Unlike the fictionalized accounts of Gladiator , Hispania grounds its story in real geography and tribal conflicts (Turdetani, Lusitanian, and Roman factions). The "legend" refers to the birth of the resistance movement that would eventually produce the great rebel leader Viriatus. is the catalyst that sets this decades-long conflict into motion.
The premiere episode of Hispania: La Leyenda opens not with the thunder of Roman legions, but with the intimate whisper of Iberian life. It is the year 134 B.C. In a secluded valley of the Sierra Morena, the small, peaceful village of Aroche prepares for a celebration. The air is thick with the scent of hay, wine, and earth. Here, the native Oretani people live free, governed by their own chieftains and customs, largely untouched by the empire creeping across the known world. Hispania La Leyenda Season 1 Episode 1