Roman Hispania
Malaca
Today: Málaga, Spain
- Years
- 206 BCE–409
The Phoenicians founded Malaka over a Bastulian settlement, drawn by the natural harbour and by the silver and copper mines around it, and after Carthaginian rule the city passed to Rome. In Roman times it grew considerably, and of the Flavian municipal law that governed it there survives the copy known as the Lex Flavia Malacitana. The theatre, at the foot of the Alcazaba, is the chief Roman trace left in the city.
What to see today
- Teatro romano de Málaga (Teatro de Malaca): Theatre, c. 27 BCE to 14 CE
- Termas romanas de Torreblanca del Sol (Termas de Torreblanca): Baths, c. 101 to 150
- Villa romana del Rincón de la Victoria (Villa de Antíopa): Villa, 3rd century