Task 3 Organisation of Roman Iberian peninsula

When Romans arrived in Spain they called it Hispania. At the beginning of the 2 nd century BC the new territories were divided into two provinces:
Hispania Citerior. It means the nearest part of the peninsula. It stretched from the Pyrenees until Carthago Nova. Its capital was Tarraco (Tarragona).
Hispania Ulterior. It means the furthest. It occupied all the South and the West of the peninsula . Its capital was Corduba (Cordova).

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Once the Cantabrian Wars ended Augustus divided Spain into three provinces:
Tarraconensis. It stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean and the Balearic Islands. It was the largest province of Spain and its capital was Tarraco.
Lusitania. It occupied the western part of the peninsula. Its capital was Emerita Augusta (Mérida).
Baetica. It was the former province of Hispania Ulterior and its capital went on being Corduba. Later the capital was moved to Hispalis ( Seville)

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1. Finally, the emperor Diocletian made a new division and decreed that the Dioceses Hipaniarum would be a part of the Prefecture of Gaul:
   a) There were two provinces that remained as Augustus had stablished : Lusitania and Baetica.
   b) Four new provinces were created out of the former Tarraconensis:
   Gallaecia. It was the northwest of the peninsula and its capital was Bracara Augusta (Braga).
   Carthaginensis. It was the southern part of the former Tarraconensis. Its capital was Carthago Nova (Cartagena).
   Tarraconensis. It was just the north part of the former province. Its capital was still Tarraco.
   Ballearica. It was only the Balearic Islands. Its capital was established in Pollentia (Alcudia). Actually it was created in the mid 4th century.

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A new province was added to Spain in the 4th century:
Mauritania Tingitana. It was in the north of Morocco and its capital was Tingis (Tangier).
All the provinces were ruled by governors appointed by the emperor, save Baetica, which was directly governed by a propraetor or proconsul appointed by the Senate (it was a senatorial province).