 He claimed to have destroyed more towns in Hispania than he had spent days in that country.After he reduced the area between the River Iberus and the Pyrenees to a resentful and, as it turned out, temporary obedience, Cato turned his attention to administrative reforms, and increased the revenues of the province by improvements in the working of the iron and silver mines.For his achievements in Hispania, the senate decreed a thanksgiving ceremony of three days.