[caveat emptor]

Hispania was the name given by the Romans to the whole of the Iberian Peninsula (modern Portugal, Spain, Andorra, Gibraltar and a very small southern part of France).

[Kleon]

Hispania was the name given by the Romans to the whole of the Iberian Peninsula (modern Portugal, Spain, Andorra, Gibraltar and a very small southern part of France).

That doesn't change the meaning of the word as used today. The name "Spain" comes from "Hispania," which is why we call people of Spanish descent "Hispanic." It would be like calling Polish people German, just because part of modern Poland is in an area the Romans called Germania.

[SkyDancer]

With that logic then all the people who now live in California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas are all Hispanic since Spain once ruled that area ....Portuguese are not Hispanic ....