Roman coins struck during the reign of Hadrian depict a female figure with a rabbit at her feet. Strabo called the region the land of the rabbits in his geographical writings from 29 to 7 BC.
Roman armies invaded the Iberian Peninsula in 218 BC using it as a training ground for officers against Carthaginians and other Celts. It was not until 19 BC that Roman emperor Augustus completed the conquest following the Cantabrian Wars.
Three Roman emperors were born in Hispania including Trajan Hadrian and Theodosius who ruled between 379 and 395 AD. These leaders emerged from the province before ruling the wider Empire.
Latin was the official language of Hispania during Roman rule exceeding 600 years before Germanic invasions began. The Iberian denarii circulated until the 1st century BC after which it was replaced by Roman coins.
Last vestiges of Western classical Roman rule ended in 472 AD. Visigoths took Tarragona 472 establishing Toledo as capital 484 conquering Suebic Kingdom Galicia 585 controlling almost all Hispania.