Abstract:

Among the transformations that define the evolution of the classical city to the late-antique town, it can be highlighted the abandonment of the typically Roman grid plan. The aim of this work is to provide a concise vision of the changes in the urban fabric of the three provincial capitals of Hispania in the Early Roman period. Despite the broad timeframe studied, from the 1st to the 6th centuries A. D., we paid special attention to the Late Antiquity. Several phenomena such as the occupation of porticoes and roads, the replacement of stone pavements with earthen ones, the slow but progressive neglect of the sewerage system and the use of spolia, mark a common, but variable, transformation process which affected in different ways and times the street plan of these three cities.