Roman Hispania
Corduba
Today: Córdoba, Spain
- Years
- 206 BCE–409
- Role
- Capital of Baetica
The Romans took the city in 206 BCE, after the battle of Ilipa, and the praetor Claudius Marcellus founded Roman Corduba in the third quarter of the 2nd century BCE, beside the Iberian town whose name it took. It was the head of Hispania Ulterior under the Republic and then of Baetica, one of the richest provinces of the empire, under the title Colonia Patricia. What is left of that city is the bridge over the Guadalquivir, the temple on calle Claudio Marcelo, the theatre under the Archaeological Museum and the largest amphitheatre known in Hispania.
What to see today
- Puente romano de Córdoba: Bridge, c. 27 BCE to 14 CE
- Templo romano de Córdoba (Templo romano de la calle Claudio Marcelo): Temple, c. 41 to 96
- Teatro romano de Córdoba (Teatro romano de Corduba): Theatre, c. 27 to 5 BCE
- Anfiteatro de Córdoba (Anfiteatro de Corduba): Amphitheatre, 1st century
- Mausoleos romanos de la Puerta de Gallegos (Monumentos funerarios de la Puerta de Gallegos): Mausoleum, 1st century