Before Spain became Spain it was part of the Roman province of Hispania.

To understand the language and geography not just of Spain but of the entire Iberian

Peninsula you have to understand Roman Hispania.

Learn more about one of the greatest provinces in the Roman Empire

and how it created modern Spain

on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Bailey. This episode is sponsored by the Tourist Office of Spain.

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In Spain you'll find layers of history.

You'll find 20,000 year old rock art, Roman ruins, Arab architecture, Renaissance churches, as well as Art Nouveau and Art Deco buildings.

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Roman influence on the Iberian Peninsula is profound and can still be seen today. The name the Romans

used for the area that covers the Iberian Peninsula which today consists of Spain, Portugal,

and Dora, Gibraltar, and a little bit of France was Hispania.

The word for Spain in Spanish is Espania.

And considering that the letter H is silent in Spanish, the name of Spain today is pretty much the same word that the Romans used for the land.

It is also obviously the origin of the terms Hispanic and Hispaniola.

Spanish is a romance language that evolved from Latin, so you can't really have modern Spanish without ancient Rome.

The word Hispanic itself probably comes from Phoenician via Carthage.

Before the Romans were on the Iberian Peninsula, the Carthaginians had set up colonies along the coast. Carthage was in modern day Tunisia, and they were establishing colonies in training posts in the Western Mediterranean well before the Romans.

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