ancient city of Augusta Emerita

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The ancient city of Augusta Emerita was a major Roman colonial capital in Hispania, renowned for its monumental architecture and extensive remains that form the core of today’s Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida in Spain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman colony ⓘ
ancient Roman city ⓘ
provincial capital ⓘ
country Roman Empire ⓘ
foundationDate 25 BC ⓘ
foundedBy Emperor Augustus ⓘ
linked to: Augustus
foundedFor veterans of the Legio V Alaudae ⓘ
veterans of the Legio X Gemina ⓘ
hasFeature city walls ⓘ
domestic mosaics ⓘ
orthogonal street plan ⓘ
public baths ⓘ
sewer system ⓘ
hasPart Arch of Trajan (Mérida) ⓘ
House of Mithraeum (Mérida) ⓘ
Roman amphitheatre of Mérida ⓘ
Roman bridge over the Guadiana ⓘ
Roman circus of Mérida ⓘ
Roman dam of Cornalvo ⓘ
Roman dam of Proserpina ⓘ
Roman theatre of Mérida ⓘ
Temple of Diana (Mérida) ⓘ
aqueduct of Los Milagros ⓘ
aqueduct of San Lázaro ⓘ
bridgehead fortifications ⓘ
forum of Augusta Emerita ⓘ
provincial forum of Augusta Emerita ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site core ⓘ
knownFor extensive urban infrastructure ⓘ
monumental Roman architecture ⓘ
well-preserved archaeological remains ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
laterReligion Christianity ⓘ
latinName Colonia Iulia Augusta Emerita ⓘ
locatedIn Hispania ⓘ
linked to: Hispania (probable)

Lusitania ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Extremadura ⓘ
Mérida ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
modernNameDerivedAs Mérida ⓘ
partOf Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida ⓘ
religion Roman polytheism ⓘ
role administrative center ⓘ
capital of the Roman province of Lusitania ⓘ
military colony ⓘ
servedAs later Visigothic ecclesiastical center ⓘ
seat of a Roman provincial governor ⓘ
timePeriod Late Antiquity ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
traversedBy Albarregas River ⓘ
Guadiana River ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 1993 ⓘ

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Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida → partOf → ancient city of Augusta Emerita ⓘ
Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida → foundedAsPartOf → Roman colony of Augusta Emerita ⓘ
linked to: ancient city of Augusta Emerita
Via de la Plata → linkedTo → Roman city of Emerita Augusta (Mérida) ⓘ
linked to: ancient city of Augusta Emerita
Temple of Diana (Mérida) → locatedIn → ancient city of Emerita Augusta ⓘ
linked to: ancient city of Augusta Emerita
Roman dam of Proserpina → builtFor → Roman colony of Emerita Augusta ⓘ
linked to: ancient city of Augusta Emerita
Roman forum of Augusta Emerita → partOf → Roman city of Augusta Emerita ⓘ
linked to: ancient city of Augusta Emerita
provincial forum of Augusta Emerita → locatedIn → Roman city of Augusta Emerita ⓘ
linked to: ancient city of Augusta Emerita
Arch of Trajan (Mérida) → locatedIn → ancient city of Emerita Augusta ⓘ
linked to: ancient city of Augusta Emerita
Arch of Trajan (Mérida) → partOf → Roman city of Emerita Augusta ⓘ
subject linked to: Arch of Trajan
linked to: ancient city of Augusta Emerita