This is episode 7 called Roman Conquest of Hispania: Native Resistance and in this episode you will learn:
SHOW NOTES
- Why Rome took so much time conquering Hispania
- What interests did Rome have in the Iberian Peninsula
- What happened in the Iberian Revolt of 197-195 BC and why did Iberians revolt multiple times
- What happened in the First and Second Celtiberian Wars
- Which were the two major wars that were the turning point in the Roman conquest of Hispania: the pacification of Lusitania with the defeat of Viriathus and the Numantine War
- The internal tensions in Italy and the causes of the fall of the Roman Republic
- Why did Sertorius fled for Hispania
- A brief talk about the civil wars that ended the Republican system
- Why and how did Augustus completed the conquest of Hispania with the Cantabrian Wars in northern Spain
- Reflections on the importance of the devotio