The colony of Augusta Emerita, which became present-day Merida in Estremadura, was founded in 25 B.C. at the end of the Spanish Campaign and was the capital of Lusitania.
The sinking of the passenger liner Lusitania in May 1915 with the loss of almost 1,200 lives including 128 Americans caused outrage among the American public.
At the same time, the Alans established themselves in Lusitania, which would now be Portugal and western parts of Spain and in Hispania Carthaginiensis in southeastern Spain on the Mediterranean coast.
A little further down at 93 meters is where the wreck of the Lusitania was discovered, which is interesting because the Lusitania itself is 240 meters long, which means that it sank in water shallower than it is long.