Hispania is the ancient Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula (comprising modern Portugal and Spain).
Hispania may also refer to:
Places
[edit]- Hispania or Iberia
- Hispania Citerior, Republican Roman province
- Hispania Ulterior, Republican Roman province
- Hispania Baetica, Imperial Roman province
- Hispania Lusitania, Imperial Roman province
- Hispania Tarraconensis, Imperial Roman province
- Hispania Balearica, a latter Imperial Roman province
- Hispania Carthaginiensis, a latter Imperial Roman province
- Hispania Gallaecia, a latter Imperial Roman province
- Hispania Nova (disambiguation), a latter designation of two Imperial Roman provinces and a Latinate name for colonial Mexico
- Marca Hispanica, buffer zone (795) between the Umayyad Al-Andalus and the Frankish Kingdom
- Hispania, Antioquia, town and municipality in Antioquia, Colombia
- Hispania, known as Capital mundial de Hispania, 1927 proposed Spanish new capital city replacing Madrid
People
[edit]- Trajan, Roman Emperor (53-117)
- Hadrian, Roman Emperor (76-138)
- Theodosius I, Roman Emperor (379-395)
- Seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher and playwright, tutor and advisor of Nero (1BC-65AD)
- Seneca the Elder, Roman rhetorician and writer (54BC-39AD)
- Hosius of Corduba. Bishop of Corduba (257-359)
- Maximus of Hispania, Roman usurper (409-411)
Other
[edit]- Allegory of Hispania, the national personification of Spain
- Hispania, the journal of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese
- Hispania, revista española de historia, published in Spain by the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
- Hispania Clásica, classical music concert promotion agency active in Europe and in the Americas
- Hispano-Suiza, a car manufacturer
- 804 Hispania, minor planet orbiting the Sun
- MS Hispania, a ferry operated by Swedish Lloyd 1969–1972
- SS Hispania, a number of steamship carried this name
- Hispania Racing F1 Team, a Formula One team that debuted in the 2010 Formula One season
Derivations
[edit]- Hispanic, the linguistic group of Spanish speakers
- Hispaniola, original Spanish name for the island presently occupied by Haiti and the Dominican Republic