Mérida, Spain

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"The city became the capital of Lusitania province ,and one of the most important cities in the Roman empire."
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"After Christianity was adopted as the state religion of the Roman Empire Mérida was one of the first Roman cities to become the see of an archbishop."
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"It ranked as a town of major importance in the Roman Empire -- in fact, it was once called a miniature Rome."
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"The city became the capital of Lusitania province ,and one of the most important cities in the Roman empire."
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"At one time the capital of Lusitania (the Latin name for ancient Portugal, which included parts of southwestern Spain), Mérida was one of the most splendid cities in Iberia, ranking as a town of major importance in the Roman Empire; in fact, it was once called a miniature Rome."
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"The town prospered and became capital of the province of Lusitania; with a population of 50,000, it was the largest Roman town in Iberia and the political and cultural center of the whole peninsula."
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"Eulalia of Mérida was a Roman Christian child martyred in Emerita in Lusitania (modern Mérida in Spain )during the persecution of Christians in the reign of emperor Diocletian and his co-emperor Maximian."
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