Excavations conducted at the Sant Gregori site, located in the town of Burriana (Castellón, Spain), have brought to light significant remnants of a maritime villa from the Roman era that specialized in viticulture. This archaeological project, led by the Aula de Arqueología Mediterránea of the Universitat Jaume I de Castelló in collaboration with the Burriana […]
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Mount Medullius, the Site of the Last Cantabrian Resistance Against the Roman Conquest Whose Location Remains Unknown
The term Astur-Cantabrian Wars refers to the long conflict that the Romans waged along the Spanish Cantabrian coast for a decade, between 29 and 19 B.C. The subjugation of Hispania’s last resistant peoples, the Astures and Cantabrians, was the campaign chosen by Augustus in 27 B.C. to consolidate his newly acquired power, securing control over […]
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The ancient Roman province of Gallaecia was the main salt production center of the Empire, according to archaeological evidence
Salt was one of the most valuable products of antiquity, with multiple references to its diverse uses and applications in the literary sources of the time. However, despite its importance, archaeological evidence of sea salt production is quite scarce. Only a few known sites along the Mediterranean have preserved remnants of ancient salinae, the facilities […]
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A Roman Tomb Discovered in Pompeii Reveals the Existence of an Unknown Imperial Position in Northern Hispania
A brilliant military career, then a pleasant retirement in Pompeii, in the Campanian city famous for the beauty of the landscape and the views of the Gulf of Naples, which also attracted figures like Cicero and Agrippa. This is what emerges from the inscription on a tomb found during the work to create a functional […]
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A Cave in the Pyrenees was Used as a Refuge During the Fall of the Western Roman Empire
Archaeologists from the High Mountain Archaeology Group (GAAM), composed of researchers from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), who are excavating in the Dead Man’s Cave (Cova de l’Home Mort) in the town of Soriguera, Pallars Sobirà county in the north of the province of Lleida in the […]
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1st Century AD Votive Altar Dedicated to a Vascon Deity Unearthed in Navarre
In August 2022, a multidisciplinary team coordinated by the Aranzadi Science Society, in collaboration with various universities, discovered a Roman-era votive altar in Larunbe, Navarra. This altar, dated to the 1st century A.D., contains a Latin dedication by a woman named Valeria Vitella to the Vascon deity Larra. The discovery was made inside a well […]
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A Paleo-Hispanic Alphabet Found on the Slate Tablet from the Casas del Turuñuelo Site
Researchers from the Institute of Archaeology of Mérida (IAM), a joint center of the CSIC and the Junta of Extremadura, are studying a series of signs inscribed on the slate tablet from the Tartessian site of Casas del Turuñuelo (Guareña, Badajoz) which discovery was announced last week, and according to initial interpretations, it appears to […]
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Maximus, the Hispanic Usurper Proclaimed Emperor Who Ruled from Barcelona
A Hispanic Roman named Maximus? Clearly, all readers have immediately thought of the protagonist of the movie Gladiator, played by Russell Crowe. But the truth is, there was a historical figure with that name who lived nearly three centuries later than the character in the film and was proclaimed emperor in the turbulent context of […]
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The Disastrous Defeat that Led the Romans to Never Again Fight on that Day and to Change the Date of the Start of the Political Year
In the year 181 B.C., Rome undertook the conquest of Celtiberia in a series of wars that lasted for almost half a century, with perhaps the most famous episode being the siege of Numantia. This occurred in a later phase of the conflict, as a result of what the Romans considered a violation of the […]
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Ilerda, the Battle by which Julius Caesar Seized Hispania from Pompey
The 1st century BC wasn’t exactly peaceful for Rome. Apart from the wars it had to wage against external enemies, it found itself embroiled not in one but in two civil conflicts. The first was a power struggle between Lucius Cornelius Sulla and Gaius Marius, from 88 to 81 BC. The second came just thirty-two […]
