San Agustin was the brain and heart of Spanish Florida.
Like most Spanish Florida strongholds, it was a fortress and village built on the coast.
From this land where about 3,000 people resided, the Florida governor issued orders to each stronghold, and from those strongholds, extended influence to various Indian tribes and villages.
For this purpose, a dense and sophisticated road network was woven around San Agustin, and the system was organized so that the Florida governor could immediately intervene if problems arose anywhere.
Of course, as a counterbalance, slave rebellions from various places converged on San Agustin, and the entire Florida colony was overturned.
The importance of San Agustin remained even at this moment when the rulers of this land had changed.
Whoever controls this coastal fortress controls the entirety of Florida.
Therefore, in the Spanish reinvasion of Florida that would be attempted, this place was virtually the front line.
