. 125 CE
_Authored by [Simeon Netchev](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/simeonnetchev/)_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/16928.png)
## Image Caption
The [Roman](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Roman/) provinces in Hispania (206 BCE–c. 474 CE) illustrate both the persistence of Roman expansion and the durability of imperial rule. The [conquest](https://www.worldhistory.org/warfare/) began in the [Second Punic War](https://www.worldhistory.org/Second_Punic_War/), when [Rome](https://www.worldhistory.org/Rome/) displaced [Carthage](https://www.worldhistory.org/carthage/) in 206 BCE, and unfolded over nearly two centuries as legions subdued Iberian and Celtiberian peoples. By the reign of [Augustus](https://www.worldhistory.org/augustus/) (27 BCE–14 CE), the peninsula was reorganized into formal provinces, with Hispania Tarraconensis, Baetica, and Lusitania forming the core. These regions supplied the [empire](https://www.worldhistory.org/empire/) with [silver](https://www.worldhistory.org/Silver/), [gold](https://www.worldhistory.org/gold/), olive oil, and grain, while also serving as a recruiting ground for Roman armies.
Over the following five centuries, Hispania became one of the most thoroughly Romanized areas of the West. [Cities](https://www.worldhistory.org/city/) like Emerita Augusta (Mérida), Italica, and Tarraco flourished with theaters, [aqueducts](https://www.worldhistory.org/aqueduct/), and forums, while Latin language, [Roman law](https://www.worldhistory.org/Roman_Law/), and [Christianity](https://www.worldhistory.org/christianity/) took deep root. Hispania produced notable emperors, including [Trajan](https://www.worldhistory.org/trajan/) (98–117 CE) and [Hadrian](https://www.worldhistory.org/hadrian/) (117–138 CE). Even as the Western Empire crumbled in the 5th century, northeastern Hispania remained under nominal Roman control until c. 474 CE, outlasting many other provinces and leaving a legacy of cultural and institutional continuity that shaped medieval [Iberia](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/iberia/).
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## About the Author
Simeon is a freelance visual designer and history educator, passionate about the human stories that shape the past.
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