Roman ruins of Quinta da Abicada Roman ruins of Quinta da Abicada Abicada (Villa Romana de Abicada or Estação romana da Quinta da Abicada) is the name of Roman ruins north of the municipality of Alvor, in Roman times the colony of Ipses, which was authorized to mint currency, and near Mexilhoeira Grande in the district of Portimão, Algarve, Portugal and where Pompeia Exoce looked after the burial of her grandson. Both were in the Roman province of Lusitania. Portimão, known as Portus Magnus, was an important Roman commercial port when the Villa was built. The complex is located on a south-facing promontory spur located between
RMS Lusitania "Lusitania". To commemorate the occasion, Cunard's undertook a voyage to Cork, Ireland. There are a number of conspiracy theories relating to the last days of "Lusitania". There has long been a theory, expressed by historian and former British naval intelligence officer Patrick Beesly and authors Colin Simpson and Donald E. Schmidt among others, that "Lusitania" was deliberately placed in danger by the British authorities, so as to entice a U-boat attack and thereby drag the US into the war on the side of Britain. A week before the sinking of "Lusitania", Winston Churchill wrote to Walter Runciman, the President of