Hispania in a sentence

Earlier this month, Bocanegra and his partners teamed up with the conservation group Hispania Nostra to launch a crowdfunding appeal to raise the €50,000 needed to repair the roof.

Afterwards Caesar turned his attention to the Pompeian stronghold of Hispania (modern Spain) Goldsworthy, In the Name of Rome, p. 217 but decided to tackle Pompey himself in Greece.

Alfonso took Castile for himself and Garcia recovered his kingdom of Portugal and Galicia, but in 1073 the Alfonso VI gathered all power and started to style himself as Imperator totius Hispaniæ (Emperor of All Hispania) since 1077.

Aquitania extends from the Garonne to the Pyrenees and to that part of the Atlantic ( Bay of Biscay ) which is near Hispania: it looks between the setting of the sun, and the north star.

A statement by Pliny the Younger that his uncle was offered 400,000 sesterces for his manuscripts by Larcius Licinius while he (Pliny the Elder) was procurator of Hispania makes it the most certain of the three.

By early 71 BC, the whole of Hispania was subdued.

Capital from the Visigothic church of San Pedro de la Nave There was a religious gulf between the Visigoths, who had for a long time adhered to Arianism, and their Catholic subjects in Hispania.

Carthage lost Hispania forever, and Rome firmly established her power there over large areas.

Carthage lost its trading cities in Hispania and elsewhere in the Western Mediterranean, and much of its influence over the Numidian Kingdoms in North Africa.

Dio reported communication was restored between Hispania, Africa, and Italy; This probably refers to the grain supply; the extent of its interruption before Pompey's campaign is not known.

Establishment The Visigoths were sent in 416 by the Emperor to fight the Germanic invaders in Hispania, but they soon re-established themselves as foederati in Aquitania after completely defeating the Alans and the Silingi Vandals.

Fourth National Council of Toledo main All bishops of Hispania attended the Fourth National Council of Toledo, begun on 5 December 633. The aged Archbishop Saint Isidore presided over its deliberations and originated most enactments of the council.

Hannibal After assaulting Saguntum in Hispania (219 BC), Hannibal attacked Italy in 218 BC by leading the Iberians and three dozen elephants through the Alps.

He adopted the title Imperator totius Hispaniae ("Emperor of all Hispania ", referring to all the Christian kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula, and not just the modern country of Spain).

Hispania supplied Rome with food, olive oil, wine and metal.

Hispania supplied the Roman Empire with food, olive oil, wine, and metal.

Hispania Vetus: Musical-Liturgical Manuscripts from Visigothic Origins to the Franco-Roman Transition (9th–12th Centuries), with a foreword by Anscario M Mundó.

Hispaniensis means 'connected in some way to Hispania', as in "Exercitus Hispaniensis" ('the Spanish army') or "mercatores Hispanienses" ('Spanish merchants').

However, this may be a complimentary fiction coined in order to make Hadrian appear as a natural-born Roman instead of a provincial, since his parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents were all born and raised in Hispania.

In 19 BC, Agrippa was employed in putting down a rising of the Cantabrians in Hispania ( Cantabrian Wars ).