The Romans conquered Greece, Romania, Egypt, Britain, France, Spain, Portugal, and the top part of Africa.
Greece According to 2005 statistics, Greece produces 16% of the world's olive oil. Spain produces the most with 32%.
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During the period of the Roman Republic the Romans conquered western Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica, mainland Greece, most of Hispania (Spain and Portugal), Africa (which to them meant Tunisia and western Libya) Crete, Cilicia (in Turkey), Syria, Egypt and Gaul (France, Belgium Luxembourg Holland south of the River Rhine and of the Rhine. This process occurred over 211 years.
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The question should have been: Was Spain in Ancient Greece? Well most of Eastern Spain was part of Ancient Greece. Some well-known Greek colonies in Eastern Spain are Empuries and Roses, both in Catalonia. They were founded by Greeks from Marseille.
I assume the person asking this is Greek, the reason most of the world calls Hellas, Greece is a hangover from the Romans who refered to it as Greica, why, it really is not known but because most western countries were at one time ruled by the Romans the word Greica stuck and became Greece.
Spain. Italy and Greece follow in second and third places, respectively.
They Romans did not just explore Spain. They conquered it. The Moor also conquered most of Spain. They did so on behalf of the Umayyad Caliphate.
They Romans did not just explore Spain. They conquered it. The Moor also conquered most of Spain. They did so on behalf of the Umayyad Caliphate.
The Romans occupied Spain Gradually. They took over southern Spain from the Carthaginians in 206 BC. They expanded very gradually and the last territories in Cantabria were conquered in 19 BC. The Visigoths invaded Spain and took over most of it by 500 AD. Therefore, the Romans occupied Spain for 500 to 700 years depending on the area.