Augusta Emerita, also called Emerita Augusta,[1] was a Roman colonia founded in 25 BC in present day Mérida, Spain. The city was founded by Roman Emperor Augustus to resettle Emeriti soldiers from the veteran legions of the Cantabrian Wars, these being Legio V Alaudae, Legio X Gemina, and possibly Legio XX Valeria Victrix.[citation needed] The city, one of the largest in Hispania, was the capital of the Roman province of Lusitania, controlling an area of over 20,000 square kilometres (7,700 sq mi). It had three aqueducts and two fora.[2]
Augusta Emerita. The theater and amphitheater are visible to the right, along the city wall.
The city was situated at the junction of several important routes. It sat near a crossing of the Guadiana river. Roman roads connected the city west to Felicitas Julia Olisippo (Lisbon), south to Hispalis (Seville), northwest to the gold mining area, and to Corduba (Córdoba) and Toletum (Toledo).[2]
Today the Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida is one of the largest and most extensive archaeological sites in Spain and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1993.[3]
^"City of Emerita Augusta". Spanish Art. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
AugustaEmerita, also called EmeritaAugusta, was a Roman colonia founded in 25 BC in present day Mérida, Spain. The city was founded by Roman Emperor...
Lusitanians, an Indo-European tribe inhabiting the lands. The capital EmeritaAugusta was initially part of the Roman Republic province of Hispania Ulterior...
Underworld. In that regard, a dedication etched in marble was found in AugustaEmérita: the propitiator prays to Dea Ataecina Turibrig(ensis) Proserpina for...
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from Caesaraugusta to Olispo (Lisbon), by way of Toletum (Toledo) and AugustaEmerita. The latter city was the starting point of the road (later the so-called...
discharge, were settled in Hispania. Several Roman towns were founded: AugustaEmerita (Mérida, Extremadura) in 25 BC (it became the capital of the province...
material from the archaeological ensemble of Mérida (the Roman colony of AugustaEmerita), one of the largest and most extensive archaeological sites in Spain...
en la Colonia AugustaEmerita (2001); Granite Funerary Stelae from AugustaEmerita (2006) and Nueva Epigrafía Funeraria de AugustaEmerita (NEFAE): Tituli...
Iberian Peninsula. It existed from 298 to about 409 AD. Its capital was AugustaEmerita. The diocese was governed by a vicarius responsible to the praetorian...
comparable, for example, to those of AugustaEmerita. From the time of the foundation of the city, Caesar Augusta was governed by two groups formed from...
conventūs. The province of Lusitania was divided into the conventūs of AugustaEmerita (modern-day Mérida, in Spain), Pax Julia (Beja, Portugal), and Scalabis...
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provinces; AugustaEmerita in the Lusitania, Corduba, Italica, Hispalis, Gades in the Hispania Baetica, Tarraco, Caesar Augusta, Asturica Augusta, Legio Septima...
Hispania: Tarraco, serving the governor of Hispania Tarraconensis; AugustaEmerita, serving the governor of the province of Lusitania; In the mining area...
information sign for the stele. Circa 2nd century AD memorial stele from AugustaEmerita in modern Spain for a Roman boy, Lutaia Lupata, showing him with his...
Tarragona (Tarraco), established Zaragoza (Caesaraugusta), Mérida (AugustaEmerita), and Valencia (Valentia), and reduced other native cities to mere...
Hispania were Hyginus, bishop of Corduba, and Hydatius, bishop of AugustaEmerita. They accused Priscillian's teachings of being gnostic in nature. Through...
vicinity of Astorga; Tablet III mentions a road between Asturica and AugustaEmerita and Tablet IV describes the road between Asturica and Bracara. The...
the Roman Empire four are known: the famous "cosmological mosaic" of AugustaEmerita, capital of Lusitania (today Merida in Spain) the figure of Aion is...
Luxia (modern Odiel), and on the road from the mouth of the Anas to AugustaEmerita (modern Mérida). There are still some Roman remains. Huelva hosted...
information sign for the stele. Circa 2nd century A.D memorial stele from AugustaEmerita in modern Spain for a Roman boy, Lutaia Lupata, showing him with his...
was probably the Alces which the Antonine itinerary placed between AugustaEmerita (Mérida) and Caesaraugusta (Zaragoza)[citation needed] Livy, The History...
his wife, Veneria, and their family. Vipsania Atticilla, buried at AugustaEmerita in Lusitania, aged twenty-eight, with a monument from her husband,...
road from EmeritaAugusta to Caesaraugusta passed near and benefitted Bilbilis. The city was given the status of Municipium becoming Augusta Bilbilis and...
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