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Gallaecia (Roman province)

Substate Defunct 297 CE – 409 CE Capital Braga Braga Portugal

Gallaecia or Callaecia, also known as Hispania Gallaecia, is the name of a Roman province that comprises a territory in the northwest of Hispania, approximately present-day Galicia, northern Portugal, Asturias and Leon and the later Suebic Kingdom of Gallaecia.

The Roman cities include the port Cale (Porto), the governing centers Bracara Augusta (Braga), Lucus Augusti (Lugo) and Asturica Augusta (Astorga) and their administrative areas Conventus bracarensis, Conventus lucensis and Conventus asturicensis.