The Romans, having defeated the Carthaginians in…

The Romans, having defeated the Carthaginians in Iberia, battle fierce resistance from the Iberians themselves, especially in the north.

Cato, having become plebeian aedile in Sicily in 199 and, a praetor, governing Sardinia, had become consul with Lucius Valerius Flaccus in 195.

Fighting in Spain, he had organized its provincial administration.

A well established city located on steep bluffs above the Tagus River, about forty miles (seventy kilometers) southwest of present Madrid, falls to Rome in 192.

As Toletum (present Toledo), it becomes the provincial capital of Carpentia.