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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.
Conflict Location Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result Leader Battle of Ilipa [1] [2] (194 BC) Near Ilipa: Lusitanians: Roman Republic: Defeat: Unknown Battle of Lyco [1] [3] (190 BC)
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 ...
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 ...
Lusitanian War: Lusitanian tribes: Roman Republic: Defeat of Lusitanian insurgents; annexation of Lusitania by the Roman Republic: 54–50 BC Gaul revolts from Gallic Wars: Gaulish tribes: Roman Republic: Defeat of Gaulish insurgents; annexation of Gaul by the Roman Republic: 6–9 Great Illyrian Revolt: Illyrian tribes: Roman Empire: Defeat of ...
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.
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 ...