The Roman amphitheatre at Italica seated 25,000

The city of Italica (Spanish: Itálica; north of modern day Santiponce, 9 km NW of Seville, Spain) was founded in 206 BC by the Roman general Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus in order to settle Roman soldiers wounded in the Battle of Ilipa, where the Carthaginian army was defeated during the Second Punic War. The name Italica bound the colonia to their Italian origins. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 424 KB)This is a photo of the roman amphitheatre at Italica. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 424 KB)This is a photo of the roman amphitheatre at Italica. ... For other uses, see Seville (disambiguation). ... Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major (Latin: P·CORNELIVS·P·F·L·N·SCIPIO·AFRICANVS) (236 - 183 BC) was a general in the Second Punic War and statesman of the Roman Republic. ... The Battle of Ilipa was a battle of the Second Punic War. ... Combatants Roman Republic Carthage Commanders Publius Cornelius Scipio†, Tiberius Sempronius Longus Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, Gaius Flaminius†, Fabius Maximus, Claudius Marcellus†, Lucius Aemilius Paullus†, Gaius Terentius Varro, Marcus Livius Salinator, Gaius Claudius Nero, Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus†, Masinissa, Minucius†, Servilius Geminus† Hannibal Barca, Hasdrubal Barca†, Mago Barca†, Hasdrubal Gisco†, Syphax...

The 2nd-century Venus of Italica, found in 1940 near the theatre (Museo Arqueológico, Seville)

Italica was the birthplace of Roman emperor Trajan. Hadrian was generous to his settled town, which he made a colonia; he added temples, including a Trajaneum venerating Trajan, and rebuilt public buildings. Italica’s amphitheater seated 25,000 spectators—half as many as the Flavian Amphitheatre in Rome— and was the third largest in the Roman Empire. The city's Roman population at the time is estimated to have been only 8000. The games and theatrical performances funded by the local aristocracy, who filled the positions of magistrate, were a means of establishing status: the size of the amphitheater shows that the local elite was maintaining status that extended far beyond Italica itself. This article is about the Roman Emperor. ... Publius Aelius Traianus Hadrianus (January 24, 76 –– July 10, 138), known as Hadrian in English, was emperor of Rome from 117 A.D. to 138 A.D., as well as a Stoic and Epicurean philosopher. ... A Roman colonia (plural coloniae) was originally a Roman outpost established in conquered territory to secure it. ... For information about the jazz-rock band of this name, see Colosseum (band) The Colosseum in Rome, Italy The inner layers of the Colosseum The Colosseum or Coliseum, originally known as the Flavian Amphitheatre (lat. ...

The modern town of Santiponce overlies the "old city" of Republican times founded by Scipio and the pre-Roman Iberian city. The well-preserved city of ruins seen today is the nova urbs magnificently laid out under Hadrian's patronage.

A shift of the Guadalquivir River bed, probably due to siltation— a widespread problem in antiquity that followed removal of the forest cover—left Italica isolated, high and dry. The city started to dwindle as early as the 3rd century. Later Seville grew nearby, and no modern city covered most of Italica's foundations. The result is an unusually well-preserved Roman city of Hispania Baetica, and unexpected riches in the Museo Arqueologico of Seville, with its famous marble colossus of Trajan. In Italica, cobbled Roman streets are visible, and mosaic floors still in situ. The excavation of Italica began in 1781 and continues. The Guadalquivir is the second longest river in Spain (after the Tagus). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Antiquity means different things: Generally it means ancient history, and may be used of any period before the Middle Ages. ... This article is about the process of deforestation in the environment. ... For other uses, see Seville (disambiguation). ... Roman province of Hispania Baetica, 120 CE In Hispania, which in Greek is called Iberia, there were three Imperial Roman provinces, Hispania Baetica in the south, Lusitania, corresponding to modern Portugal, in the west, and Hispania Tarraconensis in the north and northeast. ...

Italica's amphitheatre pit Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels Full resolution (1024 × 768 pixel, file size: 539 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Anfiteatro de Itálica (Santiponce) Santiponce = Village of Seville Italicas amphitheatre pit, Seville, Spain. ...	Pits were filled with water for the naumachia Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixels Full resolution (1944 × 2592 pixel, file size: 2. ... A modern naumachia held in the Civic Arena of Milan in 1807 The naumachia (in Latin naumachia, from the Ancient Greek ναυμαχία/naumachía, literally naval combat) in the Ancient Roman world referred to both the re-enactment of naval battles and the basin (or more broadly, the complex) in which...	A Roman road in Italica Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 584 pixels Full resolution (1024 × 748 pixel, file size: 241 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)A picture taken by me in Italica, Spain. ... Not to be confused with Romans road. ...	A hallway that circles the ampitheatre Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
Mosaic floor in the House of the Birds Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 598 pixels Full resolution (1024 × 766 pixel, file size: 242 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)Italica House of the Birds I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the...	Mosaic floor in the House of the Planetarium Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 598 pixels Full resolution (1024 × 766 pixel, file size: 232 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)Italica House of the Planetarium I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the...

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• Italica in Spain
• Italica: Roman city
• Photos of Italica
• Livius.org: Italica

Coordinates: 37°26′38″N, 6°02′48″W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...