Lusitania (region)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Mary E. Downs, Brian Z. Lund, R. Talbert, M. Joann McDaniel
Creators: Mary E. Downs, Brian Z. Lund, R. Talbert, M. Joann McDaniel
Contributors:
Ross Twele, Sean Gillies, Ryan Horne, Jeffrey Becker, Ingrid Luo, Richard Talbert, Tom Elliott
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History
An ancient region that took its name from an Iberian people (the "Lusitani"), who originally occupied an area between the Tagus and Durius rivers. The Romans applied the name to the later, much larger, province.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/1101
38.7950192018, -8.0135603148
- Representative Locations:
- BAtlas Map Label Location (unspecified date range)
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- Lusitania (unspecified date range)
- Lusitania (region) part of (physical/topographic) Iberia (modern region/peninsula) (30 BC - AD 640)
- Anas (river) bounds Lusitania (region) (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Durius (river) bounds Lusitania (region) (330 BC - 30 BC)
region, map label location
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 1 B3 Lusitania
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: POR/SPN
Mary E. Downs, Brian Z. Lund, R. Talbert, M. Joann McDaniel, Ross Twele, Sean Gillies, Ryan Horne, Jeffrey Becker, Ingrid Luo, Richard Talbert, and Tom Elliott, 'Lusitania (region): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/1101> [accessed: 03 February 2023]
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