Augusta Emerita

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Roman colony ancient Roman city archaeological site

Augusta Emerita was a prominent Roman colonial city in Hispania, founded for veteran soldiers and later becoming the capital of the province of Lusitania, whose extensive ruins now form part of the Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Emerita Augusta	5

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman colony ⓘ ancient Roman city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ
archaeologicalRemains	domestic architecture ⓘ infrastructure works ⓘ public buildings ⓘ
associatedWith	National Museum of Roman Art (Mérida) NERFINISHED ⓘ
capitalOf	province of Lusitania ⓘ
country	Roman Empire ⓘ
crossedBy	Guadiana River NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedAroundYear	25 BC ⓘ
foundedBy	Emperor Augustus NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedFor	Legio V Alaudae veterans NERFINISHED ⓘ Legio X Gemina veterans NERFINISHED ⓘ emeriti of the legions ⓘ veteran soldiers ⓘ
foundedInPeriod	1st century BC ⓘ
function	administrative capital ⓘ commercial center ⓘ military colony ⓘ
governedBy	Roman municipal institutions ⓘ
hasMunicipalStatus	colonia ⓘ
hasPart	Alcazaba of Mérida foundations NERFINISHED ⓘ House of Mithraeum (Mérida) NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman amphitheatre of Mérida NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman bridge over the Guadiana ⓘ Roman circus of Mérida NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman forum of Mérida NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman theatre of Mérida NERFINISHED ⓘ Temple of Diana (Mérida) NERFINISHED ⓘ aqueduct of Los Milagros NERFINISHED ⓘ aqueduct of San Lázaro NERFINISHED ⓘ provincial forum of Mérida NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus	UNESCO World Heritage Site component NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageUsed	Latin ⓘ
locatedIn	Hispania NERFINISHED ⓘ province of Lusitania ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Extremadura NERFINISHED ⓘ Mérida NERFINISHED ⓘ Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
modernNameDerivedFrom	Mérida NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Augustus NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman road network in Hispania ⓘ
preservedAs	open-air archaeological museum ⓘ
religionPracticed	Roman polytheism ⓘ
significance	major urban center of Roman Lusitania ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince	1993 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida → originalName → Augusta Emerita ⓘ

Mérida → foundedAs → Augusta Emerita ⓘ

Roman Spain → majorCity → Augusta Emerita ⓘ