The civitas sine urbe: characteristics and examples in Roman Spain of an urban implantation without cities. Egara and Caldes de Montbui

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Joan Oller Guzmán
This paper tries to present some of the key elements for the understanding of the Roman civitas model in Spain. We will focus in a specific type of civitas, civitas sine urbe, showing its important role in the transformation of the Iberian Peninsula, linking with a territorial function of control and organization. First of all, we will analyze the theoretical premises that define a civitas sine urbe and, after that, we will specify some well-studied examples coming from the Iberian Peninsula. Finally, we will study the particular case of Vallès (Barcelona), focusing in the examples of Egara and Caldes de Montbui.
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civitas, territory, Hispania, Egara, Caldes de Montbui

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Oller Guzmán, Joan. “The civitas sine urbe: characteristics and examples in Roman Spain of an urban implantation without cities. Egara and Caldes de Montbui”. Pyrenae, vol.VOL 45, no. 1, pp. 89-110, https://raco.cat/index.php/Pyrenae/article/view/279151.