Hispania in the time of Egeria
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Tema: Administrative division of Hispania
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Enunciat
Observe on the map what the administrative situation of Hispania was in the 4th century AD, when Egeria, a Hispano-Roman traveler and writer from Gallaecia, visited the Holy Places.
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1.- The emperor Diocletian reorganised the territory and divided it into Dioceses. The Diocese Hispaniarum comprised six provinces.
a.- Indicate their name and that of their capital with the current denomination.
b.- What insular provincial broke off from the Cartaginensis in 385 AD?
2.- Egeria was originally from Gallaecia and on her first journey she used the Vía del Norte (Way of the North) that linked the Vía de la Plata (Silver Way) with Tarraco. What four cities did she pass through? What current provincial capitals correspond to three of them?
b.- If she was going to Gallia, what important road did she use from Tarraco? What other name does it receive in honor of a hero?
3.- What are the three Roman cities that are closest to where you live? Have you visited the archaeological remains of any of them?
4.- Choose one of the three and make a list of the Roman monuments.
Observacions i context
Since Empress Helena and Empress Eutropia, mother and mother-in-law of Emperor Constantine, travelled to Jerusalem to recover and repair the Holy Grounds, pilgrimages were common for wealthy classes, including women. Melania the Elder, Paula of Rome or Melania the Younger had biographers who described their travels, but the originality of Egeria lies in the fact that she was the one to write her own diary. Egeria herself writes the immense satisfaction she felt when meeting the deaconess Martana.
After her, the medieval chronicles tell us about the pilgrimage to Compostela of numerous women. In the 12th century, Bona of Pisa made pilgrimages to Compostela up to nine times as a guide for pilgrims, and Gilberga of Flandes brought the original "Codex Calistinus" with her, from Rome to Santiago. In the 14th century, Bridget of Sweden and Queen Isabella of Portugal travelled there as well. In the 15th century, Margery Kempe visited the main holy places of Christianity. The tale of her travels is an important part of her book, The book of Margery Kempe (ca. 1436), a work considered to be the first autobiography in English.
Descripció
Location on a map of the 4th century AD of the provinces of Hispania.