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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%AC%CF%81%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%BF" title="Τάρρακο – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Τάρρακο" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarraco" title="Tarraco – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Tarraco" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarraco" title="Tarraco – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Tarraco" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%88" title="تاریکو – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="تاریکو" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarraco" title="Tarraco – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Tarraco" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarraco" title="Tarraco – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Tarraco" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a 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style="padding-top:0.2em">Shown within Spain</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Tarragona" title="Tarragona">Tarragona</a>, <a href="/wiki/Catalonia" title="Catalonia">Catalonia</a>, Spain</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Region</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Hispania" title="Hispania">Hispania</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" 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Rome">Roman</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #eee;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><div style="border:4px solid #0177D3; line-height: 1.5; text-align: center;"> <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">UNESCO World Heritage Site</a></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Official name</th><td class="infobox-data">Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Cultural</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Criteria</th><td class="infobox-data">ii, iii</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Designated</th><td class="infobox-data">2000 <small>(24th <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Committee" title="World Heritage Committee">session</a>)</small></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reference no.</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/875rev">875rev</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Region</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Europe">Europe and North America</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Tarraco</b> is the ancient name of the current city of <a href="/wiki/Tarragona" title="Tarragona">Tarragona</a> (<a href="/wiki/Catalonia" title="Catalonia">Catalonia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>). It was the oldest Roman settlement on the <a href="/wiki/Iberian_Peninsula" title="Iberian Peninsula">Iberian Peninsula</a>. It became the capital of <a href="/wiki/Hispania_Tarraconensis" title="Hispania Tarraconensis">Hispania Tarraconensis</a> following the latter's creation during the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman Empire</a>. </p><p>In 2000, the archaeological ensemble of Tarraco was declared a <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Site</a> by <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tarraco&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Origins_and_the_Second_Punic_War">Origins and the Second Punic War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tarraco&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Origins and the Second Punic War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Conquista_Hispania.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Conquista_Hispania.svg/220px-Conquista_Hispania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Conquista_Hispania.svg/330px-Conquista_Hispania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Conquista_Hispania.svg/440px-Conquista_Hispania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="950" data-file-height="650" /></a><figcaption>Phases of conquest from 220 to 19 BC</figcaption></figure> <p>The area was inhabited from the 5th century BC by <a href="/wiki/Iberians" title="Iberians">Iberians</a>, mainly in the <a href="/wiki/Ebro" title="Ebro">Ebro</a> Valley, who had commercial contacts with the <a href="/wiki/Greeks" title="Greeks">Greeks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Phoenicians" class="mw-redirect" title="Phoenicians">Phoenicians</a> settled on the coast. </p><p>Tarraco is first mentioned after the arrival of <a href="/wiki/Gnaeus_Cornelius_Scipio_Calvus" title="Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus">Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus</a> at <a href="/wiki/Emp%C3%BAries" title="Empúries">Empúries</a> in 218 BC at the start of the <a href="/wiki/Second_Punic_War" title="Second Punic War">Second Punic War</a> which began the <a href="/wiki/Roman_conquest_of_Hispania" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman conquest of Hispania">Roman conquest of Hispania</a>. The Romans conquered a field of Punic supplies for Hannibal's troops near <i>Cissis</i> and took the city. A short time later, the Romans were attacked "not far from Tarraco".<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cissis and Tarraco may have been the same city. Cissis may be equated with <i>Kesse</i>, the name on <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Iberian_coinage" title="Ancient Iberian coinage">coins of Iberian origin</a> from the 1st and 2nd century BC that were marked according to Roman weight standards. </p><p>In 217 BC Roman reinforcements arrived under the command of <a href="/wiki/Publius_Cornelius_Scipio_(consul_218_BC)" title="Publius Cornelius Scipio (consul 218 BC)">Publius Scipio</a>, and he and his brother Gnaeus Cornelius are attributed with the enhanced fortification of Tarraco and the establishment of a military port.<sup id="cite_ref-Plinius_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Plinius-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Roman city wall was probably constructed on top of the more ancient wall characteristic of the Iberian stonemason. </p><p>After the death of the Scipio brothers, Tarraco was <a href="/wiki/Scipio_Africanus" title="Scipio Africanus">Scipio Africanus's</a> (son of Publius) winter base between 211 and 210,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and where he met the tribes of Hispania in <i>conventus</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The population was largely loyal to the Romans during the war and the fishermen of Tarraco (<i>piscatores Tarraconenses</i>) served with their boats during the siege of <a href="/wiki/Carthago_Nova" class="mw-redirect" title="Carthago Nova">Carthago Nova</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roman_Republic">Roman Republic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tarraco&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Roman Republic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Hispania_Citerior" title="Hispania Citerior">Hispania Citerior</a></div> <p>The conquest of the Iberian Peninsula by the Romans took over 200 years. </p><p>During the following two centuries Tarraco remained a supply and winter base camp during the wars against the Celtiberians, as it was during the Second Punic War. There was therefore a strong military presence during this period, possibly in the highest area of what is currently the city's historic quarter, called the Part Alta. In 197 BC, all of the conquered areas, even narrow strips along the Mediterranean coast, were divided between the new provinces of <a href="/wiki/Hispania_Ulterior" title="Hispania Ulterior">Hispania Ulterior</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hispania_Citerior" title="Hispania Citerior">Hispania Citerior</a>. The capital of Hispania Citerior was principally <a href="/wiki/Carthago_Nova" class="mw-redirect" title="Carthago Nova">Carthago Nova</a> but <a href="/wiki/Strabo" title="Strabo">Strabo</a> says that the governors also resided in Tarraco.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The legal status of Tarraco was probably as a <i>conventus civium Romanorum</i> (conventus = meeting of Roman citizens of the province) during the Republic, with two <i>magistri</i> (civilian directors) at its head. <a href="/wiki/Gaius_Porcius_Cato" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaius Porcius Cato">Gaius Porcius Cato</a>, consul in the year 114 BC, chose Tarraco as the place of his exile in the year 108, indicating that Tarraco was a free city or at least an ally at that time. </p><p>When Caesar conquered supporters of <a href="/wiki/Pompey" title="Pompey">Pompey</a> in 49 BC in <i>Ilerda</i> (<a href="/wiki/Lleida" title="Lleida">Lleida</a>), Tarraco supported his army with food.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is likely that Tarraco received the status of <i><a href="/wiki/Colonia_(Roman)" title="Colonia (Roman)">colonia</a></i> by Julius Caesar after his victory in Munda, around 45 BC, with the epithet Iulia in its formal name: <i>Colonia Iulia Urbs Triumphalis Tarraco</i>, which would remain for the duration of the Empire.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Age_of_Augustus">Age of Augustus</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tarraco&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Age of Augustus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Hispania_Tarraconensis" title="Hispania Tarraconensis">Hispania Tarraconensis</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hispania_2a_division_provincial.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Hispania_2a_division_provincial.PNG/220px-Hispania_2a_division_provincial.PNG" decoding="async" width="220" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Hispania_2a_division_provincial.PNG/330px-Hispania_2a_division_provincial.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Hispania_2a_division_provincial.PNG/440px-Hispania_2a_division_provincial.PNG 2x" data-file-width="511" data-file-height="357" /></a><figcaption>Hispanic provinces after the reform of <a href="/wiki/Augustus" title="Augustus">Augustus</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tarraco_Lageplan.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Tarraco_Lageplan.png/220px-Tarraco_Lageplan.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Tarraco_Lageplan.png/330px-Tarraco_Lageplan.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Tarraco_Lageplan.png/440px-Tarraco_Lageplan.png 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2500" /></a><figcaption>Plan of Tarraco in imperial times showing the main buildings</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Roman_circus_of_Tarraco_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Roman_circus_of_Tarraco_02.jpg/220px-Roman_circus_of_Tarraco_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Roman_circus_of_Tarraco_02.jpg/330px-Roman_circus_of_Tarraco_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Roman_circus_of_Tarraco_02.jpg/440px-Roman_circus_of_Tarraco_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>Roman circus</figcaption></figure> <p>In 27 BC <a href="/wiki/Augustus" title="Augustus">Augustus</a> reorganised the Roman provinces: Hispania Citerior was replaced by the larger province of <a href="/wiki/Hispania_Tarraconensis" title="Hispania Tarraconensis">Hispania Tarraconensis</a>, the name derived from that of its capital, and which included the territories conquered in central, northern and north-western Hispania. </p><p>In the same year <a href="/wiki/Augustus" title="Augustus">Augustus</a> went to Spain to monitor the campaigns in <a href="/wiki/Cantabria" title="Cantabria">Cantabria</a> and due to his poor health he preferred to stay in Tarraco.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Apparently, Augustus had built an altar in the city, and a story by the rhetorician <a href="/wiki/Quintilian" title="Quintilian">Quintilian</a> mentions that the inhabitants of Tarraco boasted to Augustus that a palm tree had miraculously grown on the altar. He replied drily that that would mean it was not used very often.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Soon after he arrived the old <i>via Herculea</i> became the <i><a href="/wiki/Via_Augusta" title="Via Augusta">Via Augusta</a></i>. A milestone, found in Tarragona's Plaça de Braus, mentions the road between 12 and 6 BC, leading to <a href="/wiki/Barcelona" title="Barcelona">Barcino</a> to the north-east and <a href="/wiki/Dertosa" class="mw-redirect" title="Dertosa">Dertosa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saguntum" class="mw-redirect" title="Saguntum">Saguntum</a> and (<a href="/wiki/Valencia,_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="Valencia, Spain">Valentia</a>) to the south. </p><p>The city flourished under Augustus. The writer Pomponius Mela describes it in the 1st century AD as follows: "Tarraco is the richest port on this coast" (<i>Tarraco urbs est en his oris maritimarum opulentissima</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tarraco under Augustus and Tiberius minted its own coins with depictions of the imperial cult and the inscription CVT, CVTT o CVTTAR.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the death of Augustus in the year 14 AD, the emperor was officially deified and in 15 AD a temple was erected in his honour, probably in the easternmost neighbourhood of the city or near the Colonial Forum, as mentioned by Tacitus in his <i>annales</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="High_Empire">High Empire</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tarraco&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: High Empire"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 68 AD <a href="/wiki/Galba" title="Galba">Galba</a>, who lived in Tarraco for eight years, was proclaimed emperor in <a href="/wiki/Clunia" title="Clunia">Clunia Sulpicia</a>. <a href="/wiki/Vespasian" title="Vespasian">Vespasian</a> began a reorganization of the precarious finances of the state. According to Pliny, this allowed Latin citizenship to be granted to the inhabitants of Hispania.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Iberian peninsula, which since ancient times consisted of urban areas and a land divided by tribal organizations, was transformed into areas organized around urban centers, whether in <a href="/wiki/Colonia_(Roman)" title="Colonia (Roman)">colonies</a> or <a href="/wiki/Municipium" title="Municipium">municipalities</a>, thereby facilitating tax collection. A rapid increase in construction took place, possibly due to the reorganization of the province. <a href="/wiki/Tarragona_Amphitheatre" title="Tarragona Amphitheatre">Tarragona Amphitheatre</a>, the temple area, and the <a href="/wiki/Provincial_forum_of_Tarraco" title="Provincial forum of Tarraco">Provincial forum</a> at the top of the city were probably built during this period. Most of the statues at these locations were probably placed there between 70 and 180 AD. </p><p>The patron of the city <a href="/wiki/Roman_Senate" title="Roman Senate">Senator</a> <a href="/wiki/Lucius_Licinius_Sura" title="Lucius Licinius Sura">Lucius Licinius Sura</a> was appointed under the Emperor <a href="/wiki/Trajan" title="Trajan">Trajan</a>. Sura came from Tarraconensis and reached one of the highest offices of state. In the winter 122-123 AD <a href="/wiki/Hadrian" title="Hadrian">Hadrian</a> is thought to have visited the city to hold a <i>conventus</i> for Hispania. He also rebuilt the temple of Augustus. </p><p>Tarraco started experiencing severe economic difficulties at the end of the 2nd century AD. Few statues were built in honor of the city, probably due to a lack of funds.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This period also saw the defeat of the struggle against the Emperor <a href="/wiki/Clodius_Albinus" title="Clodius Albinus">Clodius Albinus</a>, who was supported by the governor of Tarraconensis Novio, Lucius Rufo. At this time inscriptions dedicated to Provinciae Concilium start to disappear to be increasingly replaced by inscriptions dedicated to members of the military. There started being fewer influential merchants in the <i>ordo decurionum</i> (civil administration) and more <i>patroni</i> (large landowners and public senior officials). Severus rebuilt the amphitheater and associated structures, as evidenced by an inscription at the bottom.<sup id="cite_ref-Elagabal_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Elagabal-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Late_antiquity">Late antiquity</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tarraco&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Late antiquity"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Amphitheatre_of_Tarragona_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Amphitheatre_of_Tarragona_02.jpg/300px-Amphitheatre_of_Tarragona_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Amphitheatre_of_Tarragona_02.jpg/450px-Amphitheatre_of_Tarragona_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Amphitheatre_of_Tarragona_02.jpg/600px-Amphitheatre_of_Tarragona_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2684" data-file-height="1037" /></a><figcaption>Amphitheatre</figcaption></figure> <p>After the imperial administration reforms of <a href="/wiki/Diocletian" title="Diocletian">Diocletian</a>, the peninsula became a diocese divided into six provinces that were much smaller than before. Tarraco remained the capital, but of a much smaller province. </p><p>The invasions in about 260<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by groups of both <a href="/wiki/Franks" title="Franks">Franks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alemanni" title="Alemanni">Alemanni</a> created hardships for a decade but excavations have not shown effects of these raids within the city and destruction has only been seen in the harbour area and outside the walls.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A <i>portico of Jupiter</i> was built between <a href="/wiki/Diocletian" title="Diocletian">Diocletian</a> and Maximian (286 to 293) which may be part of a basílica.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 476, following the collapse of <a href="/wiki/Western_Roman_Empire" title="Western Roman Empire">Roman</a> defenses along the Rhine, Tarraco was occupied by the <a href="/wiki/Visigoths" title="Visigoths">Visigoths</a> and King <a href="/wiki/Euric" title="Euric">Euric</a>. There is no evidence of destruction and apparently the capture of the city was relatively quiet. The Visigoths probably took over existing structures by establishing a small group of nobles, which the existence of Christian tombs in this period seems to confirm. The end of the ancient history of the city came with the <a href="/wiki/Umayyad_conquest_of_Hispania" class="mw-redirect" title="Umayyad conquest of Hispania">arrival of the Muslims</a> in 713 or 714. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Archaeological_ensemble">Archaeological ensemble</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tarraco&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Archaeological ensemble"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> The archaeological ensemble of Tarraco is one of the largest archaeological sites of Roman Hispania preserved in Spain today. Inscriptions on the stones of houses written in <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> and even in <a href="/wiki/Phoenician_language" title="Phoenician language">Phoenician</a> can be found throughout the city. Part of the foundations of the large Cyclopean walls near the so-called Pilate's offices are believed to be of pre-Roman origins. This building, which was a prison in the 19th century, is said to have been the palace of <a href="/wiki/Augustus" title="Augustus">Augustus</a>. The amphitheatre, located near the seashore stands with large parts of its structure surviving and measures 46 m long. </p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PuentedelDiablo_edited.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/PuentedelDiablo_edited.jpg/220px-PuentedelDiablo_edited.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/PuentedelDiablo_edited.jpg/330px-PuentedelDiablo_edited.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/PuentedelDiablo_edited.jpg/440px-PuentedelDiablo_edited.jpg 2x" data-file-width="972" data-file-height="648" /></a><figcaption>Roman aqueduct, Pont del Diable (1st c. BC)</figcaption></figure><p>The Roman <a href="/wiki/Acueducto_de_les_Ferreres" class="mw-redirect" title="Acueducto de les Ferreres">Aqueduct de les Ferreres</a>, also called Pont del Diable (Devil's Bridge), crosses a valley about 4 km (2.5 mi) from the city. It is 21 m (69 ft) long, and its lower arches, of which there are two rows, are almost 3 m (9.8 ft) tall. The Roman tomb, called <a href="/wiki/Torre_dels_Escipions" title="Torre dels Escipions">Torre dels Escipions</a> (Tower of the Scipios), lies 1.5 km (0.93 mi) to the north-west of the city.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Monuments">Monuments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tarraco&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Monuments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" width="60%"> <tbody><tr> <th>Code </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Place </th> <th>Coordinates </th></tr> <tr> <td>875-001 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wall_of_Tarragona" title="Wall of Tarragona">Roman walls</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tarragona" title="Tarragona">Tarragona</a> </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tarraco&params=41_07_12.4_N_1_15_32.6_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">41°07′12.4″N</span> <span class="longitude">1°15′32.6″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">41.120111°N 1.259056°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">41.120111; 1.259056</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>875-002 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Imperial_cult_enclosure&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Imperial cult enclosure (page does not exist)">Imperial cult enclosure</a> </td> <td>Tarragona </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tarraco&params=41_07_10.3_N_1_15_30.0_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">41°07′10.3″N</span> <span class="longitude">1°15′30.0″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">41.119528°N 1.258333°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">41.119528; 1.258333</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>875-003 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Provincial_forum_of_Tarraco" title="Provincial forum of Tarraco">Provincial forum</a> </td> <td>Tarragona </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tarraco&params=41_07_05.0_N_1_15_21.0_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">41°07′05.0″N</span> <span class="longitude">1°15′21.0″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">41.118056°N 1.255833°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">41.118056; 1.255833</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>875-004 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roman_circus_of_Tarraco&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Roman circus of Tarraco (page does not exist)">The Circus</a> </td> <td>Tarragona </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tarraco&params=41_06_56.9_N_1_15_24.5_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">41°06′56.9″N</span> <span class="longitude">1°15′24.5″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">41.115806°N 1.256806°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">41.115806; 1.256806</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>875-005 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colonial_forum_of_Tarraco" title="Colonial forum of Tarraco">Colonial forum</a> </td> <td>Tarragona </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tarraco&params=41_06_52.5_N_1_14_56.6_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">41°06′52.5″N</span> <span class="longitude">1°14′56.6″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">41.114583°N 1.249056°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">41.114583; 1.249056</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>875-006 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roman_theatre_of_Tarraco" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman theatre of Tarraco">The Roman theatre</a> </td> <td>Tarragona </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tarraco&params=41_06_48.6_N_1_14_52_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">41°06′48.6″N</span> <span class="longitude">1°14′52″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">41.113500°N 1.24778°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">41.113500; 1.24778</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>875-007 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tarraco_Amphitheatre" class="mw-redirect" title="Tarraco Amphitheatre">The Amphitheatre</a>, the basilica and romanesque church </td> <td>Tarragona </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tarraco&params=41_06_53.0_N_1_15_33.5_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">41°06′53.0″N</span> <span class="longitude">1°15′33.5″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">41.114722°N 1.259306°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">41.114722; 1.259306</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>875-008 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Early_Christian_Cemetery_of_Tarragona&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Early Christian Cemetery of Tarragona (page does not exist)">Early Christian Cemetery</a> </td> <td>Tarragona </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tarraco&params=41_06_53.1_N_1_14_18.0_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">41°06′53.1″N</span> <span class="longitude">1°14′18.0″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">41.114750°N 1.238333°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">41.114750; 1.238333</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>875-009 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aq%C3%BCeducte_de_les_Ferreres" class="mw-redirect" title="Aqüeducte de les Ferreres">Aqueduct</a> </td> <td>4 km north of Tarragona </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tarraco&params=41_08_47.6_N_1_14_36.6_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">41°08′47.6″N</span> <span class="longitude">1°14′36.6″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">41.146556°N 1.243500°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">41.146556; 1.243500</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>875-010 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Torre_dels_Escipions" title="Torre dels Escipions">Torre dels Escipions</a> </td> <td>5 km east of Tarragona </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tarraco&params=41_07_52.7_N_1_18_59.0_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">41°07′52.7″N</span> <span class="longitude">1°18′59.0″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">41.131306°N 1.316389°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">41.131306; 1.316389</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>875-011 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roman_quarry_of_El_M%C3%A8dol" title="Roman quarry of El Mèdol">Quarry of El Mèdol</a> </td> <td>9 km north of Tarragona </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tarraco&params=41_08_12.7_N_1_20_22.4_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">41°08′12.7″N</span> <span class="longitude">1°20′22.4″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">41.136861°N 1.339556°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">41.136861; 1.339556</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>875-012 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mausoleum_of_Centcelles" class="mw-redirect" title="Mausoleum of Centcelles">The Mausoleum of Centcelles</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Constant%C3%AD" title="Constantí">Constantí</a>, 4.6 km north-northwest of Tarragona </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tarraco&params=41_09_07.6_N_1_13_49.7_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">41°09′07.6″N</span> <span class="longitude">1°13′49.7″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">41.152111°N 1.230472°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">41.152111; 1.230472</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>875-013 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Els_Munts_(Roman_villa)" title="Els Munts (Roman villa)">The villa dels Munts</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Altafulla" title="Altafulla">Altafulla</a>, 10 km east of Tarragona </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tarraco&params=41_08_01.8_N_1_22_22.8_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">41°08′01.8″N</span> <span class="longitude">1°22′22.8″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">41.133833°N 1.373000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">41.133833; 1.373000</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>875-014 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arc_de_Ber%C3%A0" title="Arc de Berà">Triumphal Arc de Berà</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roda_de_Ber%C3%A0" title="Roda de Berà">Roda de Berà</a>, 20 km east of Tarragona </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Tarraco&params=41_10_22.9_N_1_28_07.3_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">41°10′22.9″N</span> <span class="longitude">1°28′07.3″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">41.173028°N 1.468694°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">41.173028; 1.468694</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="UNESCO_World_Heritage_Site">UNESCO World Heritage Site</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tarraco&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: UNESCO World Heritage Site"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> included the ruins of the ancient Roman city of Tarraco on its list of <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Sites" class="mw-redirect" title="World Heritage Sites">World Heritage Sites</a>, because they meet two criteria:<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Criterion ii. The Roman remains of Tarraco are of exceptional importance in the Roman development of planning and urban design and served as model for provincial capitals elsewhere in the Roman world. Criterion iii. Tarraco provides an eloquent and unparalleled testimony in the history of the Mediterranean lands in antiquity.</p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tarraco&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Hispania" title="Romanization of Hispania">Romanization of Hispania</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tarraco&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Livy 21, 60, 1ff.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Plinius-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Plinius_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Plinius: <i>Naturalis historia</i> 3, 21.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Livy 26, 20, 4</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Livy 26, 19 u. 51.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Livy 27, 42; Livy 26, 45.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Strabo 3, 4, 7.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Caesar, <i>De Bello Civili</i> 1, 60.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">AE 1957, 26</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Suetonio, <i>Augustus</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Augustus*.html#26">26, 3</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Quintilian, <i>Institutio oratoria</i> 6, 3.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Mela II 90.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Burnett, <i>Roman Provincial Coinage I.</i> 218/219.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Tacito: <i>Annales</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/tacitus/tac.ann1.shtml#78">1, 78.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Pliny: Naturalis Historia, 3, 4, 30</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">RE, Supl. XV, 598, Tarraco, Géza Alföldy</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Elagabal-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Elagabal_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">RIT (= G. Alföldy: <i>Die Römischen Inschriften von Tarraco.</i> Madrider Forschungen 10, Berlin 1975) 84.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Victor Aurelius, Liber de Caesaribus, XXXIII, 3</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Macías, J.M. 2000. Tarraco en la Antigüedad Tardía: un proceso simultáneo de trans-formación urbana e ideológica, in: Ribera, A. (ed.), Los orígenes del cristianismo en Valencia y su entorno. Valencia: Ajuntament de València, 260-26</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">G. 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Sites in Galicia (page does not exist)">Route of Santiago de Compostela</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santiago_de_Compostela" title="Santiago de Compostela">Santiago de Compostela</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Old Town)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tower_of_Hercules" title="Tower of Hercules">Tower of Hercules</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="7" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Spain.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Spain"><img alt="Flag of Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/58px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="58" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/87px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/116px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption>Flag of Spain</figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/First-level_NUTS_of_the_European_Union#Spain" title="First-level NUTS of the European Union">North East</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_and_Primeval_Beech_Forests_of_the_Carpathians_and_Other_Regions_of_Europe" title="Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe">Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests</a><sup><small>5</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cave_of_Altamira" title="Cave of Altamira">Caves of Altamira</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">and</span> <a href="/wiki/Cave_of_Altamira_and_Paleolithic_Cave_Art_of_Northern_Spain" title="Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain">Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mud%C3%A9jar_architecture_of_Aragon" title="Mudéjar architecture of Aragon">Mudéjar Architecture of Aragon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pyr%C3%A9n%C3%A9es_%E2%80%93_Mont_Perdu_World_Heritage_Site" title="Pyrénées – Mont Perdu World Heritage Site">Pirineos - Monte Perdido</a><sup><small>2</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_art_of_the_Iberian_Mediterranean_Basin" title="Rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin">Rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Heritage_Sites_in_Galicia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="World Heritage Sites in Galicia (page does not exist)">Route of Santiago de Compostela</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monasteries_of_San_Mill%C3%A1n_de_la_Cogolla" title="Monasteries of San Millán de la Cogolla">San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vizcaya_Bridge" title="Vizcaya Bridge">Vizcaya Bridge</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/First-level_NUTS_of_the_European_Union#Spain" title="First-level NUTS of the European Union">Centre</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ancient_and_Primeval_Beech_Forests_of_the_Carpathians_and_Other_Regions_of_Europe" title="Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe">Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests</a><sup><small>5</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aranjuez" title="Aranjuez">Aranjuez</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">Cultural Landscape</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augusta_Emerita" title="Augusta Emerita">Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Archaeological Site of</span> <a href="/wiki/Atapuerca_Mountains" title="Atapuerca Mountains">Atapuerca</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Old Town of</span> <a href="/wiki/%C3%81vila" title="Ávila">Ávila</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">with its Extra-mural Churches</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burgos_Cathedral" title="Burgos Cathedral">Burgos Cathedral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Town_of_C%C3%A1ceres" title="Old Town of Cáceres">Old Town of Cáceres</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Historic Walled Town of</span> <a href="/wiki/Cuenca,_Spain" title="Cuenca, Spain">Cuenca</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Monastery and Site of</span> <a href="/wiki/El_Escorial" title="El Escorial">El Escorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heritage_of_Mercury._Almad%C3%A9n_and_Idrija" title="Heritage of Mercury. Almadén and Idrija">Heritage of Mercury. Almadén and Idrija</a><sup><small>3</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Las_M%C3%A9dulas" title="Las Médulas">Las Médulas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monastery_of_Saint_Mary_of_Guadalupe" title="Monastery of Saint Mary of Guadalupe">Monastery of Saint Mary of Guadalupe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paseo_del_Prado" title="Paseo del Prado">Paseo del Prado</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">and</span> <a href="/wiki/Parque_del_Buen_Retiro,_Madrid" title="Parque del Buen Retiro, Madrid">Buen Retiro</a><span style="font-size:85%;">, a landscape of Arts and Sciences</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_art_of_the_Iberian_Mediterranean_Basin" title="Rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin">Rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=World_Heritage_Sites_in_Galicia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="World Heritage Sites in Galicia (page does not exist)">Route of Santiago de Compostela</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Old City of</span> <a href="/wiki/Salamanca" title="Salamanca">Salamanca</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Old Town of</span> <a href="/wiki/Segovia" title="Segovia">Segovia</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">and</span> <a href="/wiki/Aqueduct_of_Segovia" title="Aqueduct of Segovia">its Aqueduct</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prehistoric_Rock_Art_Sites_in_the_C%C3%B4a_Valley_and_Siega_Verde" title="Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde">Siega Verde</a><sup><small>4</small></sup></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Historic City of</span> <a href="/wiki/Toledo,_Spain" title="Toledo, Spain">Toledo</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">University and Historic Precinct of</span> <a href="/wiki/Alcal%C3%A1_de_Henares" title="Alcalá de Henares">Alcalá de Henares</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/First-level_NUTS_of_the_European_Union#Spain" title="First-level NUTS of the European Union">East</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Archaeological Ensemble of Tarraco</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;">Tarragona</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catalan_Romanesque_Churches_of_the_Vall_de_Bo%C3%AD" title="Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí">Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palau_de_la_M%C3%BAsica_Catalana" title="Palau de la Música Catalana">Palau de la Música Catalana</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">and</span> <a href="/wiki/Hospital_de_Sant_Pau" title="Hospital de Sant Pau">Hospital de Sant Pau</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;">Barcelona</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmeral_of_Elche" title="Palmeral of Elche">Palmeral of Elche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poblet_Abbey" title="Poblet Abbey">Poblet Abbey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_art_of_the_Iberian_Mediterranean_Basin" title="Rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin">Rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lonja_de_la_Seda" title="Lonja de la Seda">Silk Exchange in Valencia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Gaud%C3%AD_buildings" title="List of Gaudí buildings">Works of Antoni Gaudí</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/First-level_NUTS_of_the_European_Union#Spain" title="First-level NUTS of the European Union">South</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alhambra" title="Alhambra">Alhambra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Generalife" title="Generalife">Generalife</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">and</span> <a href="/wiki/Albaic%C3%ADn" title="Albaicín">Albaicín</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;">Granada</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seville_Cathedral" title="Seville Cathedral">Cathedral</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alc%C3%A1zar_of_Seville" title="Alcázar of Seville">Alcázar</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">and</span> <a href="/wiki/General_Archive_of_the_Indies" title="General Archive of the Indies">General Archive of the Indies</a>, <span style="font-size:85%;">Seville</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antequera_Dolmens_Site" title="Antequera Dolmens Site">Dolmens Site of Antequera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Do%C3%B1ana_National_Park" title="Doñana National Park">Doñana National Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historic_centre_of_C%C3%B3rdoba" title="Historic centre of Córdoba">Historic Centre of Córdoba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madinat_al-Zahra" title="Madinat al-Zahra">Madinat al-Zahra</a></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Renaissance Monuments of</span> <a href="/wiki/%C3%9Abeda" title="Úbeda">Úbeda</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">and</span> <a href="/wiki/Baeza,_Spain" title="Baeza, Spain">Baeza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_art_of_the_Iberian_Mediterranean_Basin" title="Rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin">Rock art of the Iberian Mediterranean Basin</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Balearic_Islands" title="Balearic Islands">Balearic Islands</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;">Cultural Landscape of the</span> <a href="/wiki/Serra_de_Tramuntana" title="Serra de Tramuntana">Serra de Tramuntana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibiza" title="Ibiza">Ibiza</a><span style="font-size:85%;">, Biodiversity and Culture</span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;">Prehistoric Sites of</span> <a href="/wiki/Talaiotic_culture" title="Talaiotic culture">Talayotic</a> <span 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