Provincia Hispania Tarraconensis | |||||||||||
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Province of the Roman Empire | |||||||||||
27 BC–459 | |||||||||||
Capital | Tarraco | ||||||||||
Historical era | Antiquity | ||||||||||
• Established | 27 BC | ||||||||||
• Visigothic conquest | 459 | ||||||||||
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Today part of | Spain Portugal |
Hispania Tarraconensis was one of three Roman provinces in Hispania. It encompassed much of the northern, eastern and central territories of modern Spain along with modern northern Portugal. Southern Spain, the region now called Andalusia, was the province of Hispania Baetica. On the Atlantic west lay the province of Lusitania, partially coincident with modern-day Portugal.