Lusitania
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Summary
Lusitania is a Roman province[1]. Lusitania ranks in the top 6% of roman province entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,460 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Hispania[3]
- Country: Ancient Rome[4]
- Capital: Emerita Augusta[5]
- Shares border with: Hispania Baetica[6], Hispania Tarraconensis[7], Gallaecia[8]
- Named after: Lusitanians[9]
- Commons category: Lusitania[10]
- Inception: 27[11]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 409[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Lusitania[13]
- Commons gallery: Lusitania[14]
- Applies to jurisdiction: Ancient Rome[15]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[16], The Encyclopedia Americana[17], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[18], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[20]
- Replaces: Lusitanians[21]
- Replaced by: Alans[22]
- Native label: Lusitania[23]
- Different from: RMS Lusitania[24]
- Time period: classical antiquity[25]
- Position held by head of the organization: legatus Augusti pro praetore Lusitaniae[26]
- Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Lusitania[27]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Lusitania include RMS Lusitania[28], a four funnel liner[29]; Lusotropicalism[30], a political ideology[31], in Portugal[32]; and Lusitania Bridge[33], a bridge[34], in Spain[35], founded in 1991[36].
Why It Matters
Lusitania has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] Lusitania is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]
Entities named for Lusitania include RMS Lusitania[28], a four funnel liner[29]; Lusotropicalism[30], a political ideology[31], in Portugal[32]; and Lusitania Bridge[33], a bridge[34], in Spain[35], founded in 1991[36].