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Iberian Peninsula, 1–500 A.D.

Roman rule, ca. 19 b.c.–393 a.d.

Kingdom of the Visigoths, ca. 409–711 a.d.

Iberian culture, ca. 600 b.c.–200 a.d.

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Encompasses present-day Portugal and Spain

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Under Roman control, the Iberian Peninsula prospers commercially and politically in the first and second centuries A.D., until the Moors attack from North Africa in the latter part of the second century. The Franks from the middle and lower Rhine regions devastate the Hispanic provinces in the third century. In the aftermath, Diocletian divides the peninsula into six Roman provinces that survive only until the Visigoths establish their kingdom in 409.

• 68 A.D. Galba, governor of the Roman province in northern Spain, declares himself emperor but reigns only a few months.

• ca. 70 A.D.The Roman emperor Vespasian grants Latin rights to all Spanish communities. Towns prosper under the new charters.
• 98 A.D.Trajan, born at Italica in southern Spain, becomes Roman emperor. In 117 A.D., he is succeeded by Hadrian, another Spaniard. They are the first Romans from outside Italy to gain the imperial purple.
• 172–175 A.D. The Moors from northern Africa invade Spain.
• 253–276 A.D.The Franks from the middle and lower Rhine regions launch intermittent attacks on northern Spain. Eventually, the peninsula, with the Balearic Islands and the Tingitana region, is divided into six provinces by Diocletian.
• early 4th century A.D. A powerful church emerges at the Council of Illiberis (near modern-day Granada), and Hosius, bishop of Corduba (Córdoba), confirms its influence. It inspires the work of Prudentius in the late fourth century and survives the barbarian invasions of the fifth century.

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• Ancient Greece, 1–500 a.d.
• Italian Peninsula, 1–500 a.d.

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• Europe, 1–500 a.d.
• World, 1–500 a.d.

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• Early Imperial Art in Ancient Rome
• Trajanic Art in Ancient Rome
• Visigothic Medieval Art

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• The Iberian Peninsula
• Rome (Ancient)

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• Art of the Roman Provinces, 1–500 a.d.
• Augustan Rule (27 b.c.–14 a.d.)
• Barbarians and Romans
• The Birth of Islam
• Byzantium (ca. 330–1453)
• Carolingian Art
• Classical Art and Modern Dress
• The Damascus Room
• The Face in Medieval Sculpture
• Geometric Patterns in Islamic Art
• The Guitar
• The Julio-Claudian Dynasty (27 b.c.–68 a.d.)
• Life of Jesus of Nazareth
• Mendicant Orders in the Medieval World
• Monasticism in Medieval Christianity
• Neoclassicism
• The Roman Empire (27 b.c.–393 a.d.)

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Citation

"Iberian Peninsula, 1–500 A.D.". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/?period=05®ion=eusi (October 2000)