The imperial force in Spain, after intervening…

553 CE

The imperial force in Spain, after intervening in the quarrel among the Visigothic rulers in 552, overstays the invitation extended them, seizing the opportunity to occupy on a more permanent basis certain towns in the Iberian Peninsula’s southeastern corner, which retains its old Roman name of Hispania Baetica.

Justinian hopes to use these as a spearhead to his envisaged "Reconquest" of the Roman far west.

Imperial forces under Liberius seize Granada and occupy the old province of Baetica.

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Granada Andalucia Spain View →

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Athanagild View → Justinian I View → Liberius View →

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Goths (East Germanic tribe) View → East, or Oriens, Praetorian prefecture of View → Visigothic Kingdom of Spain View → Roman Empire, Eastern: Justinian dynasty View → Spania (province of the East Roman (Byzantine) Empire View →

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