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The Roman province called Tarraconensis, supplanted Hispania Citerior , which had been ruled by a consul under the late Republic, in Augustus Caesar's reorganization of 27 BCE. Its capital was at Tarraco ( Tarragona, Catalonia). The Imperial province of Tarraconensis lasted until the invasions of the 5th Century, beginning in 409, which encouraged the Basques and Cantabrii to revolt, and ended with the establishment of a Visigothic kingdom.
The Cantabrian war ( 29– 19 BCE) brought all of Spain under Roman domination, within the Tarraconensis. The Cantabrii in the northwest corner of Iberia ( Cantabria) were the last people to be pacified.
Tarraconensis was an Imperial provinceAn imperial province was a Roman province where the Emperor had the sole right to appoint governors. These provinces were often the strategically located border provinces. The provinces were grouped into imperial and senatorial provinces shortly after the and separate from the two other Iberian provinces — LusitaniaThis article concerns the Roman province. For the ship, see RMS Lusitania. Lusitania an ancient Roman province approximately including current Portugal and part of western current Spain, named after the Lusitani people. The Lusitani were strong warriors w (corresponding to modern Portugal plus Spanish ExtremaduraComunidad Autonoma de Extremadura (image) ( In Detail) ( In Detail) Capital Merida Area total % of Spain Ranked 5th 41 634 km˛ 8,2% Population Total (2003) % of Spain Density Ranked 13th 1 073 050 2,6% 25,77/km˛ Demonym English Spanish extremeno/a Statute) and the senatorial provinceA senatorial province was a Roman province where the Senate had the right to appoint governors. These provinces were often the inner provinces along the Mediterranean Sea. The provinces were grouped into imperial provinces and senatorial provinces shortly Baetica, corresponding to the southern part of Spain, or AndalusiaAndalusia Andalucia in Spanish) is one of the seventeen autonomous communities that constitute Spain. Located in the south of the country, Andalusia is bounded on the north by Extremadura and Castile-La Mancha, on the east by Murcia, on the south by the M.
When the Romans arrived in the second century BCE, the indigenous Iberian population (cf Basques) had been intermixed with Celts for centuries. Phoenecian/ Carthaginians colonized the Mediterranean coast in the 8th to 6th Centuries BCE. Greeks also had established colonies along the coast. Then Romans from the three legions stationed there added to the cultural mix of the Tarraconensis. Germanic tribes, North African " Moors" and Jews all arrived later.