Roman and Visigothic Timeline 200BCE- 700BCE
 

 
 
-219 BCE Hannibal takes Saguntum, a Carthaginian victory

(Hannibal)
 

-218 BCE Scipio the Elder lands with a Roman army at Emporion.  The Second Punic War begins
 
-200 BCE Romans take Cadíz after driving the Carthaginians out of Spain.
 
-155 BCE Lustianian Wars begin.  Romans invade Portugal
 
-133 BCE Celt-Iberian Wars
 
-82-72 BCE Roman Civil War
 
-75 BCE Pompey founds Pamplona
 
-61 BCE Julius Caesar begins the conquest which will ultimately lead to the entirety of the Iberian peninsula being under Roman rule.
 
-26 BCE Mérida (known as Emerita Augusta by the Romans) founded.  It becomes the capital of Lusitania.
 
-19 BCE Augustus Caesar cements the Romanization of the peninsula by finally conquering Cantabria and Asturias.
 
-74 ACE Emperor Vespasian grants Latin status to all towns in Spain
                  

(Trajan [left] was the first Roman emperor from Spain.  The infrastucture improved and the empire expanded under his rule.  Seneca [right] was also a famous Roman Spaniard.  He was a Stoic philosopher and advisor to Nero [don’t hold that against him])
 

-258 ACE Franks cross the Pyrenees and sack Tarragona
 
-312 ACE Christianity recognized under Constantine, the first Christian Roman emperor
 
-409 ACE Vandals cross Pyrenees, the end is in sight for the Roman Empire.
 
-415 ACE Visigoths establish their court at Barcelona
 
-446 ACE Romans still warring with Germanic tribes, in an attempt to win back the peninsula
 
-476 ACE Last Roman emperor overthrown, Western Roman Empire ends.
 
-589 ACE Visigothic king converts from Aranism to Catholicism at the Third Council of Toledo

(Visigothic relief carving, like this one can be found throughout Spain.  This particular relief depicts two angels and probably Christ.)