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Spain antiently was divided into several petty states, entirely independent of each other, so yt. they were an easy prey deletion unclear /deletion addition for their /addition Neighbours deletion ing Nations /deletion ; ye. Cetoe from Gaul made an irruption into those prov-s ^ addition deletion unclear /deletion /addition yt. were deletion yt /deletion addition ye /addition nearest to them, & settling with ye. Iberians, both were call'd Celtiberians. ye. Carthaginians in ye. 1st. Punic War conquer'd a great part of this K-m; in ye. 2d. it was ye. Seat of war till Scipio, (after ^ addition wards /addition call'd Africanus) sudued part of it under ye. Roman yoke; in, ye. Reign of Augustus ye. Cantabrians being conquer'd, ye. whole was made a Roman Prov; during deletion unclear /deletion addition ye. time they were under /addition this great Emp-e, they liv'd in peace, but were sometimes forc'd to take a part in ye. Civil wars.
About ye. year 410. ye. deletion unclear /deletion addition Suevi became masters of great part of Spain, & would have had ye. whole /addition if ye. Visigoths had not prevented them.
Atulph Bro. of ye. famous Alarick succeeded him; he left Italy to go & inhabit Gallia Narbonensis, ^ addition underline in 415. /underline /addition ye. Suevi, Vandals, & Alans on his coming retir'd into Spain; He then extended his dominions on both sides of ye. Pyrenees taking Languedoc, Boussillon, & Catalonia; He was murder'd by his people.
Wallia assisted ye. Romans in conquering ye. Suevi & Vandals, which so pleas'd Honorius, yt. he gave him Guienne, & ye. City of Tholouse.
Eurick ^ deletion addition conquer'd /addition unclear /deletion gave ye. Goths their first written Laws, & entirely drove ye. Romans out Spain.
ye. French in 543. invaded Spain & overrun all Arragon to root out Arianism; but ye. Tunick of St. Vincent ^ addition underline being deliver'd up /underline /addition, & Heresy deletion being /deletion promiss'd to be discourag'd, they return'd home. ^ addition deletion unclear /deletion /addition deletion Regent /deletion /deletion unclear /deletion addition deletion unclear /deletion /addition
Justinian Emp. of ye. East Sent a Roman Army to deletion assist /deletion addition deletion attack /deletion /addition ^ addition underline assist Athanagilde who had rebell'd against /underline /addition Agila K. of Spain. after ye. K. death Athanagilde being K. deletion Athanagilde /deletion wanted to dislodge ye. Romans, but Justinian hop'd constantly to keep them there.
Leavigilde drove ye. Romans out of ye. greatest part of their dominions; & in 586 annex'd ye. K-m. of ye. Suevi to his other territories.
