Roman conquest of Spain

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The Roman conquest of Spain was a protracted series of military campaigns from the 3rd to 1st centuries BCE through which Rome subdued the Iberian Peninsula, integrating it into the Roman Republic.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman military expansion ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
cause Roman desire for resources and strategic control of Iberia ⓘ
Roman–Carthaginian rivalry in the Western Mediterranean ⓘ
linked to: Punic Wars
commander Augustus ⓘ
Gaius Julius Caesar ⓘ
Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus ⓘ
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus ⓘ
linked to: Pompey the Great

Marcus Porcius Cato the Elder ⓘ
linked to: Cato the Elder

Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa ⓘ
Publius Cornelius Scipio (elder brother of Scipio Africanus) ⓘ
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus ⓘ
linked to: Scipio Africanus

Quintus Sertorius ⓘ
Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus the Elder ⓘ
linked to: Tiberius Gracchus
country Roman Republic ⓘ
effect beginning of large-scale Romanization of the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
foundation of Roman colonies in Iberia ⓘ
integration of Iberian elites into Roman political structures ⓘ
introduction of Roman law in Hispania ⓘ
spread of Latin language in Iberia ⓘ
endTime 1st century BCE ⓘ
followedBy Romanization of Hispania ⓘ
hasPart Cantabrian Wars ⓘ
Celtiberian Wars ⓘ
Lusitanian War ⓘ
Numantine War ⓘ
linked to: Celtiberian Wars

Roman campaigns against the Astures ⓘ
linked to: Cantabrian Wars

Roman campaigns against the Cantabri ⓘ
linked to: Cantabrian Wars

Roman campaigns against the Celtiberians ⓘ
linked to: Celtiberian Wars

Roman campaigns against the Lusitanians ⓘ
Roman campaigns against the Turdetani ⓘ
Roman campaigns against the Vaccaei ⓘ
Second Punic War in Iberia ⓘ
linked to: Second Punic War

Sertorian War ⓘ
linked to: Sertorian Wars
location Hispania ⓘ
linked to: Hispania (probable)

Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
mainOpponent Astures ⓘ
Cantabri ⓘ
Carthage ⓘ
Celtiberians ⓘ
linked to: Celtiberia

Lusitanians ⓘ
various Iberian tribes ⓘ
opponentCommander Hannibal Barca ⓘ
Hasdrubal Barca ⓘ
Indibilis ⓘ
Mandonio ⓘ
Viriathus ⓘ
leaders of Numantia ⓘ
partOf Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
Roman expansion in the Western Mediterranean ⓘ
result Roman control of the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
integration of Hispania into the Roman Republic ⓘ
significantEvent Cantabrian Wars under Augustus ⓘ
linked to: Cantabrian Wars

Roman landing at Emporion ⓘ
assassination of Viriathus ⓘ
capture of New Carthage ⓘ
siege and destruction of Numantia ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Numantia
startTime 3rd century BCE ⓘ
territorialChange creation of Roman province Hispania Citerior ⓘ
creation of Roman province Hispania Ulterior ⓘ
later division into Baetica, Lusitania, and Tarraconensis ⓘ

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Appian’s Roman History → coversEvent → Roman conquest of Spain ⓘ
Roman conquest of Spain → partOf → Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Roman conquest of Spain
Viriatus → resisted → Roman conquest of Hispania ⓘ
linked to: Roman conquest of Spain
Legio V Alaudae → participatedIn → Roman conquest of northwestern Hispania ⓘ
linked to: Roman conquest of Spain
Carthaginians and Romans festival → relatedTo → Roman conquest of Iberia ⓘ
linked to: Roman conquest of Spain
Celtiberian Wars → partOf → Roman conquest of Hispania ⓘ
linked to: Roman conquest of Spain
Cantabrian Wars → partOf → Roman conquest of Hispania ⓘ
linked to: Roman conquest of Spain
Lusitanian War → partOf → Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Roman conquest of Spain
Roman foundation of León as Legio VII Gemina → partOf → Roman conquest and pacification of northern Hispania ⓘ
linked to: Roman conquest of Spain