Amposta

• Amposta is a city located near the mouth of the river Ebro 50 miles (80km) southwest of Tarragona, in the Autonomous Community of Catalonia, northeastern Spain.
• It was the Roman port of Amni Imposita in the Province of Hispania Tarraconensis. The Via Augusta crossed the River Ebro a few miles upstream at Tortosa.

Description

• Amposta was acquired by the Romans in 215 BCE during the Second Punic War.
• Because sediment has flowed down the Ebro for over 2,000 years, Amposta is now well inland.

Museums

• Museum of the Lands of the Ebro

Roman Roads

• Via Augusta
  • Cadiz–Cordoba–Cartagena–Tarragona-Gaul

Amposta