-
includes a
small exclave to the west.
Tortosa (from Latin:
Dertusa or
Dertosa, via Arabic: طرطوشة Ṭurṭūshah) is
probably identical to the
ancient Hibera...
- The
Battle of Ibera, also
known as the
Battle of
Dertosa, was
fought in the
spring of 215 BC on the
south bank of the Ebro
River near the town of Ibera...
- Tarraconensis.
Other important cities of the
Roman period are
Ilerda (Lleida),
Dertosa (Tortosa),
Gerunda (Girona) as well as the
ports of Empuriæ (former Emporion)...
-
armies faced of on the
south bank of the Ebro
River across from the town of
Dertosa. The
armies were
about similar in size with the
Scipio brothers having...
- won the
battles of
Cissa in 218, soon
after Hannibal's departure, and
Dertosa against his
brother Hasdrubal in 215,
which enabled them to
conquer the...
-
diverted to
Iberia after the
Carthaginian defeat there at the
battle of
Dertosa. Meanwhile, the
Romans took
drastic steps to
raise new legions: enrolling...
-
Hasdrubal eventually acted,
besieging a pro-Roman town and
offering battle at
Dertosa,
where he
attempted to use his
cavalry superiority to
clear the flanks...
- the
Visigothic rulers of Spain. When the
Visigoths captured the city of
Dertosa in 506, he was
arrested and executed, with his head
being sent as a trophy...
- anti
Barcid intrigues. However, when the news of the
disastrous Battle of
Dertosa reached Carthage, Mago and his army were sent to
Hispania (the Iberian...
-
which led to a
peace treaty. In 506, the
Visigoths captured the city of
Dertosa in the Ebro valley.
There they
captured the
Roman usurper Peter and had...
