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Viriathus (also spelled Viriatus; known as Viriato in Portuguese and Spanish; died 139 BC) was the most important leader of the Lusitanian people that resisted Roman expansion into the regions of western Hispania (as the Romans called it) or western Iberia (as the Greeks called it), where the Roman province of Lusitania would be finally established after the conquest.
In the sequence of the Second Punic War, the Roman Republic defeated Carthage and its colonies in the Mediterranean Coast of the Iberian Peninsula. This marked the first incursion of the Roman Republic into the peninsula and possibly the first clash between Lusitanians and Romans, as Lusitanian mercenaries fought on the Carthaginian side during the Punic Wars.
Part of the Lusitanian War; Erisana Lusitanians: Roman Republic: Victory. Temporary peace treaty; Temporary end of the Lusitanian War; Viriathus: Assassination of Viriathus. Part of the Lusitanian War; Hispania: Lusitanians: Assassins: Viriathus is assassinated; Viriathus X: Tautalus's expedition against Saguntum [18] (139 BC) Part of the ...
However, Viriathus, recalling the treacheries of Galba and Lucullus, inspired his people to fight on. Taking 1,000 men, he launched an attack on the Roman forces. This maneuver allowed the remaining Lusitanians to escape to safety with orders to regroup at Tribola. [1] Following this, Viriathus ambushed Vetilius.
Lusitanian mercenaries fought for Carthage between the years 218 and 201 BC, during the Second Punic War against Rome. Silius Italicus describes them as forming a combined force with the Gallaeci and both being led by a commander named Viriathus (not to be confused with the similarly named chieftain). [ 9 ]
After the victory over Vetilius, Viriathus turned his attention to Carpetania. He overran the whole country, raiding the land and destroying Roman crops and property. [4] To suppress Viriathus, Rome sent a new commander, Gaius Plautius, with 4,000 men to pursue him. However, Viriathus employed his tactics of feigned retreats and ambushes.
Viriathus (supposedly died 216 BC) was a leader of Gallaecian and Lusitanian mercenaries in the Carthaginian army during the Second Punic War, according to Silius Italicus's poem Punica. [ 1 ] Biography
Viriathus' Lusitanian armies, now led by Tautalus, still tries a southern incursion against the Romans, but are defeated. End of the Lusitanian War. The Romans grant the Lusitanians lands in the south of Lusitania (in modern Alentejo). 138 BC First big Roman campaign deep inside present Portuguese territory led by Consul Decimus Junius Brutus ...