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Province, 117 CE

Hispania Tarraconensis

Imperial province, consular legateCapital: TarracoRoman since 27 BCE

By far the largest Spanish province — most of the peninsula, from the Pyrenees to the Atlantic northwest. Trajan himself was born at Italica, not here, but Tarraco's provincial forum and its temple to the deified Augustus, dedicated by Tiberius, made it the ceremonial seat for the whole Hispanic imperial cult.

Augustus split Hispania into three provinces in 27 BCE; full military pacification of the northwest (the Cantabrian Wars) followed by 19 BCE.

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Sources

  • Strabo, Geography 3.4
  • Barrington Atlas

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