Roman Hispania
Carmo
Today: Carmona, Spain
- Years
- 206 BCE–409
Carmo was fortified long before Rome, and the Puerta de Sevilla still keeps the Carthaginian work the Romans remodelled when they took the district. The town sided with Julius Caesar in the revolt of Hispania Ulterior, and he called it by far the strongest in all Baetica, granting it the rank of municipium and the right to mint coin. The Via Augusta ran through it, entering by the Puerta de Córdoba and going on towards Hispalis.
What to see today
- Anfiteatro romano de Carmona (Anfiteatro de Carmo): Amphitheatre, 1st century BCE
- Puerta de Córdoba (Puerta oriental de Carmo): Gate, c. 27 BCE to 37 CE