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Cartagena - Roman theatre
The Iberian predecessor settlement of Cartagena was in 227 BC. naval and military base, de facto the capital of the Carthaginians on the Iberian Peninsula. From here Hannibal set off for Italy at the beginning of the Second Punic War (218 BC). The Romans conquered the city in 209 BC. BC and called it Carthago Nova. Carthago Nova was the most important silver mining region of the Roman Empire. According to Polybius, 40,000 people worked in the silver mines here.
It was destroyed by the Vandals in 425, was probably Visigothic in 475, and Byzantine in 554. Under the name Carthago Spartaria, it was the capital of the Eastern Roman province of Spania before it became Visigoth again in 625. From 711, after the fall of the Visigothic Empire, it became part of the Todmir Empire, and in 756 it became part of the Emirate of Córdoba. Conquered by King James I (Jaime el Conquistador) in 1269, it came to Aragon in the course of the Christian Reconquista, now called Cartagena.
Roman theatre
The theater was built around 5 BC. Built. It had a capacity of some 6,000 spectators.
In the 3rd century the theater was rebuilt and a market was built, which was destroyed by Vandals. In the 13th century the Cathedral was built on top of the upper cavea. In 1988 the first remains of the theater were discovered. The archaeological excavations and restorations ended in 2003.
It was destroyed by the Vandals in 425, was probably Visigothic in 475, and Byzantine in 554. Under the name Carthago Spartaria, it was the capital of the Eastern Roman province of Spania before it became Visigoth again in 625. From 711, after the fall of the Visigothic Empire, it became part of the Todmir Empire, and in 756 it became part of the Emirate of Córdoba. Conquered by King James I (Jaime el Conquistador) in 1269, it came to Aragon in the course of the Christian Reconquista, now called Cartagena.
Roman theatre
The theater was built around 5 BC. Built. It had a capacity of some 6,000 spectators.
In the 3rd century the theater was rebuilt and a market was built, which was destroyed by Vandals. In the 13th century the Cathedral was built on top of the upper cavea. In 1988 the first remains of the theater were discovered. The archaeological excavations and restorations ended in 2003.
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