Back Lusitania (Romeinse provinsie) Afrikaans لوسيتانيا Arabic Lusitania AST Лузітанія Byelorussian Люзытанія BE-X-OLD Лузитания Bulgarian Lusitania Breton Lusitània Catalan Lusitánie Czech Lusitania (talaith) Welsh
| Provincia Lusitana | |||||||||||
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| Province of the Roman Empire | |||||||||||
| 27 BC–AD 409/410 | |||||||||||
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| Capital | Emerita Augusta (Mérida) | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Roman Empire | ||||||||||
• Established | 27 BC | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | AD 409/410 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Portugal Spain | ||||||||||
Lusitania (/ˌluːsɪˈteɪniə/; Classical Latin: [luːsiːˈtaːnia]) was an ancient Iberian Roman province encompassing most of modern-day Portugal (south of the Douro River) and a large portion of western Spain (the present Extremadura and Province of Salamanca). Romans named the region after the Lusitanians, an Indo-European tribe inhabiting the lands.
The capital Emerita Augusta was initially part of the Roman Republic province of Hispania Ulterior before becoming a province of its own during the Roman Empire.[1]
After Romans arrived in the territory during the 2nd century BC, a war with Lusitanian tribes ensued between 155 and 139 BC, with the Roman province eventually established in 27 BC.[2]
In modern parlance, Lusitania is often synonymous with Portugal, despite the province's capital being located in modern Mérida, Spain.
- ^ Garcia, José Manuel (1989). História de Portugal: Uma Visão Global. Lisboa: Editorial Presença. pp. 32, 33, 38. ISBN 9722309897.
- ^ Alan W. Ertl (2008). Toward an Understanding of Europe: A Political Economic Précis of Continental Integration. Universal-Publishers. ISBN 9781599429830. Retrieved 2012-08-12.