page_title: Romanization of Hispania
hierarchical_section_title: Romanization of Hispania
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of roman coloniae during the second century. I have pinpointed in red those created by Augustus in roman Africa. Added data with my software.
context_page_description: The Romanization of Hispania is the process by which Roman or Latin culture was introduced into the Iberian Peninsula during the period of Roman rule.
  Throughout the centuries of Roman rule over the provinces of Hispania, Roman customs, religion, laws and the general Roman lifestyle, gained much favour in the indigenous population, which was compounded by a substantial minority of Roman immigrants, which eventually formed a distinct Hispano-Roman culture. Several factors aided the process of Romanization:
  Creation of civil infrastructure, including road networks and urban sanitation.
  Commercial interaction within regions and the wider Roman world.
  Foundation of colonia; settling Roman military veterans in newly created towns and cities.
  The spread of the hierarchical Roman administrative system throughout the Hispanic provinces.
  Growth of Roman aristocratic land holdings.
  According to historian Theodore Mommsen in the late fourth century the romanization of the Iberian peninsula was practically at 100%
context_section_description: The Romanization of Hispania is the process by which Roman or Latin culture was introduced into the Iberian Peninsula during the period of Roman rule.
  Throughout the centuries of Roman rule over the provinces of Hispania, Roman customs, religion, laws and the general Roman lifestyle, gained much favour in the indigenous population, which was compounded by a substantial minority of Roman immigrants, which eventually formed a distinct Hispano-Roman culture. Several factors aided the process of Romanization:
  Creation of civil infrastructure, including road networks and urban sanitation.
  Commercial interaction within regions and the wider Roman world.
  Foundation of colonia; settling Roman military veterans in newly created towns and cities.
  The spread of the hierarchical Roman administrative system throughout the Hispanic provinces.
  Growth of Roman aristocratic land holdings (latifundia).
  According to historian Theodore Mommsen in the late fourth century (before the barbarian invasions) the romanization of the Iberian peninsula was practically at 100%
caption: Map showing the "Roman coloniae" in Hispania, indicating that southern Spain (where were born the famous emperors Trajan, Hadrian and possibly Theodosius the Great) had the highest concentration of Italian/Roman colonists after central Italy
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