Cantabrian Wars Bellum Cantabricum Cantabrian and Asturian Wars Bellum Cantabricum et Asturicum[2]
Part of Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula
Territories of the Iberian Peninsula where the Cantabrian Wars took place
Date
29–19 BC
Location
modern Asturias, Cantabria, Galicia, León and Palencia
Result
Roman victory
Territorial changes
Cantabria, Asturias and Gallaecia fell under Roman control as part of Hispania
Belligerents
Astures Cantabri Gallaeci[1]
Roman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Corocotta (Cantabri) Gausón (Astures)
Caesar Augustus Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa Gaius Antistius Vetus Gaius Firmius
Strength
70,000–100,000 (Based on pop. estimate)
70,000–80,000
Casualties and losses
Total
Heavy
The casualties are unusual in that both the Roman army did not take prisoners, nor did the Celts allow themselves to be taken alive as slaves. The result was a massive slaughter of Cantabri and Astures at the end of the conflict.
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Cantabrian Wars
The Cantabrian Wars (29–19 BC) (Bellum Cantabricum), sometimes also referred to as the Cantabrian and Asturian Wars (Bellum Cantabricum et Asturicum),[2] were the final stage of the two-century long Roman conquest of Hispania, in what today are the provinces of Cantabria, Asturias and León in northwestern Spain.
During the reign of Emperor Augustus, Rome waged a bloody conflict against the Cantabri, the Astures and the Gallaeci still resisting Roman occupation, the last independent Celtic nations of Hispania. These warlike peoples fiercely resisted Roman domination; ten years of war and eight legions with their auxiliary troops – more than 50,000 soldiers in total – were needed to subdue the region.[3]
Augustus moved to Segisama (modern Sasamon, Burgos) in 26 BC to supervise the campaign in person. The major fighting was completed in 19 BC, although there were minor rebellions until 16 BC and the Romans had to station two legions there for seventy more years.
^Orosius, Histories against the Pagans, vi.21.
^ abFlorus (1929). "XXXIII – The War against the Cantabrians and Asturians". In E. S. Forster (ed.). The Epitome of Roman History, Book II. Loeb Classical Library. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
^Rabanal Alonso, Manuel Abilio (coord.) (1999). La Historia de León, Vol. 1: Prehistoria y Edad Antigua (in Spanish). Universidad de León. p. 133. ISBN 84-7719-817-9. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
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