Hispania
Letitia Coyne, "Hispania"
Publisher: Letitia Coyne | 2006 | ISBN: N/A | PDF | 165 pages | 1.5 MB
Publisher: Letitia Coyne | 2006 | ISBN: N/A | PDF | 165 pages | 1.5 MB
First century Spain was divided into three provinces: Lusitania and Baetica in the south, and Tarraconensis in the north. While the southern and central areas, once subdued, were quickly Romanized, the northern areas, up into the Pyrenees, maintained a ‘seething’ peace.
Although the siege of Numantia in 133BC marked the end of organized resistance to Rome, the Celtiberian tribes maintained their heritage of warrior elites, and their hatred of Rome.
They accepted the comforts, infrastructure and the benefits of Empire, while remaining independent tribal city-states under the control of noble families.