Roman Amphitheatre

Tarraco

Folder: Roman Empire
Tarraco is the ancient name of the city of Tarragona (Catalunya, Spain). During the Roman Empire it was one of the major cities of the Iberian Peninsula and capital of the Roman province called Hispania Citerior or Hispania Tarraconensis. The full name of the city at the time of the Roman Republic was Colonia Iulia Urbs Triumphalis Tarraco.
Basilica Columns

Basilica Columns

08 Oct 2011 144
In the Colonial Forum, Tarragona, Spain. October 2011.
Statue Base

Statue Base

08 Oct 2011 128
In the Colonial Forum, Tarragona, Spain. October 2011.
Cistern for a Roman House

Cistern for a Roman House

08 Oct 2011 129
In the Colonial Forum, Tarragona, Spain. October 2011.
Peristyle (Garden with Columns)

Peristyle (Garden with Columns)

08 Oct 2011 145
In the Colonial Forum, Tarragona, Spain. October 2011.
Vats for Oil

Vats for Oil

08 Oct 2011 127
In the Colonial Forum, Tarragona, Spain. October 2011.
Late Roman Sarcophagus

Late Roman Sarcophagus

08 Oct 2011 120
In the Colonial Forum, Tarragona, Spain. October 2011.
Roman Wall

Roman Wall

08 Oct 2011 117
In the Colonial Forum, Tarragona, Spain. October 2011.
Roman Street with Pavement

Roman Street with Pavement

08 Oct 2011 268
In the Colonial Forum, Tarragona, Spain. October 2011.
Remains of Houses

Remains of Houses

08 Oct 2011 115
In the Colonial Forum, Tarragona, Spain. October 2011.
Foundations

Foundations

08 Oct 2011 123
for the Capitoline Temple in the Colonial Forum, Tarragona, Spain. October 2011.
Columns

Columns

08 Oct 2011 119
from the central nave of the basilica in the Colonial Forum, Tarragona, Spain. October 2011.
Arch

Arch

08 Oct 2011 105
In the Colonial Forum, Tarragona, Spain. October 2011.
Inscribed Statue Base

Inscribed Statue Base

17 Apr 2013 187
The Latin text describes the career of Candidus, an officer from Cirta (modern Algeria) who fought in the civil wars following the assasination of the emperor Commodus in AD 192. Admitted to the Roman Senate, Candidus was given the governorship of Nearer Spain, which he used as a base for operations against Clodius Albinus. Candidus led armies from Mesopotamia to southern France and his personal valour at the siege of Nicaea in Turkey earned him a mention in the Histories of Cassius Dio. Candidus was probably killed by order of Fulvius Plautianus, praetorian prefect of Septimius Severus. His name was erased from the first line of the text but later restored, presumably after Plautianus' death in AD 205. About AD 195-199 From Tarragona, Spain. Presented in 1708 by the municipality of Tarragona to the first Earl of Stanhope. British Museum, London. April 2013.
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