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c. 500 BC
 
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The Celts, moving west from central Europe, settle in France and northern Spain      
c. 240 BC
 
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Spain, with its mines of gold, silver and copper, is a hotly disputed region between Carthage and Rome     
228 BC
 
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Hamilcar Barca dies fighting in Spain, after establishing a strong Carthaginian presence in the peninusula     
c. 225 BC
 
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A treaty defines the Ebro river as the Spanish boundary between Carthage and Rome     
221 BC
 
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Hannibal succeeds to the command of the Carthaginian forces in Spain, on the death of his brother-in-law Hasdrubal       
201 BC
 
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Carthaginian Spain is handed over to Rome to become two new provinces, at the end of the Second Punic War      
61 BC
 
   
Caesar sets off to take up a post as governor of southern Spain, where a series of profitable raids improve his finances      
49 BC
 
    
Julius Caesar moves fast to drive Pompey's supporters from Italy and to crush forces loyal to him in Spain       
46 BC
 
     
Julius Caesar goes to Africa to confront the remainder of Pompey's forces, and defeats them at Thapsus – but two of Pompey's sons escape to Spain        
45 BC
 
     
In the final act of his long struggle with supporters of Pompey, Julius Caesar defeats their last survivors at Munda in Spain