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The first Roman invasion of the Iberian Peninsula occurred in 219 BC. Within 200 years, almost the entire peninsula had been annexed to the Roman Republic, starting the Romanization of Hispania. 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 ...
Roman. Abicada ( Villa Romana de Abicada or Estação romana da Quinta da Abicada) is the name of Roman ruins in Mexilhoeira Grande, to the north of the civil parish of Alvor, municipality of Portimão, in Algarve region, Portugal. In Roman times it was in the colony of Ipses, in the Roman province of Lusitania, which was authorized to mint ...
The Romani people in Portugal, known in spoken Portuguese as ciganos ( Portuguese pronunciation: [siˈɣɐnuʃ] ), but also alternatively known as calés, calós, and boémios, are a minority ethnic group. The exact numbers of Romani people in the country are unknown—estimates vary from 40,000 to 60,000.
The territory of modern-day Portugal was Romanized following the events of the Second Punic War (3rd century BCE), through the Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula. The Romans founded cities and Romanized some previously existing settlements.
Os Lusíadas ( Portuguese pronunciation: [uʒ luˈzi.ɐðɐʃ] ), usually translated as The Lusiads, is a Portuguese epic poem written by Luís Vaz de Camões [ 1] ( c. 1524/5 – 1580) and first published in 1572. It is widely regarded as the most important work of Portuguese-language literature and is frequently compared to Virgil 's Aeneid ...
Public 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of Torres Novas, in the locality of Caveira. The Roman ruins of Villa Cardillio ( Portuguese: Ruinas romanas de Vila Cardílio) is an archaeological site located in central Portugal. Situated in the rural civil parish of Santa Maria, it is located approximately 3 km from the centre of the municipal seat of ...
The bridge was part of a Roman road that connected Lisbon to Mérida in Spain. It is approximately 116.50 metres long, 8.40 metres high and 6.70 metres wide. Stone pillars support six 8.95 metre-wide arches, each with 33 voussoirs. The bridge was constructed with portico -shaped eyeholes between the arches to prevent the structure from ...
The Via de Braga a Guimarães was constructed during the period of Romanization of the later-Portuguese territory. [1] Specifically, during the first half of the 1st century, this roadway and associated river raised bridges connected Guimarães and Bracara Augusta (Braga) then one of the most important urban nuclei in the region (called Conventus Bracaraugustanus).