Harder because Rome had to conquer or come to terms with each tribe in turn easier because these tribes could offer no cohesive opposition to the newcomers. What we now call Spain (and Portugal) consisted, at the time the Romans arrived, of tribal groups –often isolated by geographical barriers– that paradoxically made conquest easier and harder. However, whether expansion from the south and east to the rest of the peninsula was planned or was the result of ensuring safe boundaries, or even the result of personal initiative by ambitious governors is not clear, but the final result was that for the first time virtually the whole area (the exception being perhaps the Basque lands) was controlled by one power. As early as 197 BC, Rome signalled its intentions, dividing its conquered possessions into two provinces, Hispania Citerior (running down the east coast and inland) and Hispania Ulterior (roughly modern Andalusia).
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