UNIT  11  ROMAN  HISPANIA

Let´s have a look to a Roman house:

 

And here you have a picture of the public baths:

Remember the places in the city:

 Romans developed an important network of roads all along Hispania:

Roman road in Badajoz (Spain):

UNIT  11  ROMAN  HISPANIA
Romans conquered the Iberian península 2000 years ago and they were here for 600 years.
The new name for the peninsula was HISPANIA.





IMPORTANT HISPANIAN PEOPLE

• Seneca: philosopher
• Trajan: emperor
• Hadrian: emperor

 ROMAN CITIES

• two main streets
• one forum
• excellent stone roads

Tarraco (Tarragona):

Sagunto:

 Hispalis:

ROMAN  ARCHITECTURE
Salamanca roman bridge:

Cordoba roman temple:

Segovia roman aqueduct: 

Toledo roman circus:

Mérida (Badajoz) roman theatre: 

UNIT  11  PRE-ROMAN  TIMES
Before the Romans conquered the Iberian Peninsula it was inhabited by:

• Iberian tribes: east and south
• Celtic clans: centre and north

Later, other people crossed the Mediterranean sea to the peninsula and established colonies:

• Phoenicians: from Asia
• Greeks: from Greece
• Carthaginians: from North Africa

IBERIAN  PEOPLE

 Iberians lived in walled settlements with rectangular houses:

Iberian art:

CELT  PEOPLE

Celts lived in walled settlements with round houses:

 Celt art:

For more information about these people, see this presentation:



Edad antigua5ºb from Luis Miguel Parrilla

FOREING  COLONIES
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