Gades Timeline

Traditional founding date for the Phoenician colony of Gades (Cadiz).

Founding of Gades by Phoenicians.

Gades captured by Carthage.

Hamilcar Barca arrives in southern Spain to expand Carthage's interests there. He makes his base at Gades and founds Acra Leuce.

The Romans conquer Gades. End of the Carthaginian presence on the Iberian Peninsula.

Caesar changed name of Gadir to Gades.

Gades captured by Visigoths.

Gades captured by Justinian.

Gades overtaken by Moors.