Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Roman Coins| ▸ |Roman Mints| ▸ |Colonia Patricia||View Options: ![]() ![]() Cordova, a city in Andalusia, was the first colony founded by the Romans in Spain. Its original name was Corduba. When it was made a Roman colony it was renamed Colonia Patricia, to honor the veterans and worthy men who settled it, to whom honor was due, as to Fathers (Patribus). Augustus visited Patricia in 15 or 14 B.C. |