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Córdoba was founded by roman General Marcus Claudius Marcellus (ca. 268–208 BC) in 152 a.C. It was a Roman Colony, capital of La Baetica, a province belonging to the Hispania Ulterior -English: Further Spain- (it is popularly knwon as Hispania "La Distante"), was populated by selected iberian people who probably were roman citizens.
By the riverside of the Guadalquivir River, was built a great port. In front of this there was a Duane or Forum Censorum and the Governor House. The functions of the governor were economical, to be entrusted with the public funds, and should effectively manage the resources of the Cologne. In 65 a.C. Emperor Julius Caesar (100 BC - 44 BC) lived there when he received the orders of Console Giao Antistio Vetere.
The plan of the palace was bigger than nowadays. As a curiosity, one of the capitals found in the Moorish Court was put in the Seneca Square (Lucius Annaeus Seneca, was philosopher, statesman, dramatist... He born in Córdoba), located near the Arqueological and Ethnological Museum of Córdoba. This capital explains us that it was a smart and sophisticated architecture, as similar buildings of this era on the Iberian Peninsula. |
