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Gallaecia
Gallaecia
or
Callaecia
, also known as
Hispania Gallaecia
, was the name of a
Roman province
that comprised a territory in the north-west of
Hispania
, approximately present-day
Galicia
,
northern Portugal
,
Asturias
and
Leon
and the later Suebic
Kingdom of Gallaecia
. The Roman cities included the port
Cale
(Porto), the governing centers
Bracara Augusta
(Braga),
Lucus Augusti
(Lugo) and
Asturica Augusta
(Astorga) and their administrative areas
Conventus bracarensis
,
Conventus lucensis
and Conventus asturicensis.
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