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Lusitania (province) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 38 54 58 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 38.9162 decimal degrees |
| Long: 006 20 20 E degrees minutes |
Long: 6.3391 decimal degrees |
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Note: One of the provinces of the Roman Empire in Roman Hispania, an area that comprised most of modern Portugal and the Spanish provinces of Salamanca and Cáceres. The area was named for the Lusitani, inhabitants described by the Romans as war-like, and who resisted Roman occupation until 139 BCE, when their leader, Viriatus, died. |
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| Lusitania (preferred,C,V,English)
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| Lusitania (Latin,U)
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| Lusitania (Spanish,U)
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| Lusitania (German,U)
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| Hispania Lusitania (C,V)
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| Lusitanie (C,U,French)
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| Spagna Lusitania (C,U,Italian)
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| لوسيتانيا (C,U,O,Arabic)
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of the Roman Empire |
| colony (H) |
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Roman, from 27 BCE to the end of the 4th century CE |
| former administrative division (C) |
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| first level subdivision (H) |
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(World, Europe, España, Extremadura, Badajoz province) [7007664] |
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