Archaeologists Discover Sixty-Six Roman Military Camps in Spain

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Roman military sites in northwestern Iberia. Image credit: Blanco et al., doi: 10.3390/geosciences10120485.

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By Patrick Pester – Staff Writer

A vast network of dozens of Roman Army camps have been discovered in a mountainous region of northern Spain.

The camps show just how big the Roman military was around 2,000 years ago during the conquest of the Iberian Peninsula.

A detailed map of the Punic wars in Spain

This is a detailed map of the Punic wars in Spain depicting the major land and sea battles, cities and tribes involved, and other features. The other major theatres of the military operations of the Punic Wars were Italy and Africa.

A 19th century map of Roman Hispania

A map of the 19^th century, of Roman Hispania, that is the modern states of Spain and Portugal.

The Reconquista in the Iberian peninsula, part II

The Reconquista in the Iberian peninsula, part II

The next maps on the Reconquista in medieval Spain and Portugal, that is a series of campaigns by Christian states to recapture territory from the Muslims (Moors), who had occupied most of the Iberian Peninsula in the early 8th century.

In  the 11th century, when Moorish unity broke down and the

The Reconquista in the Iberian peninsula, part I

The first two maps on the Reconquista in medieval Spain and Portugal, that is a series of campaigns by Christian states to recapture territory from the Muslims (Moors), who had occupied most of the Iberian Peninsula in the early 8th century.