Editing Community of Madrid (section)

=== Romans and Visigoths ===
[[File:ComplutumEstaciones.jpg|thumb|upright|A mosaic of the House of Dionysus in [[Complutum]]]]
During the [[Roman Empire]], the region was part of the [[Citerior Tarraconese]] province, except for the south-west portion of it, which belonged to [[Lusitania]]. It was crossed by two important Roman roads, the ''via xxiv-xxix'' (joining [[Astorga, Spain|Astorga]] to [[Laminium]] and ''via xxv'' (which joined [[Emerita Augusta]] and [[Caesaraugusta]]), and contained some important conurbations. The city of [[Complutum]] (today [[Alcalá de Henares]]) became an important metropolis, whereas [[Titulcia]] and [[Miaccum]] were important crossroad communities.

During the period of the [[Visigothic Kingdom]], the region lost its importance. The population was scattered amongst several small towns. Complutum was designated the bishopric seat in the 5th century by orders of Asturio, archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toledo|Toledo]], but this event was not enough to bring back the lost splendor of the city.