For the military leader during the Second Punic War, see Viriathus (Second Punic War).
Viriathus
Statue in Zamora
Native name
Viriato, Viriatus
Born
Lusitania
Died
139 BC
Allegiance
Lusitania
Years of service
147 BC – 139 BC
Battles/wars
Lusitanian War
Memorials
Statue of Viriato, at Zamora, Spain
Statue of Viriato, at Viseu, Portugal
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.[a]
Viriathus developed alliances with other Celtic groups, even far away from his usual theatres of war, inducing them to rebel against Rome. He led his army, supported by most of the Lusitanian and Vetton tribes as well as by other Celtic and Iberian allies, to several victories over the Romans between 147 BC and 139 BC before being betrayed by them and murdered while sleeping. Of him, Theodor Mommsen said, "It seemed as if, in that thoroughly prosaic age, one of the Homeric heroes had reappeared."[2]
^Strabo, Geography, Book III, Chapter 3 "...the most of the Lusitanians are called Callaicans."
^Theodor Mommsen, The History Of Rome, Book IV p.22.
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BC. Two years after the massacre, in 148 BC, Viriathus became the leader of a Lusitanian army. Viriathus was thought by some to have a very obscure origin...
attacked Viriathus directly, but Viriathus and 1000 of his best men occupied Vitilus for two days while the others regrouped to safety. Viriathus then evaded...
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widely utilized by the Lusitanians, in particular by their chieftain Viriathus. Their usual tactic, called concursare, involved repeatedly charging and...
Viriathus came to control most of the Iberian Peninsula and even forced Rome to sign, even if temporally, a peace treaty on his own terms. Viriathus would...
Viriathus, wrested control of all of western Iberia. Rome sent legions to quell the rebellion but were unsuccessful. Roman leaders bribed Viriathus's...
Hispania. He replaced Viriathus at the last year of the Lusitanian War. He is first mentioned to take the mantle of Viriathus after the latter's murder...
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command of the Siege of Carthage. In Lusitania, Hispania, the Celtic king Viriathus, rallies Lusitanian resistance to Rome. Demetrius II of Syria returns...
VI Odoacer Radagaisus Teutobod Totila Tribigild Valamir Vercingetorix Viriathus McLynn, Frank (2009). Heroes & Villains: Inside the minds of the greatest...
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decided to change their strategy. They bribed Viriathus's ambassador to kill his own leader. In 139 BC, Viriathus was assassinated, and the resistance was...
on October 25, 2006. Retrieved December 15, 2006. Luis, Salva (2013). Viriathus and the Lusitanian Resistance to Rome 155-139 BC. Great Britain: Pen &...
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camps. Servilianus then went after Viriathus. He besieged the city of Erisana, one of Viriathus' cities. Viriathus entered the town at night and at dawn...
to withdraw. Later, Quintus Fabius Maximus Servilianus marched against Viriathus with other ten elephants sent by king Micipsa. However, the Lusitanian...
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Gainas Gaius Julius Civilis John of Gothia Spartacus Totila Tribigild Viriathus Bakker, Marco. "Reportret: Vercingetorix". www.reportret.info. Retrieved...
Museo Español de Antigüedades, Madrid, Vol. I, pp. 75-89. Luis Silva, Viriathus and the Lusitanian Resistance to Rome 155-139 BC, 2013 "Sword (Falcata)"...
Lusitanians, who under the leadership of Caucenus, the Lusitanian leader before Viriathus, had conquered their territory for some time, including the capital, Conistorgis...
became fatigued in the battle and was finished by Carthaginian captain Viriathus. Servilia (gens) Silius Italicus, Punica, 5, 219-233 Broughton, T.R.S...
told by Servius Sulpicius Galba to the Roman Senate. In the funeral of Viriathus, multiple sacrifices are described to take place, being for some historians...
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