Hispania Balearica was a Roman province encompassing the Balearic Islands off the east coast of modern Spain. Formerly a part of Hispania Tarraconensis, Balearica gained its autonomy …

Jun 4, 2021 · Strategically located between Italy and Spain, the Balearic Islands were an essential base for Roman maritime control of the Western Mediterranean and home of the famous …

The Balearic Islands [a] are an archipelago in the western Mediterranean Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula. The archipelago forms a province and autonomous community …

The conquest of the island of Majorca on behalf of the Roman Catholic kingdoms was carried out by King James I of Aragon between 1229 and 1231. The pact to carry out the invasion, …

Dec 8, 2020 · Roman conquest of the Balearic Islands took place in 123 BCE. Previously, the islands were under the control of Carthage; however, from 146 BCE, when the Romans …

Incensed by Balearic piracy, Rome sent an expedition led by the Roman consul Quintus Cecilius Metelus to teach the Islanders the error of their ways. Well aware of the fame of the Mallorcan …

Around 123 B.C., the Balearic Islands made an appearance on the Roman scene. Until then, the Talayotic society of the Baliarides, prior to the Roman conquest, appears to have been …

The Roman Conquest of the Balearic Isles* Between 123 and 110 a large number of minor campaigns were conducted by Roman generals in various parts of the empire. Several of …

Around the period of the Roman conquest of the islands, in 123 B.C., Sanitja must have been the best natural port of anchorage on the North coast of Menorca.

The Balearic Islands, located off the coast of Spain, were occupied by the Romans beginning in 123 BCE. Under Roman occupation, the islands saw the replacement of the indigenous …