The Roman Republican Walls as a way to create the Hispano-Roman Identity in the Iberian Peninsula
Language
en
Chapitre d'ouvrage
This item was published in
Identity & Connectivity, Proceedings of the 16th Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology (Florence, 1-3 March 2012),, Identity & Connectivity, Proceedings of the 16th Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology (Florence, 1-3 March 2012),. 2013, vol. 2, p. 983-990
BAR Publishing
English Abstract
The conquest of the Iberian Peninsula brought new models of apprehension of the landscapes and territories according to Roman models and ideology. This led to putting models of Hellenistic Roman architecture in the Iberian ...Read more >
The conquest of the Iberian Peninsula brought new models of apprehension of the landscapes and territories according to Roman models and ideology. This led to putting models of Hellenistic Roman architecture in the Iberian Peninsula. The brief examples we want to show are of the following cities: Emporiae is the most relevant example of Greco-Roman contact in the peninsula. Tarraco was the praesidium and the first caput of Hispania. Corduba is the best example of Foundation Walls. Carteia was the first HispanoRoman colony. We will see how the first Roman urban settlements of Hispania expressed the social changes and identity in the Roman Republican wallsRead less <
English Keywords
Roman Republican Walls
Identity
Colonist & Colonized
Fortification
Iberian Peninsula
Hispania
Military Architecture
Origin
Hal importedCollections