Italica
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Italica () was an ancient Roman city in Hispania; its site is close to the town of Santiponce in the province of Seville, Spain. It was founded in 206 BC by Roman general Scipio as a colonia for his Italic veterans and named after them. Italica later grew attracting new migrants from the Italian peninsula and also with the children of Roman soldiers and native women. Among the Italic settlers were a branch of the gens Ulpia from the Umbrian city of Tuder and a branch of the gens Aelia from the city of Hadria, either co-founders of the town or later migrants who arrived at an unknown time; the
Key facts
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.name
- Italica
- Ancient site.native_name
- Itálica
- Ancient site.map_type
- Spain
- Ancient site.location
- Santiponce (Seville), Spain
- Ancient site.region
- Hispania Baetica
- Ancient site.built
- 206 BC
- Ancient site.cultures
- Roman
- Ancient site.condition
- Ruins
- Ancient site.designation1
- Spain
- Ancient site.designation1_type
- Non-movable
- Ancient site.designation1_criteria
- Archaeological site
- Ancient site.designation1_date
- 13 December 1912
- Ancient site.designation1_number
- RI-55-0000002
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Foundation
- Late Antiquity
- Rediscovery and excavations
- The site
- The Traianeum
- Aqueduct
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
Italica () was an ancient Roman city in Hispania; its site is close to the town of Santiponce in the province of Seville, Spain. It was founded in 206 BC by Roman general Scipio as a colonia for his Italic veterans and named after them. Italica later grew attracting new migrants from the Italian peninsula and also with the children of Roman soldiers and native women. Among the Italic settlers were a branch of the gens Ulpia from the Umbrian city of Tuder and a branch of the gens Aelia from the city of Hadria, either co-founders of the town or later migrants who arrived at an unknown time; the Ulpi Traiani and the Aelii Hadriani were the respective stirpes of the Roman emperors Trajan and Hadrian, both born in Italica.
According to some authors, Italica was also the birthplace of Theodosius. thumb|upright=1.2|Map of the site
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Italica” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (12)
On the map
3 mapped locations