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The province of Lusitania was divided into the conventūs of Augusta Emerita (modern-day Mérida, in Spain), Pax Julia (Beja, Portugal), and Scalabis (Santarém, Portugal). [4] However, Roman cities held more significance than conventūs in the Peninsula. [3]
In Portugal, the city is not an administrative division, therefore a city generally does not necessarily correspond to a municipality, which is the second-level local government in the country. Some entirely urban municipalities do coincide with cities, such as Lisbon , Porto , Funchal , Amadora , Entroncamento , and São João da Madeira .
Roman towns and cities in Portugal (21 P) V. ... Pages in category "Roman sites in Portugal" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
Pages in category "Roman towns and cities in Portugal" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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The 308 Portuguese municipalities are divided among the 25 sub-regions and the 7 national regions, the population density of each municipality, and the area it totals. About 64.88% of the national population, 6,760,989 inhabitants, live in the 56 municipalities with more than 50,000 inhabitants, about 18.2% of all national municipalities.
This is a list of cities and towns founded by the Romans. It lists cities established and built by the ancient Romans to have begun as a colony, often for the settlement of citizens or veterans of the legions. Many Roman colonies in antiquity rose to become important commercial and cultural centers, transportation hubs and capitals of global ...
The Carthaginians, Rome's adversary in the Punic Wars, were expelled from their coastal colonies. The Roman conquest of what is now part of modern-day Portugal took several decades: it started from the south, where the Romans found friendly natives, the Conii. It suffered a severe setback in 150 BC, when a rebellion began in the north.