The Roman city of Regina is currently located in the vicinity of the municipality of Casas de Reina, a small town near Llerena, in the south of the province of Badajoz. In ancient times it was in the province of Baetica, attached to the conventus Cordubensis.
Neither the mining wealth of the area, nor its important strategic location, an important pass towards the Vegas del Guadiana, went unnoticed by the Romans. After the first skirmishes with the indigenous tribes and, above all, with the Lusitanian bands, the Romans erected a first settlement to control the territory at Cerro de las Nieves. With the pax Augusta, as happened in other towns, the high ground was abandoned and the city was built on the plain.
A city devoted to mining, it exercised administrative control over a large territory. As a result of this prosperous activity, in the time of Vespasian, it was granted the legal status of municipium.

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Project: 0. What is Europe? The European Spaces in the history of Europe., 3. Rural world and urban world in the formation of the European identity.

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Owner: Arqueological National Museum of Spain (MAN) (Modernalia)

Abstract: The Roman city of Regina is currently located in the vicinity of the municipality of Casas de Reina, a small town near Llerena, in the south of the province of Badajoz. In ancient times it was in the province of Baetica, attached to the conventus Cordubensis. Neither the mining wealth of the area, nor its important strategic location, an important pass towards the Vegas del Guadiana, went unnoticed by the Romans. After the first skirmishes with the indigenous tribes and, above all, with the Lusitanian bands, the Romans erected a first settlement to control the territory at Cerro de las Nieves. With the pax Augusta, as happened in other towns, the high ground was abandoned and the city was built on the plain. A city devoted to mining, it exercised administrative control over a large territory. As a result of this prosperous activity, in the time of Vespasian, it was granted the legal status of municipium.