Outposts of Integration? Garrisoning, Logistics and Archaeology . in North-Eastern Hispania, 133-82 bc

Abstract

The history of the Roman presence in the Iberian Peninsula, from its first arrival in the North-East in 218 to Numantia's fall in 133 and further beyond, is closely connected to the long-term history of its armed forces, their actions, and collateral damage. Throughout this period, the early pacified regions of Hispania Citerior, and particularly the North-East coast and its hinterland, were garrisoned, primarily as a response to logistical and defensive strategies, but also in order to integrate local populations into the 'new Roman order', as allies and subjects. This chapter intends to shed new light on this little-known period, using a much broader historical approach and the analysis of two North-East sites. It may come as no surprise that it constituted a historical crossroads, not only for Roman military intervention in the Far West, but also in the history of the Late Republican expansion over the Mediterranean. Keywords:archaeology; garrisoned; Hispania; Iberian Peninsula; integrate; logistical; military intervention; Numantia; Roman