Cordova - Andalusia - Spagna

The first historical records of Córdoba date back to the Carthaginian era and mention the Cordovans who followed Hannibal in his expedition against Rome. The Romans conquered it in 206 BC, and about thirty years later, the praetor Marcus Claudius Marcellus built it according to Roman customs, gave it the name Cordŭba, and made it the capital of Hispania Ulterior. Córdoba's cultural life flourished, and when the Romans declared it a Patrician Colony, several unions took place between local families and Roman patricians. In 45 BC, during the civil war between Caesar and Pompey, the city, which sided with Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, was besieged and then captured by the army of Gaius Julius Caesar.