Editing History of Portugal (section)

=== Ancient history ===
{{Main|Ancient Portugal}}
[[File:Iberia 300BC-en.svg|thumb|The main language areas in Iberia, c. 300 BC.]]
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File:Anta Cerqueira em Couto Esteves.JPG|Dolmen of Cerqueira, [[Sever do Vouga]]
Museu da Cultura Castreja (14926282396).jpg|Archaeological artifact from the work developed in the area of [[Citânia de Briteiros]]
23.4.14 Briteiros 109 (14012600704).jpg|Cross or ''cruzado'' in Citânia de Briteiros
File:Megalithic spirals at Almendres Cromlech.jpg|Megalithic spirals, [[cromlech]] near [[Évora]]
Museu da Cultura Castreja (14762739747).jpg|Another artifact from Citânia de Briteiros
Pedra Formosa Briteiros.jpg|A ''pedra formosa'' [[Celts|Celtic]] [[triskelion]] motifs
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Numerous [[pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula]] inhabited the territory when a [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] invasion occurred in the 3rd century BC. The [[Romanization of Hispania]] took several centuries. The Roman provinces that covered present-day Portugal were [[Lusitania]] in the south and [[Gallaecia]] in the north.

Numerous Roman sites are scattered around present-day Portugal. Some of the urban remains are quite large, such as [[Conímbriga]] and [[Miróbriga]]. Several works of engineering, such as baths, temples, bridges, roads, circuses, theatres, and layman's homes are preserved throughout the country. Coins, sarcophagi, and ceramics are also numerous.

Following the fall of Rome, the [[Kingdom of the Suebi]] and the [[Visigothic Kingdom]] controlled the territory between the 5th and 8th centuries.