Viriathus was the most important leader of the Lusitanian people that resisted Roman expansion into the regions of today known as Portugal, named Lusitania.
Statue in Zamora
Statue of Viriathus in Viseu, Portugal
José de Madrazo's painting of the death of Viriathus.
Lusitania was an ancient Roman province encompassing most of modern-day Portugal and a large portion of western Spain. Romans named the region after the Lusitanians, an Indo-European tribe inhabiting
Viriathus
…died 139 BC) was the most important leader of the Lusitanian people that resisted Roman expansion into the regions of today known as Portugal, named Lusitania. 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…
Marcus Salvius Otho Caesar Augustus, governor of Lusitania between 58 and 68.
Roman Theatre of Augusta Emerita (Mérida)
Roman Theatre of Metellinum (Medellín)
Roman arch of [[Pax Iulia|]]Pax Iulia (Beja)