Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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In this episode of the Toldinstone Podcast, Paco Alvarez and I discuss the remarkable history of Roman Spain.
My Roman Spain tour: wetravel.com/trips/roman-spain-with-toldinstone-pilgrim-groups-travel-llc-67635040

Check out my other channels, @toldinstone and @scenicroutestothepast

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:43 Spain before Rome
3:23 Roman conquest
9:54 Sertorius
14:54 Caesar in Spain
18:31 Romans from Spain
25:18 Spanish garum
28:19 Spanish mines
31:38 Roman cities in Spain
34:43 Distinctiveness of Roman Spain
37:25 How Roman was Roman Spain?
40:45 Fall of Roman Spain
46:23 Roman ruins in Spain