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In Roman Spain, Leonard Curchin examines the history of the Iberian Peninsula under Roman rule. The book is a chronicle of Rome's conquest of Hispania and its eventual assimilation of Roman language, culture, commerce, and government. The book begins by describing in detail the conquest of Hispania. It does clarify from the onset that Roman Spain is the land, which the Romans called Spain (Hispania), encompassing Spain, and modern day Portugal. It introduces you to the area from a starting point of Tartesos and the Phoenician merchants who established a series of trading and production centers on coastal sites of Cadiz, Toscanos, and Granada.
The book identifies the siege of the city of Saguntum by Hannibal as the trigger for the start of the Second Punic War. With victory, Rome creates a Spanish province by 206 BC. They divided the territory into provinces one called Hispania Citerior (Closer Spain) on the north and Hispania Ulterior (Farther Spain) on the south. The......

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