Lusitania
Place
Civil War 1.38 supplies the first indexed source portrait: “On the arrival of L. Vibullius Rufus, who, as we have shown, was sent by Pompeius into Spain, Afranius and Petreius and Varro, legates of Pompeius, of whom one held hither Spain with three legions, another further Spain from the pass of Castulo to the Anas with two legions, a third the district of the Vettones from the Anas and also Lusitania with an equal …”
Named form in selected editions; identity established only to the extent of the cited context.
Civil War 1.38
Caesar
On the arrival of L. Vibullius Rufus, who, as we have shown, was sent by Pompeius into Spain, Afranius and Petreius and Varro, legates of Pompeius, of whom one held hither Spain with three legions, another further Spain from the pass of Castulo to the Anas with two legions, a third the district of the Vettones from the Anas and also Lusitania with an equal number of legions, divide their tasks in such a way that Petreius should march from Lusitania through the Vettones with all his forces to join Afranius, while Varro should protect the whole of further Spain with the legions under his command. …
Alexandrian War 48
Pseudo-Caesar; authorship disputed
… Consequently, as soon as he had mustered the army all together, he promised the soldiers one hundred sesterces apiece and not long afterwards in Lusitania, after successfully storming the town of Medobrega and then Mount Herminius, on which the townsfolk had taken refuge, and being hailed there as Imperator, he presented the soldiers each with 100 sesterces. …
Alexandrian War 51
Pseudo-Caesar; authorship disputed
… And so he set out in person for Lusitania to summon the legions and fetch auxiliaries, allotting certain men the task of organising in advance supplies of corn and 100 ships, as well as assessing and levying contributions of money, so as to avoid any delay on his return. …
Geographical record
Pleiades representative point · precise
An ancient region that took its name from an Iberian people (the "Lusitani"), who originally occupied an area between the Tagus and Durius rivers. The Romans applied the name to the later, much larger, province.
Pleiades 1101 · CC BY 3.0 · Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 1 B3 Lusitania