▁to ▁the ▁Greek ▁I ber ia , ▁literally ▁transl ates ▁to ▁" land ▁of ▁the ▁Hi ber ians ". ▁This ▁word ▁was ▁derived ▁from ▁the ▁river ▁E bro , ▁which ▁the ▁Rom ans ▁called ▁Hi ber us . ▁Hi ber ▁( I ber ian ) ▁was ▁thus ▁used ▁as ▁a ▁term ▁for ▁pe op les ▁living ▁near ▁the ▁river ▁E bro . ▁The ▁first ▁mention ▁in ▁Roman ▁literature ▁was ▁by ▁the ▁ann al ist ▁poet ▁En nius ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 ▁BC . ▁ ▁Vir g il ▁refers ▁to ▁the ▁I p ac atos ▁Hi ber os ▁(" rest less ▁I ber i ") ▁in ▁his ▁Georg ics . ▁The ▁Roman ▁ge ograph ers ▁and ▁other ▁pro se ▁writers ▁from ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁the ▁late ▁Roman ▁Republic ▁called ▁the ▁entire ▁pen ins ula ▁His p ania . ▁ ▁In ▁Greek ▁and ▁Roman ▁anti qu ity , ▁the ▁name ▁H esper ia ▁was ▁used ▁for ▁both ▁the ▁Italian ▁and ▁I ber ian ▁Pen ins ula ; ▁in ▁the ▁latter ▁case ▁H esper ia ▁Ult ima ▁( refer ring ▁to ▁its ▁position ▁in ▁the ▁far ▁west ) ▁appears ▁as ▁form ▁of ▁dis ambiguation ▁from ▁the ▁former ▁among ▁Roman ▁writers . ▁ ▁Also ▁since ▁Roman ▁anti qu ity , ▁Jews ▁gave ▁the ▁name ▁Se ph ar ad ▁to ▁the ▁pen ins ula . ▁ ▁As ▁they ▁became ▁polit ically ▁interested ▁in ▁the ▁former ▁Car th agin ian ▁territ ories , ▁the ▁Rom ans ▁began ▁to ▁use ▁the ▁names ▁His p ania ▁C iter ior ▁and