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Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida
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Emerita Augusta
The Roman colony of
Emerita Augusta
(present day
Mérida
) was founded in 25 BC by
Augustus
, to resettle
emeritus
soldiers discharged from the Roman army from two veteran legions of the
Cantabrian Wars
:
Legio V Alaudae
and
Legio X Gemina
. The city was the capital of the
Roman province
of
Lusitania
.
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