Roman Influence Upon Spain

Such, in briefest outline, is the contribution that the land that would become Spain made to Rome. On the other side of the equation, what Rome gave to Spain is its language, the form if not the ultimate essence of its faith, and that side of Spanish culture that allowed the traditionally indivualististic Spanish people to found and for three centuries rule the first empire upon which the sun did not set. In the remainder of this essay, we will survey the Roman influence upon Spain.

As Roman Spain was divided into two provinces, Hispania Citerior and Hispania Ulterior (Williams, 1990, p. 31), so this discussion is divided into two sections. In the first, we will briefly trace the history of the Roman impact upon Spain, a history well documented both by writings and by physical remains such as the aqueduct at Segovia. The second, necessarily more speculative in nature, inquires into the enduring Roman influence upon Spain and the Spanish people. Equally necess

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the Empire reached its largest extent, and the two of them are together considered among the so-called Five Good Emperors, under whom, in Gibbon's view, the Empire reached its height of peace and prosperity. After the death of Marcus Aurelius, the last of these "Good" Emperors, the Empire entered a long period of disorder and decline, though its troubles may have touched Hispania less than many other provinces. The Empire was restored in the late third century by Diocletian but its underlying decline--never yet fully understood--continued. Constantine founded a new capital, Constantinople, and it became a practice to divide the empire into two halves. The last Emperor to rule over the whole was Theodosius the Great, another native of Hispania, who died in AD 395 (Williams, 1990, p. 41). Within another three generations, the Western Empire had vanished. Roman culture in Spain survived the end of the Western Empire, however. The Vandals passed on from Hispania to North Africa, and their place was taken late in the fourth century by the Visigoths. The Visigoths themselves kept largely apart from the Roman provincials they ruled over, however, so the Visigothic imprint on later Spain was minimal (Williams, 1990, pp. 43-45
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