Hispania Ulterior

Hispania Ulterior (English: "Further Hispania", or occasionally "Thither Hispania") was a Roman province located in Hispania (on the Iberian peninsula) during the Roman Republic, roughly located in Baetica and in the Guadalquivir valley of modern Spain and extending to all of Lusitania (modern Portugal, Extremadura and a small part of Salamanca province) and Gallaecia (modern Northern Portugal and Galicia). Its capital was Corduba.

Hispania Ulterior
Province of the Roman Republic
197 BC–19 BC

Hispania Ulterior in 197 BC (in green)
CapitalCorduba (Córdoba)
Historical eraAntiquity
 Established
197 BC
 Disestablished
19 BC
Succeeded by
Hispania Baetica
Today part ofSpain
Gibraltar
Portugal
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