Cantabrian Wars

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Roman military campaign war

The Cantabrian Wars were a series of late 1st-century BC military campaigns in northern Hispania through which the Roman Empire brutally subdued the last independent tribes of the Iberian Peninsula.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Cantabrian Wars canonical	4
Cantabrian Wars under Augustus	1
Roman campaigns against the Astures	1
Roman campaigns against the Cantabri	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman military campaign ⓘ war ⓘ
aftermath	Romanization of northern Hispania ⓘ creation of new Roman settlements ⓘ establishment of Roman mining operations in the region ⓘ integration of Cantabri and Astures into the Roman provincial system ⓘ
belligerent	Astures NERFINISHED ⓘ Cantabri NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ other northern Iberian tribes ⓘ
commander	Augustus NERFINISHED ⓘ Gaius Antistius Vetus NERFINISHED ⓘ Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa NERFINISHED ⓘ Publius Carisius NERFINISHED ⓘ Titus Publius Carisius NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictType	conquest ⓘ counter-insurgency campaign ⓘ
countryInvolved	Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedBySource	Dio Cassius NERFINISHED ⓘ Florus NERFINISHED ⓘ Orosius NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	19 BC ⓘ
hasCause	Roman desire to control mineral resources of northern Hispania ⓘ Roman objective to secure the northern frontier of Hispania ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	difficult mountainous terrain ⓘ guerrilla warfare by local tribes ⓘ harsh Roman reprisals ⓘ prolonged resistance by local tribes ⓘ
locatedIn	Iberian Peninsula ⓘ northern Hispania NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	Roman construction of roads and forts in the region ⓘ Roman use of scorched-earth tactics ⓘ forced resettlement of local populations ⓘ foundation of Roman military camps in northern Hispania ⓘ mass deportations of Cantabri and Astures ⓘ personal participation of Augustus in the campaigns ⓘ
opposingCommander	Asturian tribal leaders ⓘ Cantabrian tribal leaders ⓘ
partOf	Roman conquest of Hispania NERFINISHED ⓘ reign of Augustus ⓘ
result	Roman annexation of Cantabrian and Asturian territories ⓘ Roman victory ⓘ completion of Roman conquest of Hispania ⓘ end of independent tribes in the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
startTime	29 BC ⓘ
timePeriod	1st century BC ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roman Spain → conflict → Cantabrian Wars ⓘ

Roman conquest of Spain → hasPart → Cantabrian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman campaigns against the Cantabri

Roman conquest of Spain → hasPart → Cantabrian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman campaigns against the Astures

Roman conquest of Spain → significantEvent → Cantabrian Wars ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cantabrian Wars under Augustus

Legio V Macedonica → participatedIn → Cantabrian Wars ⓘ

Gallaeci → conflict → Cantabrian Wars ⓘ