'Tarraco was the ancient name of the city of Tarragona is a city located in the south of Catalonia, Spain, by the Mediterranean Sea. It is the capital of the Spanish province of the same name. As of the 2003 census, the city had a population of 121,076, and the population of the entire urban area was estimated...
Tarragone, in The Kingdom of Spain or Spain ( Spanish: Reino de España or España; Catalan: Regne dEspanya; Basque: Espainiako Erresuma; Galician: Reino da España) is a country located in the southwest of Europe. It shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra. To the...
Spain, on the The Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south and Asia to the east, covering an approximate area of 2.5 million km². Name The term Mediterranean derives from the Latin mediterraneus, inland (medius, middle + terra, land, earth). The Mediterranean Sea...
Mediterranean. It was used in the Roman or Romans has several meanings, primarily related to the Roman citizens, but also applicable to typography, math, and a commune. Roman The noun Roman means a citizen of Rome. The adjective Roman means pertaining or related to Rome. The name Romans in historical texts often refers to the three...
Roman times.
After 27 BCE, the emperor Augustus used Tarraco as base for his operations against the tribe of the Cantabri, one of the largest wars in Roman history, involving nine legions (I Germanica, II Augusta, IIII Macedonica, V Alaudae, VI Victrix, VIIII Hispana, X Gemina, XX Valeria Victrix, and another unit, perhaps VIII Augusta.).
The monument known as "the tower of the Scipiones", near the Via Augusta about eight kilometers from Tarraco, is not really the tomb of the Roman generals Publius and Cnaeus Cornelius Scipio, who were defeated and killed in 212 BCE by the Carthaginians.
Being the capital of the largest Spanish province, Tarraco was a very rich town, and the Museu Nacional Arqueològic de Tarragona has a beautiful collection.
Tarraco, a little coastal village, was one of the most importants winter location of the romans troops in Hispania.
In the time that Rome conquest the peninsula, it was divided in tow sectors, Hispania Citerior and Hispania Ulterior, doing Tarraco the capital city of the first.
north of Tarraco city and was used to transport water from Gayá river.
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