Spania
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Province of Spania Provincia Spaniæ | |||||||||
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Province of the Byzantine Empire | |||||||||
552–624 | |||||||||
![]() Spania in green | |||||||||
Capital | Málaga or Cartagena | ||||||||
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Historical era | Late Antiquity | ||||||||
• Byzantine reconquest by Liberius | 552 | ||||||||
• Visigothic reconquest | 624 | ||||||||
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Today part of | UK · Gibraltar Portugal Spain |
Spania (Latin: Provincia Spaniae) was a province of the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire) from 552 until 624.[1] Spania was created after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. During this time, Visgothic and Suebi people had took over the Iberian Peninsula.
History
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Byzantine emperor Justinian I tried to restore the western provinces of the Empire. Spania was established in what is now the Balearic Islands and southern Andalusia.
Notes
[change | change source]- ↑ Dates vary. Some (Collins) put the date of landing as early as 551, other (Wallace-Hadrill) as late as 554. The conquest of the last vestiges of the province has been dated to 625 (Collins) or 629 (W-H).