{"product_id":"the-roman-occupation-of-iberia-9781399034692","title":"The Roman Occupation of Iberia","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe area of Hispania, this being the Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula and its provinces, had a great influence on the development of the history of Ancient Rome. In part this was because some of Rome's main emperors, such as Trajan or Hadrian, politicians, including Lucius Cornelius Balbus the first consul of the Republic born outside of Italy, writers and poets like Martial or Lucanus, and philosophers, like Seneca, came from the Iberian Peninsula.   It was also a consequence of the enormous commercial flow that existed between the colony and the metropolis, and because some of the events that took place in Hispania deeply marked Rome. For this reason, many of the main protagonists of its history, at some point in their lives lived, and fought, in Hispania, including such individuals as Sulla, Pompey, Julius Caesar and Augustus, among many others.   Iberia became a battleground between Rome and Carthage in the Second Punic War, followed by the endless bloody struggle against the I","brand":"Pen \u0026 Sword Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019742511447,"sku":"9781399034692","price":21.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781399034692.jpg?v=1750781181","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-roman-occupation-of-iberia-9781399034692","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}