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
RMS Lusitania arranged on the shelter, upper and main decks. Noted as being the prime breadwinner for trans-Atlantic shipping lines, third class aboard "Lusitania" was praised for the improvement in travel conditions it provided to emigrant passengers, and "Lusitania" proved to be a quite popular ship for immigrants. In the days before "Lusitania" and even still during the years in which "Lusitania" was in service, third class accommodation consisted of large open spaces where hundreds of people would share open berths and hastily constructed public spaces, often consisting of no more than a small portion of open deck space and a few