Gallaecia

Roman province

Also known as Hispania Gallaecia

Country: Ancient Rome
Located in: Hispania
Founded: 298

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Gallaecia, originally known as Callaecia, was the name of a Roman province in the northwest of Hispania, approximately present-day Galicia, northern Portugal, Asturias and León, and the later Suevic and medieval kingdom of Gallaecia. The Roman cities included Auria (Ourense), the port of Cale (Porto), and the governing centers Lucus Augusti (Lugo), Bracara Augusta (Braga), and Asturica Augusta (Astorga), together with their administrative areas: Conventus Lucensis, Conventus Bracarensis, and Conventus Asturicensis, respectively.

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Time period: Late antiquity
Native label: Gallaecia
Replaced by: Kingdom of the Suebi
Dissolved: 409
Named after: Gallaeci
Capital: Bracara Augusta
Replaces: Gallaeci

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42.7550, -7.8661OpenStreetMap ↗

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