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Emerita Augusta
Emerita Augusta, modern Mérida in Spain, was a Roman colony founded in 25 BCE for veterans of the Cantabrian Wars. It became the capital of Lusitania and later the seat of the vicarius of the Diocese of Hispania, with a theatre, amphitheatre, aqueducts and a long bridge over the Guadiana that still survive. The Suebi and then the Visigoths held it.
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