The Roman conquest of Hispania

3. THE ROMAN CONQUEST OF HISPANIA THE PUNIC WARS - During the three Punic Wars, the romans fought against the Carthaginians and became the leading power in the western Mditerranean.

- During the First Punic War: - the Carthaginians occupied th south of the Iberian Peninsula.

- The Second Punic War: - It began after the Carthaginan general Hannibal attacked the city of Saguntum, which was allied to the Romans.

- The following year the Romans sent an army to fight against the Carthaginians on the Iberian Peninsula.

3. THE ROMAN CONQUEST OF HISPANIA THE ROMAN CONQUEST

- The Romans conquered the Peninsula, which they called Hispania, in three stages: - 218 BC – 170 BC: - The Romans expelled the Carthaginians from Hispania - They conquered the South and East of the Peninsula

- 154 – 133 BC: - The Romans conquered central Hispania.

- They defeated the Celtiberians, despite the resistence from the Luistanos and the Arevacos.

- 29 – 19 BC: - Under Octavian, The Romans defeaed the Celics.

3. THE ROMAN CONQUEST OF HISPANIA ROMANISATION -

The Romans imposed their political system on the conquered societies.

They organised the territory into provinces ruled by governorsand their advisers.

The inhabitants of the Iberian Peninsula adopted Roman culture through a process called romanisation.

- Romanisation was the result of: 1. New cities wich spread Roman culture.

2. The contact between Roman legionaries and the local population.

3. Latin,: 1. It became the shared language of all the people 2. Official latin was the same everywhee 3. Local dialects were different from one region to another.

Romanisation did not happen to the same extent in all regions: It was rapid and complete in the south and east of Hispania Some northern people (The Cántabros and the Vascones) were never fully romanised.