Lusitania

Roman province, Spain
Also known as: Hispania Lusitania

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significance in Roman Empire

  • Roman Forum
    In ancient Rome: Foreign policy

    …formed: senatorial Baetica and imperial Lusitania and Tarraconensis. Three legions enforced Roman authority from Gibraltar to the mouth of the Rhine. Augustus ignored the advice of court poets and others to advance still farther and annex Britain.

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  • Spain
    In Spain: The conquest

    …provincial capital at Corduba (Córdoba); Lusitania, with its capital at Emerita Augusta (Mérida); and Tarraconensis (still called Hispania Citerior in inscriptions), based on Tarraco (Tarragona).

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