Ancient Iberian Coinage - Museo Prehistoria

Colonies
Municipalities
Pompey Caesar
Augustus Uncertain
The impact of the
legal promotions
of the cities
From the 1st century
BC, the establishment
of Roman colonies and
the legal promotion of
indigenous cities, converted
into municipalities, constituted the
beginning of a new stage in the monetary
history of Hispania. Their number was important,
because under Pompey, Caesar and Augustus twentythree
colonies were created and up to seventy-seven
cities granted the municipal status.
These foundations meant important changes in the
socio-political geography of the Iberian Peninsula and
allowed the indigenous elites and the new established
population to acquire the Roman citizenship.
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