Historically Barcelona

The history of Barcelona stretches over 2000 years to its origins as an Iberian village named Barkeno. Its easily defensible location on the coastal plain between the Collserola ridge and the Mediterranean sea, the coastal route between central Europe and the rest of the Iberian peninsula, has ensured its continued importance, if not always preeminence, throughout the ages

The origin of the earliest settlement at the site of present-day Barcelona is unclear. From the Remains and early Chalcolithic periods have been found on the coastal plain near the city. The ruins of an early settlement have been excavated in the El Raval neighborhood, including different tombs and dwellings dating to earlier than 5000 BC.  Later, in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC, the area Was Settled By The Laietani , an Ιberian people ,  at Barkeno on the Táber hill (in the present-day Ciutat Vella , or “Old City

Least two at Founding Myths have been Proposed for Barcelona by romantic Historians since the 15th century. Credits the Carthaginian one general Hamilcar Barca , father of Hannibal , with the foundation of the city around 230 BC, giving it the name Barkenon. Between the Similarities Despite the name of this Carthaginian family and That of the modern city, it is usually accepted That the origin of the name “Barcelona” is the Iberian word Barkeno. 

Information about the period from 218 BC until the 1st century BC is scarce. The Roman Republic contested the Carthaginian control of the area, and set out to Eventually conquer the whole of the Iberian peninsula in the Cantabrian Wars , a Conquest Which Was Declared complete by Caesar Augustus in 19 BC.  The north-east of the peninsula Was the first region to fall under Roman control, and served as a base for further conquests. Barcelona Was Settled while by the Romans During this period under the name of