{"slug": "hispania-baetica", "label": "Hispania Baetica", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispania_Baetica", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q219415", "qid": "Q219415", "description": "Roman province", "entries": 11, "years": 11, "span": [-207, 555], "span_label": ["208 BCE", "555 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "spain", "label": "Spain", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "roman-empire", "label": "Roman Empire", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "iberian-peninsula", "label": "Iberian Peninsula", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "vandals", "label": "Vandals", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "alans", "label": "Alans", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "pyrenees", "label": "Pyrenees", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "lusitania", "label": "Lusitania", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "visigoths", "label": "Visigoths", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "visigothic-kingdom", "label": "Visigothic Kingdom", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "suebi", "label": "Suebi", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "genseric", "label": "Genseric", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "belisarius", "label": "Belisarius", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -207, "year_label": "208 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Romans under Publius Cornelius Scipio defeat the Carthaginians under their commander Hasdrubal Barca at Baecula (Bailen) in Baetica. As a result, Hasdrubal Barca decides to cross the Pyrenees with his remaining troops into Transalpine Gaul, with the intention of joining his brother Hannibal in Italy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364334903#Roman_Republic", "title": "208 BC", "revid": 1364334903, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -26, "year_label": "27 BCE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Agrippa divides Hispania Ulterior into Baetica and Lusitania, and enlarges Hispania Citerior.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364334819#Roman_Republic/Empire", "title": "27 BC", "revid": 1364334819, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic/Empire"}}, {"year": 140, "year_label": "140 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The export of olive oil from Hispania Baetica to Rome peaks.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371187415#Roman_Empire", "title": "AD 140", "revid": 1371187415, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 409, "year_label": "409 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 13", "text": "October 13 – The Vandals, led by King Gunderic, cross the Pyrenees into the Iberian Peninsula. They receive land from the Romans, as foederati, in Baetica (Southern Spain). The Alans occupy lands in Lusitania and the Suebi control parts of Gallaecia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367641120#Roman_Empire", "title": "409", "revid": 1367641120, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 418, "year_label": "418 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Honorius bribes Wallia, king of the Visigoths, into regaining Hispania for the Roman Empire. His victory over the Vandals in 416 forces them to retire to Baetica. The Visigothic territory in Gaul now extends from the Garonne to the Loire, and becomes known as the Visigothic Kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353837472#Roman_Empire", "title": "418", "revid": 1353837472, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 422, "year_label": "422 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Vandal war: The Roman commander-in-chief Castinus leads a defeat against the Vandals at Baetica.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364741789#Roman_Empire", "title": "422", "revid": 1364741789, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 428, "year_label": "428 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "King Gunderic, age 49, dies after a reign of 21 years, and is succeeded by his half-brother Genseric. He is styled with the title Rex Wandalorum et Alanorum (\"King of the Vandals and Alans\"). Genseric increases his power and wealth in the residence of the province of Hispania Baetica (Southern Spain).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1321157185#Europe", "title": "428", "revid": 1321157185, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 441, "year_label": "441 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Rechila invades Baetica and conquers the capital Seville. The Romans are driven from the Iberian Peninsula with the exception of the Levante.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1339010572#Europe", "title": "441", "revid": 1339010572, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 534, "year_label": "534 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Toledo becomes the capital of the Visigothic Kingdom that controls the Iberian Peninsula. King Theudis expands Visigoth rule in the southern regions (Hispania Baetica).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353013996#Europe", "title": "534", "revid": 1353013996, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 554, "year_label": "554 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Byzantine forces under Liberius seize Granada (Andalusia) and occupy the old province of Baetica. Justinian I calls Belisarius out of retirement, to complete the consolidation of reconquered regions of Southern Spain.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364904137#Europe", "title": "554", "revid": 1364904137, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 555, "year_label": "555 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "By this date, the Roman Empire under Justinian I has reached its height. Justinian I has reconquered many former territories of the Western Roman Empire, including Italy, Dalmatia, Africa and Southern Hispania.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1356951195#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "555", "revid": 1356951195, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}]}