Augustus and the Administrative and Territorial Control of Mining Zones of Northwestern Hispania

  • Francisco Javier Sánchez-Palencia Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
  • Inés Sastre Prats Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
  • Almudena Orejas Saco del Valle Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
  • María Ruiz del Árbol Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Keywords: Ancient Mining. Provincial administration. Taxation. Peasants. Early Roman Empire. Hispania. Northwest of the Iberian Peninsula.

Abstract

An overall picture about the reforms of Augustus in the Hispanic Northwest and assumed impact on social and territorial organization is presented. This reorganization was the basis for the implementation of gold mining, to be considered as one element in the comprehensive exploitation of provincial resources, not as a sectoral economic activity. The synthesis is based on the results of recent interventions in various mining areas of peninsular Northwest, among which stand out those that respond to measures taken in time of Augustus or are a direct result of them.

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Sánchez-Palencia F. J., Sastre Prats I., Orejas Saco del Valle A. y Ruiz del Árbol M. (2017). Augustus and the Administrative and Territorial Control of Mining Zones of Northwestern Hispania. Gerión. Revista de Historia Antigua, 35(Esp.), 863-874. https://doi.org/10.5209/GERI.56177