In the first century A.D., the Emperor Claudius divided the Roman province of Mauretania into Mauretania Caesariensis and Mauretania Tingitana. After the Roman reconquest of Africa in 533, the province was expanded to include southern Spain which had been part of the diocese of Hispania. Emperor Claudius Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar Drusus (August 1, 10 BC _ October 13, 54), originally known as Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus, was the fourth Roman Emperor of the Julio_Claudian dynasty, ruling from January 24th 41 to his death in 54. ... For the ships of this name, see RMS Mauretania. ... In some Christian churches, the diocese is an administrative territorial unit governed by a bishop, sometimes also referred to as a bishopric or episcopal see, though more often the term episcopal see means the office held by the bishop. ... Hispania was the name given by the Romans to the Iberian Peninsula, and to two of the three provinces they created there: Hispania Baetica and Hispania Tarraconensis (the third being Lusitania). ...

Tingitana was the western province with its capial at Tingis, now Tangier in Morocco. The principal exports from Tingitana were purple dyes and valuable woods; and the Amazigh or Mauri were highly regarded by the Romans as soldiers, especially light cavalry.. Tangier (in Berber and Arabic Tanja, in Spanish Tánger and in French Tanger) is a city of northern Morocco with a population of 350,000, or 550,000 including suburbs. ... The Berbers (also called Imazighen, free men, singular Amazigh) are a predominantly Muslim ethnic group indigenous to the Maghreb, speaking the Berber languages of the Afroasiatic family. ... Mauri may refer to: In the Maori language of New Zealand, Mauri means the life force which binds together every branch of Maoridom into one entity. ...