Spania
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Spania (Latin: Provincia Spaniae) was a province of the Eastern Roman Empire from 552 until 624[1] in the south of the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands. It was established by the Emperor Justinian I in an effort to restore the western provinces of the Empire.
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Province of Spania Provincia Spaniæ | |||||||||
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Province of the Byzantine (Roman) Empire | |||||||||
552–624 | |||||||||
Spania at its greatest extent, around the time of its foundation | |||||||||
Capital | Malaca (Málaga) or Carthago Spartaria (Cartagena) | ||||||||
Historical era | Late Antiquity | ||||||||
• Byzantine reconquest by Liberius | 552 | ||||||||
• Visigothic reconquest | 624 | ||||||||
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Today part of | United Kingdom · Gibraltar Portugal Spain |
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