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Many members of the Lusitanian tribal aristocracy were warriors as happened in many other pre-Roman peoples of the Iron Age. Only when an external threat occurred did the different tribes politically unite, as happened at the time of the Roman conquest of their territory when Viriathus became the single leader of the Lusitanian tribes.
The Lusitanian Wars, called Pyrinos Polemos ("the Fiery War") in Greek, [1] were wars of resistance fought by the Lusitanian tribes of Hispania Ulterior against the advancing legions of the Roman Republic from 155 to 139 BC. The Lusitanians revolted in 155 BC, and again in 146 BC and were pacified.
Map showing the main pre-Roman tribes in Portugal and their main migrations. Turduli movement in red, Celtici in brown and Lusitanian in a blue colour. Most tribes neighbouring the Lusitanians were dependent on them. Names are in Latin. Tribes, often known by their Latin names, living in the area of modern Portugal, prior to Roman rule: Indo ...
Part of the Lusitanian War; Lusitania: Lusitanians: Roman Republic: Defeat: Unknown Attack on Turdetania [10] (148 BC) Part of the Lusitanian War; Turdetania: Lusitanians: Roman Republic: Defeat: Unknown Battle of Tribola (147 BC) Part of the Lusitanian War; Tribola Lusitanians: Roman Republic: Victory: Viriathus: Belli–Titthi Massacre [11 ...
The Iberian Peninsula in the time of Hadrian (ruled 117–138 AD) showing, in western Iberia, the imperial province of Lusitania (Portugal and Extremadura). Lusitania (/ ˌ l uː s ɪ ˈ t eɪ n i ə /; Classical Latin: [luːsiːˈtaːnia]) was an ancient Iberian Roman province encompassing most of modern-day Portugal (south of the Douro River) and a large portion of western Spain (the present ...
Some Gaulish tribes may have migrated southward and crossed the Pyrenees (by the north, the central, or the south areas of the mountains) in a second or a third Celtic wave to the Iberian Peninsula. These tribes were different from the Hispano-Celtic / Iberian Celtic tribes.
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.
Tartessian tribes Celtiberian tribes c. 230 BC c. 220 BC Overthrow of Diodotus II: Troops of Euthydemus I: Greco-Bactrian Kingdom: 230 BC 221 BC Qin's wars of unification: Qin: Han Zhao Dai Yan Wei Chu Qi: 230 BC 230 BC Conquest of Han Part of the Qin wars of unification: Qin Han 229 BC 228 BC First Illyrian War: Roman Republic: Ardiaei: 229 BC ...