Coordinates: 40°12′31″N 8°25′33″W / 40.208639°N 8.4256983°W / 40.208639; -8.4256983

Cryptoporticus of the ancient forum of Aeminium, under the Machado de Castro Museum.

Aeminium was the ancient name of the city of Coimbra, in Portugal.

The Romans founded the civitas of Aeminium in this place at the time of Augustus, which came under the protection of nearby Conimbriga situated some 15 km away to the south.

The roman city was encircled by a wall, and followed an orthogonal plan, with the cardo maximus and decumanus maximus crossing at the Forum. An aqueduct existed, the remains of which were incorporated into a latter medieval renovation. Locations for the theater and amphitheater were also proposed, but still unconfirmed by archeology. A triumphal arch is documented, but was destroyed in 1778. Also a necropolis was located to the east of the city.^[1]

The Sueves razed the nearby township of Conimbriga in 468. Its inhabitants, who had meanwhile fled to Aeminium, kept the original name of their town.

In modern Coimbra there are few remains from ancient Aeminium. The most important is the cryptoporticus, an underground gallery of arched corridors built to support the Forum of the city, dating from the I to II century AD. Gaius Sevius Lupus was probably the architect.^[2] During the Middle Ages, the Bishop's palace in the city was built over the forum, and the cryptoporticus is now located under it, now turned into the Machado de Castro Museum.^[3] The cryptoporticus can be visited through the museum.

References[link]

See also[link]

• History of Portugal
• Lusitania
• Conimbriga

This Portugal-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v t e

This Ancient Rome-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v t e

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (August 2009)

Patricia F. Russo
200px Photo of Russo as member of the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee
Born	1953 (age 58–59) Trenton, New Jersey
Citizenship	United States
Alma mater	Georgetown University
Occupation	Business executive
Known for	CEO of Lucent Technologies, Alcatel-Lucent
Board member of	HP

Patricia F. Russo (born 1953 in Trenton, New Jersey) is an American businessperson most widely known for having served as chief executive officer of Lucent Technologies and its successor, Alcatel-Lucent, a large communications equipment manufacturer. She currently serves on the board of directors of HP, General Motors, Merck & Co. and ALCOA, Inc. She serves as Chairman of the nonprofit organization Drugfree.org

Forbes magazine rated Russo as the tenth on its list of the most powerful women in 2006.^[1]

Career at Lucent[link]

Russo joined Lucent's predecessor in 1982.^[2] In 1992 she became the president of its Business Communications Systems division, moving in 1997 to become its executive VP of corporate operations, and in 1999 to its executive VP and CEO of the Service Provider Networks Group^[2] She left in August 2000, after a reorganization, but returned in January 2002 to become its CEO.^[2] After "cutting costs and focusing on sales of wireless equipment, Russo was credited with returning Lucent to profitability in 2004, after three years of red ink."^[1]

On April 2, 2006 it was announced that Russo would assume the CEO role of a new combined company resulting from the merger of the French communications company Alcatel and Lucent.^{[citation needed]} This merger became effective on December 1, 2006. When Russo became the CEO of the combined company, Serge Tchuruk, the former CEO of Alcatel, remained as Chairman.

On July 29, 2008, Russo, along with Alcatel-Lucent chairman Serge Tchuruk, announced that she would step down by the end of 2008, in a broad-reaching management restructuring.^{[citation needed]} Significant changes in the composition of the company's board were also announced. Alcatel-Lucent shares lost more than 60% of their value in the year preceding her departure.^{[citation needed]} In the statement released by Alcatel-Lucent relating to her departure, Russo was quoted as saying, "The company will benefit from new leadership aligned with a newly composed board to bring a fresh and independent perspective that will take Alcatel-Lucent to its next level of growth and development in a rapidly changing global market."^[3]

On September 2, 2008 she was replaced by Ben Verwaayen.

Other activities[link]

Russo spent nine months as the COO of Eastman Kodak, a position she left in January 2002 when she returned to Lucent to become their CEO.^[2] She was also chairman of Avaya, which was spun off from Lucent.

On July 23, 2009 General Motors announced that Russo would be a member of the company's new Board of Directors.^[4]

References[link]