{"id":59917,"date":"2025-06-15T23:27:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T21:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=59917"},"modified":"2025-07-02T23:34:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T21:34:06","slug":"a-grand-parade-of-roman-legions-in-the-oldest-city-in-galicia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/06\/15\/a-grand-parade-of-roman-legions-in-the-oldest-city-in-galicia\/","title":{"rendered":"A grand parade of Roman legions in the oldest city in Galicia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spain is one of the oldest countries in Europe. Both its origins and its name date back to the time of ancient Rome.<\/p>\n

A virtual tour of ancient Rome in full color, just as it was in its heyday<\/a><\/rel>
\nTwo interesting reports that explain how the Roman aqueducts worked<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n

Of all the regions in present-day Spain, Galicia is the oldest.<\/strong> It was founded in 214 AD as Gallaecia, a province of Roman Hispania. Within Galicia, the oldest city is Lugo, founded as Lucus Augusti in 25 BC<\/strong> by Paulo Fabio M\u00e1ximo, a legate of Caesar Augustus.<\/p>\n

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The Roman Wall of Lugo (Photo: Rosino<\/a>).<\/div>\n

Although Celtic culture is very popular in Galicia, in reality, present-day Galicians are largely descended from the Hispano-Roman population.<\/strong> In fact, Galicia's regional language, Galician, is the Spanish language that most closely resembles Latin.<\/p>\n

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Roman legionaries at the Arde Lucus of 2024 (Photo: Arde Lucus<\/a>).<\/div>\n

In 2002, the city of Lugo held an event called Arde Lucus to commemorate the Roman past of this city, the only one in the world to preserve a long wall of Roman origin, 2,266 meters long and made up of 85 towers. In 2000, UNESCO declared this wall a World Heritage Site.<\/p>\n

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Roman legionaries forming in the streets of Lugo this Friday, June 13 (Photo: Arde Lucus<\/a>).<\/div>\n

Today, Arde Lucus is a massive event that celebrates a grand parade of Roman legions every year<\/strong>, a good way to remember the Latin origins of modern-day Spain. You can watch a video of this year's parade here, published today by Inaxete<\/a>:<\/p>\n