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.
As we travel south from Madrid with Prof. Ronald Messier to historic Toledo, Roman Merida, and into Andalucia, we explore historical monuments and architecture.
In May, he hired Kevin Merida, previously at The Washington Post and ESPN, to take over as executive editor of The L.A. Times. Their goal is to turn the paper into an " engagement engine" .