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    Ambush (category Military operations by type)
    widely utilized by the Lusitanians, in particular by their chieftain Viriathus. Their usual tactic, called concursare, involved repeatedly charging and...
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  • became fatigued in the battle and was finished by Carthaginian captain Viriathus. Servilia (gens) Silius Italicus, Punica, 5, 219-233 Broughton, T.R.S...
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    After ending victoriously the Lusitanian war with the assassination of Viriathus, consul Caepio tried to wage war, unsuccessfully, on Gallaecians and Vettones...
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    immediately stymied by his grandmother. 139 BC: The assassination of Viriathus marks the end of the Lusitanian War. Mithradates I of Parthia defeats...
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  • Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes 139 BC Viriathus, leader of the Lusitanian people that resisted Roman expansion over the regions of Western Iberia Audax...
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    Viriathus, wrested control of all of western Iberia. Rome sent legions to quell the rebellion but were unsuccessful. Roman leaders bribed Viriathus's...
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  • against the Lusitani, but failed in his attempts to arrest Viriathus. In 144 BC, Viriathus formed a league against Rome with several Celtiberian tribes...
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  • fought for the French Resistance in World War II Mordechai Anielewicz Viriathus Mircea I of Wallachia Vlad the Impaler Stephen III of Moldavia Paul Kagame...
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  • military harbour of Carthage. In 145 he carried on operations with moderate success against Viriathus in Spain. Laelius was a candidate for the consulship...
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    Roman rule. Viriathus, a survivor of Servius Sulpicius Galba's massacre, urges the tribes not to trust the Romans and fight back. Viriathus is acclaimed...
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    Author Solutions (2011) ISBNs 1426981821, 9781426981821 Luis Silva, Viriathus and the Lusitanian resistance to Rome 155-139 BC, Pen & Sword Military...
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    Perseus of Macedon, Antiochus III of the Seleucid Empire, the Lusitanian Viriathus, the Numidian Jugurtha, the Pontic king Mithridates VI, Vercingetorix...
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    BCE. They fought against Viriathus, who won several battles against the Roman army by uniting Vettones and Lusitanians. Viriathus was assassinated by Celtiberians...
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    Roman provinces in Gaul (modern France). Three years later (147 B.C.), Viriathus became the leader of the Lusitanians and severely damaged the Roman rule...
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    effective against elusive tribal light cavalry such as the Lusitanians under Viriathus in their bitter resistance to Roman rule (151–140 BC) and the Numidians...
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  • Rome, 40.47.3-10; 40.49.4-7 Silva, L., Viriathus and the Lusitanian Resistance to Rome, p. 58 Silva, L., Viriathus and the Lusitanian Resistance to Rome...
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    war elephants to help in Rome's struggle against the Lusitanian rebel Viriathus. In 134 BC Micipsa sent archers, slingers and elephants to aid Scipio...
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    Lusitanian War. 54 Lost 141–139 BC Numantine War, Lusitanian War, death of Viriathus. 55 Lost 138–137 BC Numantine War, murder of Antiochus VI by Diodotus...
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    the Lusitanian War did the same. The resistance of the Lusitani under Viriathus became legendary across the Empire. In the troubled final years of the...
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  • siglos by José Gómez de Arteche Viriato by João Aguiar (1st century BC, Viriathus) Rey Lobo by Juan Eslava Galán Nublares series by Antonio Pérez Henares...
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    allies of the Lusitani – whose chieftain Viriathus used western Beturia as a rear base for its military operations on the south – in deep contrast to the...
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  • struggle later continued by other groups such as the Lusitani, under Viriathus. The Lusitanian War and the Numantine War are but a few examples of the...
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    Rome, 40.47.3–10; 40.49.4–7 Silva, L., Viriathus and the Lusitanian Resistance to Rome, p. 58 Silva, L., Viriathus and the Lusitanian Resistance to Rome...
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    successful against elusive tribal cavalry, such as the Lusitanians under Viriathus in their bitter resistance to Roman rule (151-140 BC) and the Numidians...
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    Portuguese forces initiate its first major operation of the conflict, this being Operation Viriato (Viriathus), aimed at re-conquering the town of Nambuangongo...
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  • history. Their first great exponent would be the Lusitanian chieftain Viriathus, whose knowledge of guerrilla tactics earned him eight years of victories...
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  • the Viriathic War (147–139 BC). In 144 BC, the fourth year of this war, Viriathus, the Lusitanian leader, incited the Celtiberians to rebel. This led to...
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    Resistance to the Roman armies was initially led by Viriathus, between 147 and 139. After Viriathus' death, most of Lusitania was conquered by the commander...
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  • the Viriathic War (147–139 BC). In 144 BC, the fourth year of this war, Viriathus, the Lusitanian leader, incited the Celtiberians to rebel. This led to...
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    Brittonic Brigantes Vercingetorix of the Gallic Arverni Viriathus of the Iberian Lusitanians Viriathus of the Iberian Gallaeci Viridomarus of the Gallic Insubres...
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