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Lusitanic is a term used to categorize persons who share the linguistic and cultural traditions of the Portuguese-speaking nations of Portugal, Brazil, Macau, East Timor, Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, São Tomé and Príncipe, Guinea Bissau and others. The term can be easily compared to Hispanic - as this term describes those who speak the Spanish language, have ancestry from a Spanish speaking nation or otherwise have cultural ties to Spanish speaking nations. Neither of the terms are based specifically on race or ethnicity, but rather on a shared cultural or linguistic heritage. The term Anglo, however, when used to describe English speaking nations is less comparable. Image File history File links Unbalanced_scales. ... Motto: (Portuguese for Unity, Struggle, Progress) Anthem: Capital Bissau 1 Largest city Official language(s) Portuguese Government President Prime Minister Republic João Bernardo Vieira Aristides Gomes Independence from Portugal  - Declared September 24, 1973  - Recognised September 10, 1974 Area  - Total    - Water (%)   36,120 km² (133rd) 13,946 sq mi  22. ... The Hispanic world Hispanic (Spanish Hispano, from Latin Hispānus, adjective from Hispānia, Iberian Peninsula) is a term denoting a derivation from Spain, its people and culture. ... This article is about the international language known as Spanish. ... A hispanophone is a speaker of the Spanish language. ... The term Anglo can be used as a prefix to indicate a relation to England, as in the phrases Anglo-American or Anglo-America. It is also used, somewhat loosely, to refer to a person or people of English ethnicity in North America. ... Look up Anglophone in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Etymology

Historical 1849 map of Roman Hispania showing Lusitania in green on the left, Tarraconensis in red at the top and right and Betica in yellow at the bottom

The term "Lusitanic" derives from the name of one tribe, the Lusitani, that lived in the Western part of the Iberian Peninsula, prior to the Roman conquest; the lands they inhabited were known as Lusitania. The Lusitani were mentioned for the first time, by Livy, as Carthaginian mercenaries who incorporated the army of Hannibal, when he fought the Romans. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (925x768, 268 KB) Summary Courtesy of the University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin According to http://www. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (925x768, 268 KB) Summary Courtesy of the University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin According to http://www. ... The Lusitanians (or Lusitani in Latin) were a tribe, or various tribes, from the western Iberian peninsula (province of Lusitania), who spoke a Lusitanian language until the conquest of their territory by the Romans. ... The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe. ... In red is the province of Lusitania within the Roman Empire, 120 AD Lusitania was an ancient Roman province approximately including current Portugal, except for the area between the rivers Douro and Minho (part of Hispania Tarraconensis), and part of modern day western Spain, the present autonomous communities of Extremadura... The Lusitanians (or Lusitani in Latin) were a tribe, or various tribes, from the western Iberian peninsula (province of Lusitania), who spoke a Lusitanian language until the conquest of their territory by the Romans. ... A portrait of Titus Livius made long after his death. ... This article is about the ancient city-state of Carthage in North Africa. ... Hannibal is one of the most common prenames in Punic and we know several military commanders (strategos) with this prename during the Punic Wars, while their family names or nicknames are often not recorded. ...

After the conquest of the peninsula (25-20 BC) Augustus divided it into the southwestern Hispania Baetica and the western Provincia Lusitana that included the territories of Asturia and Gallaecia. In 27 BC the Emperor Augustus made a smaller division of the province: Asturia and Gallaecia were ceded to the jurisdiction of the new Provincia Tarraconensis, the former remained as Provincia Lusitania et Vettones. The Roman province of Lusitania comprised what is now central and south Portugal and parts of modern day north-central Spain. Augustus (Latin: IMP•CAESAR•DIVI•F•AVGVSTVS;[1] September 23, 63 BC–August 19, AD 14), known as Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (English Octavian; Latin: C•IVLIVS•C•F•CAESAR•OCTAVIANVS) for the period of his life prior to 27 BC, was the first and among the most important of... Roman province of Hispania Baetica, 120 CE In Hispania, which in Greek is called Iberia, there were three Imperial Roman provinces, Hispania Baetica in the south, Lusitania, corresponding to modern Portugal, in the west, and Hispania Tarraconensis in the north and northeast. ... Capital Oviedo Area  - total  - % of Spain Ranked 10th 10 604 km² 2,1% Population  - Total (2003)  - % of Spain  - Density Ranked 12th 1 056 789 2,5% 99,65/km² Demonym  - English  - Spanish Asturian asturiano/a, astur Statute of Autonomy January 11, 1982 ISO 3166-2 O Parliamentary representation  Congress seats... Gallaecia or Callaecia (from Gaulish *gal-laikos smoke?-hero/warrior) was the name of a Roman province that comprised a territory in the north-west of Hispania (approximately the current Galicia of Spain and the north of Portugal). ... Augustus (Latin: IMP•CAESAR•DIVI•F•AVGVSTVS;[1] September 23, 63 BC–August 19, AD 14), known as Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (English Octavian; Latin: C•IVLIVS•C•F•CAESAR•OCTAVIANVS) for the period of his life prior to 27 BC, was the first and among the most important of... In red is the province of Lusitania within the Roman Empire, 120 AD Lusitania was an ancient Roman province approximately including current Portugal, except for the area between the rivers Douro and Minho (part of Hispania Tarraconensis), and part of modern day western Spain, the present autonomous communities of Extremadura...

Other definitions include Galicia, because Portuguese and Galician share close linguistic ties, having both derived from the ancient Portuguese-Galician and the term is cultural classification, rather than a Historic-Geographical defintion. However, in the Roman times, the Gallaeci were not part of the Lusitania province. Galicia (Spain) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Galician-Portuguese (known as galaico-português or galego-português in Portuguese and galaico-portugués and galego-portugués in Galician) was an Iberian Romance language, spoken in the Middle Ages, in the western area of the Iberian Peninsula. ... In red is the province of Lusitania within the Roman Empire, 120 AD Lusitania was an ancient Roman province approximately including current Portugal, except for the area between the rivers Douro and Minho (part of Hispania Tarraconensis), and part of modern day western Spain, the present autonomous communities of Extremadura...

Despite all this, the language was born in the old Gallaecia which comprise what is now Galicia and the region where Portugal was born, north Portugal. Gallaecia or Callaecia (from Gaulish *gal-laikos smoke?-hero/warrior) was the name of a Roman province that comprised a territory in the north-west of Hispania (approximately the current Galicia of Spain and the north of Portugal). ... Galicia (Spain) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

Relation with Hispanic

There has often been debate as to whether Lusitanics are Hispanics, as historical arguments find that the region of Lusitania was a part of Hispania - and thus, "Lusitanics" are a subset of "Hispanic."The same way Spanish speaking South America was not a part of Hispania and the same argument can be applied: if Spanish Latin American people should be called Hispanic. Lusitania and the Lusitanians were known long before their conquest by the Roman Empire (Livy 218 b.c.) and incorporated in the Roman province of Hispania thus can not be considered a subset of "Hispanic." The Hispanic world Hispanic (Spanish Hispano, from Latin Hispānus, adjective from Hispānia, Iberian Peninsula) is a term denoting a derivation from Spain, its people and culture. ... In red is the province of Lusitania within the Roman Empire, 120 AD Lusitania was an ancient Roman province approximately including current Portugal, except for the area between the rivers Douro and Minho (part of Hispania Tarraconensis), and part of modern day western Spain, the present autonomous communities of Extremadura... Roman theater at Mérida; the statues are replicas Hispania was the name given by the Romans to the whole of the Iberian Peninsula (modern Portugal, Spain, Andorra and Gibraltar) and to two provinces created there in the period of the Roman Republic: Hispania Citerior and Hispania Ulterior. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... Roman theater at Mérida; the statues are replicas Hispania was the name given by the Romans to the whole of the Iberian Peninsula (modern Portugal, Spain, Andorra and Gibraltar) and to two provinces created there in the period of the Roman Republic: Hispania Citerior and Hispania Ulterior. ... In red is the province of Lusitania within the Roman Empire, 120 AD Lusitania was an ancient Roman province approximately including current Portugal, except for the area between the rivers Douro and Minho (part of Hispania Tarraconensis), and part of modern day western Spain, the present autonomous communities of Extremadura... The Lusitanians (or Lusitani in Latin) were a tribe, or various tribes, from the western Iberian peninsula (province of Lusitania), who spoke a Lusitanian language until the conquest of their territory by the Romans. ... Roman theater at Mérida; the statues are replicas Hispania was the name given by the Romans to the whole of the Iberian Peninsula (modern Portugal, Spain, Andorra and Gibraltar) and to two provinces created there in the period of the Roman Republic: Hispania Citerior and Hispania Ulterior. ...

In the historical sense Hispanic is synonym of Iberic, it refers only to the people of the Iberian peninsula.However Portugal and Lusitania were part of Spain until 1143 and Portugal became part of Spain again from 1560 to 1640. The Lady of Baza, made by Iberians The Iberians were an ancient, Pre-Indo-European people who inhabited the east and southeast of the Iberian Peninsula in prehistoric and historic times. ... The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe. ...

In Portugal the term "hispânico" can be used in two context, when refering to the people of the Roman Hispania, for the ancient times; and for Spain-related, for the present.

After the formation of the Portuguese culture, the Luso identity consolidate as distict from the Hispanic.

Historical value

Roman Hispania under Diocletian 293 BCE; Lusitania found in the extreme west

Hispania was an ancient Roman province including modern day Spain, Portugal, Andorra, and Gibraltar; the province was later divided into Hispania Ulterior and Hispania Citerior after the Punic Wars. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (882x667, 143 KB) Summary Iberian Peninsula under Dioclecian, 260 AD. Original image Hispania2. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (882x667, 143 KB) Summary Iberian Peninsula under Dioclecian, 260 AD. Original image Hispania2. ... Roman theater at Mérida; the statues are replicas Hispania was the name given by the Romans to the whole of the Iberian Peninsula (modern Portugal, Spain, Andorra and Gibraltar) and to two provinces created there in the period of the Roman Republic: Hispania Citerior and Hispania Ulterior. ... During the Roman Republic, Hispania Ulterior was a region of Hispania roughly located in Baetica and in the Guadalquivir valley of modern Spain. ... During the Roman Republic, Hispania Citerior was a region of Hispania roughly located in the northeastern coast and in the Ebro valley of modern Spain. ...

In 27 BC the Emperor Augustus made a smaller divisions of the province, creating the Hispania Ulterior Baetica, Hispania Citerior Terraconensis, Hispania Ulterior Lusitania, from where came the term "Lusitanic". Augustus (Latin: IMP•CAESAR•DIVI•F•AVGVSTVS;[1] September 23, 63 BC–August 19, AD 14), known as Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (English Octavian; Latin: C•IVLIVS•C•F•CAESAR•OCTAVIANVS) for the period of his life prior to 27 BC, was the first and among the most important of...

After the Barbarian invasion, the Roman names for the provinces were no longer used as new nations formed. The territory where the Galego-Portuguese identity was formed, was dominated by the Alans and Suevi, while the South of modern Portugal and remain Iberian peninsula was dominated by the Visigoth. Alan can refer to: Alan (Sesame Street), character in the television series Sesame Street Alan, Haute-Garonne, commune in the Haute-Garonne département in France where tourists can see medieval monuments Alan (automobile), short-lived German automobile Alan (crater), crater on the Moon Alans, ancient nomadic people See also... The Suebi or Suevi were a Germanic people whose origin was near the Baltic Sea . ... Migrations The Visigoths were one of two main branches of the Goths, an East Germanic tribe (the Ostrogoths being the other). ...

A secondary form of the word Hispania gained usage through the times: Spania. According to Isidore of Seville, when the Visigothic egemony of the zone, they returned the idea of a peninsular unity is sought after, and the phrase Mother Hispania is first spoken. Up to that date, Hispania designated all of the peninsula's lands. In Historia Gothorum, the Visigoth Suinthila appears as the first king of "totius Spaniae"; the history's prologue is the well-known De laude Spaniae ("About Hispania's pride") where Hispania is dealt with as a Gothic nation. Saint Isidore of Seville (Spanish: or ) (c. ... Migrations The Visigoths were one of two main branches of the Goths, an East Germanic tribe (the Ostrogoths being the other). ... From 621–631 CE Suintila (Suinthila, Swinthila, Swinhila, Swintilla) was King of the Visigoths in Iberia, which the Romans had called Hispania. ... Look up monarch in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... NYC goth band The Naked and the Dead (1985). ...

The Muslim Moorish invasion of Hispania (اسبانيا, Isbá-nía ), which they called Al-Andalus (الأندلس), gave a new development, both in its form and meaning, to the term Hispania. The different chronicles and documents of the high Middle Ages designate as Spania, España or Espanha only the Muslim-dominated territory. King Alfonso I of Aragon (1104-1134) says in his documents that "he reigns over Pamplona, Aragon, Sobrarbe y Ribagorza", and that when in 1126 he made an expedition to Málaga he "went to the España lands". A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Turkish: Müslüman, Persian and Urdu: مسلمان, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of Islam. ... Image of a Gaetuli Moor The Moors were the medieval Muslim inhabitants of al-Andalus (the Iberian Peninsula including present day Spain and Portugal) and the Maghreb and western Africa, whose culture is often called Moorish. ... Al-Andalus is the Arabic name given the Iberian Peninsula by its Muslim conquerors; it refers to both the Caliphate proper and the general period of Muslim rule (711–1492). ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Turkish: Müslüman, Persian and Urdu: مسلمان, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of Islam. ... Alfonso I of Aragon the Battler (circa 1073-1134, king of Aragon and Navarre 1104-1134). ... Events September 3 - St. ... Events Baalbeck taken by Genghis Khan House of Brandenburg begins when Albrecht the Bear is made head of the Nordmark St. ... Pamplona (Basque: Iruñea or Iruña) is the capital city of Navarre, Spain. ... Capital Zaragoza Official language(s) Spanish; Aragonese and Catalan also used Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 4th  47,719 km²  9. ... Sobrarbe is one of the comarcas (counties) in the northern part of the province of Huesca, part of the autonomous community of Aragon in Spain. ... Ribagorza is one of the historical Aragonese counties of Spain, corresponding to the present-day counties of Sobrarbe and Pallars. ... Events Rutherglen becomes one of the first Royal Burghs in Scotland. ... Location within Spain Malaga redirects here. ...

But by the last years of the 12th century the whole Iberian Peninsula, whether Muslim or Christian, became known as España or Espanha and the denomination "the Five Kingdoms of Spain" became used to refer to the Muslim Kingdom of Granada, and the Christian Kingdom of León and Castile, Kingdom of Navarre, Kingdom of Portugal and Crown of Aragon (including the County of Barcelona). At that time, Luís Vaz de Camões, the most important author of the Portuguese language said: "castellanos y portugueses, porque españoles lo somos todos" (castillians and portuguese, because we are all spanish). (11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ... A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Turkish: Müslüman, Persian and Urdu: مسلمان, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of Islam. ... The City of Granada Alhambra, Courtyard of the Lions Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in Spain. ... A Christian is a follower of Jesus of Nazareth, referred to as Christ. ... The city of León was founded by the Roman Seventh Legion (for unknown reasons always written as Legio Septima Gemina (twin seventh legion). It was the headquarters of that legion in the late empire and was a center for trade in gold which was mined at Las Médulas... A former kingdom of Spain, Castile comprises the two regions of Old Castile in north-western Spain, and New Castile in the centre of the country. ... Though the details are largely legendary, the Kingdom of Navarre evolved from the county of Pamplona, its traditional capital, when the Vasconic leader Enneco Aresta (Iñigo Arista or Aiza in Spanish) was chosen King in Pamplona (traditionally in 824) and led a local revolt against the Franks. ... Motto: none Anthem: A Portuguesa Capital (and largest city) Lisbon Portuguese1 Government Parliamentary democracy  - President Aníbal Cavaco Silva  - Prime Minister José Sócrates Formation 868   - Independence June 24, 1128   - Kingdom July 25, 1139   - Recognized October 5, 1143  Accession to EU January 1, 1986 Area  - Total 92,391 km² (110th... History of Spain series Prehistoric Spain Roman Spain Muslim Conquest of Iberia Timeline of Muslim Occupation Medieval Spain Age of Reconquest Age of Expansion Age of Enlightenment Reaction and Revolution First Spanish Republic The Restoration Second Spanish Republic Spanish Civil War The Dictatorship Modern Spain Topics Economic History Military History... History of Spain series Prehistoric Spain Roman Spain Medieval Spain - Visigoths - Al-Andalus - Age of Reconquest Age of Expansion Age of Enlightenment Reaction and Revolution First Spanish Republic The Restoration Second Spanish Republic Spanish Civil War The Dictatorship Transition to Democracy Modern Spain Topics Economic History Military History Social History... Luís de Camões Monument to Luís de Camões, Lisbon Luís Vaz de Camões (pron. ...

The process of the Reconquista (Reconquest) of Hispania from the Moors, produced the emergence of several Christian kingdoms, as the ones mentioned above. Some of these eventually merged into a single country. In fact, with the union of Castile and Aragon in 1479 (and specially with the incorporation of Navarre in 1512), the word Spain (España, in Spanish, or Espanha, in Portuguese), began being used only to refer to the new kingdom and not to the whole of the Iberian peninsula, now formed of two independent countries, Portugal and Spain. The Reconquista (English: Reconquest) was the process encompassing almost 8 centuries, by which the Christian kingdoms of northern Hispania (modern Portugal and Spain) reconquered the Iberian peninsula from the Muslim and Moorish states of Al-Ándalus. ... The starting point of Crown of Castile can be considered when the union of the Kingdoms of Castile and Leon in 1230 or the later fusion of their Cortes (their Parlaments). ... Capital Zaragoza Official language(s) Spanish; Aragonese and Catalan also used Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 4th  47,719 km²  9. ... Events January 20 - Ferdinand II ascends the throne of Aragon and rules together with his wife Isabella, queen of Castile over most of the Iberian peninsula. ... Capital Pamplona (Basque: Iruña) Official language(s) Spanish; Basque co-official in the north of community. ... 1512 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Portugal was grouped in the Iberian Union in the 16th century, and the term Spain or Hispania started to be used to classify all the peninsula as an united entity. Sixty years later, since the Portuguese Restoration War, Portugal left the union, but Spain kept using the term Spain for itself. Portuguese Restoration War (Portuguese: guerras da restauração) is the war between Portugal and Spain after the revolt of December 1640. ...

The Lusophone identity, distinguished from Spain, has been formed and secured by the formation of a national state, distintic language, a Lusitanic culture and its offsprings.

Latino

Latino is another term that causes similar debate. Latino may refer to Latin-Americans as short for latino-americano but to say that is its only meaning is another fallacy. Latino is not an English word and it applies to any person of a latin-based culture whether from Latin America, Latin Europe or others. Furthermore, even if one was to only accept the definition of Latino as used in the United States of America, considering Brazilians to not be "Latino" is inconsistent. According to this logic we may fancy claiming the French are not European, the Koreans are not Asian and that perhaps even United States citizens are not American. Look up Latino, latino in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up Latino, latino in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... Look up Latino, latino in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... Latin Europe  Countries where a Romance language is the national language  Countries where a Romance language is one of several official languages Latin Europe (Italian/Spanish/Portuguese/Catalan: Europa latina; Romanian: Europa latină; French: Europe latine; Franco-Provençal: Eropa latina) is composed of those nations and areas in Europe... World map of Latin Union member states The Latin Union is an international organization of nations that use a Romance language. ... Look up Latino, latino in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up Latino, latino in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

External links

• Detailed map of the Pre-Roman Peoples of Iberia (around 200 BC)
• Filología política - La Hispanidad (in Castillian)
• Hispanic Lusitania - Second Map of Europe - Book II, Chapter IV from Geography of Claudius Ptolemy
• Sabores da Lusofonia (in Portuguese)
• Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa (CPLP) (in Portuguese)
• PORTUGUESE-AMERICAN HISTORICAL & RESEARCH FOUNDATION

This article is about the geographer and astronomer Ptolemy. ... The Community of Portuguese Language Countries (Portuguese: Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa or CPLP) is a multilateral forum for mutual friendship between the lusophone nations across the world where Portuguese is an official language. ...

See also

• Lusophony Games
• Galicia
• Geographic distribution of the Portuguese language
• Hispania
• Hispania Ulterior
• Hispanic
• Latin America
• Latin Europe
• Latin Union
• Latino
• Lusitania
• Lusophobia
• Lusophile