Hispania (disambiguation)

Hispania, the ancient Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula (comprising modern Portugal and Spain), may mean:

Places

• 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, 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, town and municipality in Antioquia, Colombia.

People

• 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

• Allegory of Hispania, the national personification of Spain
• Hispania (journal), an academic journal
• 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 debuting in the 2010 Formula One season

Derivations

• Hispanic, the linguistic group of Spanish speakers.
• Hispaniola, original Spanish name for the island presently occupied by Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

See also

• Iberia (disambiguation)
• Roman conquest of Hispania
• Umayyad conquest of Hispania