The Augustan Period in Lusitania: the Policy of Creating Cities for a New Provincial Administrative Reality

  • Enrique Paredes Martín Universidad de Salamanca – Universidad Complutense de Madrid – Archivo Epigráfico de Hispania https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1347-9917
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Keywords: Augustus, Hispania, civitas stipendiaria, provincial administration
Agencies: Contrato postdoctoral “Margarita Salas” para la formación de jóvenes doctores financiado por el Ministerio de Universidades – Unión Europea (fondos NextGenerationEU: I Convocatoria Plurianual para la Recualificación del Sistema Universitario Español 2021-2023) , Grupo de Investigación Reconocido (GIR) de la Universidad de Salamanca Hesperia: Grupo de Investigación sobre la Península Ibérica en la Antigüedad, Proyecto de Investigación PID2019-105940GB-I00: Nuevas bases documentales para el estudio histórico de la Hispania romana de época republicana: ciudadanía romana y latinidad (90 a.C. - 45 a.C.), Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación

Abstract

The province of Lusitania was created by Augustus from the division of the Republican Viterior. Furthermore, its capital Augusta Emerita was also an Augustan foundation. Therefore, the work of Augustus in the new province is evident. But, beyond these two performances, the truth is that the Augustan plan in Lusitania went much further. In this sense, we will focus these pages on the analysis of the action carried out by Augustus regarding the indigenous Lusitanian peoples, an action that had a fundamental protagonist: the civias stipendiaria. Through a profound program of administrative reorganization and through the reality constituted by the civitas stipendiaria, the Augustan period led to the appearance of a completely new Lusitania in the territorial, demographic, legal or social aspects. 

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Published
2024-12-05
How to Cite
Paredes Martín, E. (2024). The Augustan Period in Lusitania: the Policy of Creating Cities for a New Provincial Administrative Reality. Gerión. Revista de Historia Antigua, 42(Esp.), 245-278. https://doi.org/10.5209/geri.94714
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