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The romans in Spain

This book traces the complex process by which an area, seen initially as a war zone, was gradually transformed into an integral part of the Roman world. The Iberian Peninsula was among the earliest parts of the Mediterranean world outside Italy to be occupied by Roman military forces. The Spanish provinces remained part of the western Roman Empire until its collapse in the fifth century. The Romans in spain examines the roles of the army and its commanders; those who came to exploit the natural resources, the towns and cities which developed and flourished in the Spanish provinces, the imperial cult and the Christian Church, all for their contributions to this process. It sees them not only in local context but as linked inextricably with the varying fortunes of Rome itself and its empire.

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