Two thousand years on, the footprint of the Roman Empire in Spain is still plainly visible, according to El Mundo. The newspaper reports on an essay that revisits the legacy of Hispania, pointing to the country's language, its law, olive oil and its monuments as part of what Rome left behind.
The work also traces how that inheritance continues to resound in Spanish national identity, El Mundo says. Its author describes the Roman past as "one of our cultural substrata."
"The Spanish nation cannot be explained without it" — the headline of El Mundo's report.
