Italica

• Italica is the Archeological remains of a Roman Town, located on the river de Huelva, a tributary of the Guadalquivir at Santiponce, 7 miles to the north of Seville in Andalucia, Spain.
• It was in the Province of Baetica.

History

• Italica was built in 206 BCE, to settle the wounded Legionaries from the Battle of Ilipa, where the Carthaginian army had been defeated.
• Seville (Hispalis) replaced Italica in the second century CE.
• The Emperors Hadrian and Trajan were both born in Italica.

Roman Sites

• Amphitheatre
  • It seated 25,000, even though Italica’s population was only 8,000.
• Roman cobbled streets
• Mosaic floors

Museums

• Archeological Museum of Seville
  • contains the Finds from Italica.

Roman Roads

• Via Augusta
  • Cadiz–Seville–Cordoba–Barcelona

Italica, Spain