Italica Roman City
On Gingerguide's self-guided Seville audio tour, Italica Roman City is a stop worth about ~90 min. Stand in front of it, press play for a short narrated story, and put any follow-up question to the built-in AI guide.
- Type ruins
- Suggested visit ~90 min
- Seville Seville guide
About Italica Roman City
A remarkably preserved Roman city founded in 206 BC just 9km from Seville, birthplace of Emperors Trajan and Hadrian, with a vast amphitheatre once the third largest in the Roman world.
Italica was the first Roman city ever established on Iberian soil, founded in 206 BC by the Roman general Scipio Africanus as a settlement for his veterans after the defeat of Carthaginian forces in the Second Punic War. Over the following centuries it grew into a major city, and it achieved eternal fame as the birthplace of two of Rome's greatest emperors: Trajan, who ruled from 98 to 117 AD and expanded the Roman Empire to its greatest extent, and Hadrian, who ruled from 117 to 138 AD and was responsible for Hadrian's Wall in Britain. The site today preserves an extraordinary amphitheatre, one of the largest in the Roman world, capable of holding 25,000 spectators, along with mosaic-floored townhouses, street systems, and the remains of temples and public buildings. The ruins are 9 kilometres north of Seville in the town of Santiponce.
Did you know? Italica was the birthplace of two Roman emperors, Trajan and Hadrian, making it the most imperially productive city in the entire Roman Empire outside Rome itself.
How much time do you need at Italica Roman City?
Around ~90 min works well for Italica Roman City — time to look properly and listen to its story on the spot. Linger if you like; nothing on a self-guided walk is on a clock.
Should you stop at Italica Roman City?
Yes — Italica Roman City made the cut as one of 28 places the Gingerguide team researched and narrated across Seville. The story tells you why it is worth the stop, and the AI guide fills in anything you still wonder.
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