Lusitania Lusitania Lusitania (; ; ) or Hispania Lusitana was an ancient Iberian Roman province located where modern Portugal (south of the Douro river) and part of western Spain (the present autonomous community of Extremadura and a part of the province of Salamanca) lie. It was named after the Lusitani or Lusitanian people (an Indo-European people). Its capital was "Emerita Augusta" (currently Mérida, Spain), and it was initially part of the Roman Republic province of Hispania Ulterior, before becoming a province of its own in the Roman Empire. Romans first came to the territory around the mid-2nd century BC. A war
Lusitania (1805 ship) heavy storm, the five merchantmen lost contact with the convoy and its escort. On 6 December they were in the Atlantic Ocean when the French frigate "Clorinde" captured all five (). The French took off the crews of four vessels and scuttled three. They kept "Lusitania" as a cartel and put all their captives aboard her. In their haste, they failed to sink "Blenden Hall". They then permitted "Lusitania" to sail to a British port. On 18 December brought "Blenden Hall" into Plymouth. There, "Blenden Hall" was reunited with her crew, which had arrived that same day on "Lusitania". In