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استان اسپانیا
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Spania () was a province of the Eastern Roman Empire from 552 until 624 in the south of the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands. It was established by the Emperor Justinian I in an effort to restore the western provinces of the Empire.

Key facts

Former Subdivision.conventional_long_name
Province of Spania
Former Subdivision.common_name
Province of Spania
Former Subdivision.subdivision
Province
Former Subdivision.nation
the Byzantine (Roman) Empire
Former Subdivision.era
Late antiquity
Former Subdivision.capital
Malaca (Málaga) or Carthago Spartaria (Cartagena)
Former Subdivision.image_map
Iberia 560.svg
Former Subdivision.image_map_caption
Roman Spania following the retaking of the Guadalquivir valley by the Visigoths.
Former Subdivision.year_start
552
Former Subdivision.event_start
Byzantine conquest by Liberius
Former Subdivision.year_end
624
Former Subdivision.event_end
Visigothic reconquest
Former Subdivision.p1
Visigothic Kingdom
Former Subdivision.s1
Visigothic Kingdom
Former Subdivision.today
SpainPortugalUnited KingdomGibraltar

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Wikidata facts

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Iberia 560.svg
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Commons category
Maps of Byzantine Spain
inception
0552-00-00
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
0624-00-00
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