SPAN 42 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Western Roman Empire, Iberian Peninsula, Iberians
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Under the roman empire, hispania is unified. The information that we have is through roman historians, therefore it"s biased. With the roman colonization, iberian peninsula is united. Goal of conquest was to get more riches. Christianity was declared the official religion in the roman empire in the 1st century. Rome: probably the most important, and lmost lasting influence in the history of spain and portugal, Even today, both countries remain essentially latin in language, law and religion. Goths: originally from south scandinavia, moved to baltic area, and divided in. Visigoths: forced to move west by the huns( romans and germanic alike were. In order to protect the roman empire, the romans built limes or walls at the edges of the empire protecting from invasions from central and eastern europe, middle east, and northern africa. Before the fall of the roman empire, it was divided into two; rome (western) and. The year 400: the fall of the roman empire.
