Lusitanian War

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Roman Republican war ancient war

The Lusitanian War was a mid-2nd century BCE conflict in the Iberian Peninsula in which Rome fought the Lusitanian tribes, marked by guerrilla resistance and the leadership of Viriathus against Roman expansion.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Lusitanian War canonical	4
Lusitanian Wars	1
Roman–Lusitanian conflicts	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman Republican war ⓘ ancient war ⓘ
characterizedBy	Lusitanian guerrilla resistance ⓘ Roman punitive campaigns ⓘ betrayal of Viriathus ⓘ
conflictBetween	Lusitanians NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedIn	Appian’s Iberica NERFINISHED ⓘ works of Diodorus Siculus NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	139 BCE ⓘ
hasCause	Roman breaches of agreements with Lusitanians ⓘ Roman expansion into western Iberia ⓘ Roman land seizures ⓘ
hasEffect	devastation of Lusitanian territories ⓘ increased Roman control over Hispania ⓘ temporary halt to Roman advance in western Iberia ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup	Celtiberians NERFINISHED ⓘ Lusitanians NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLeader	Viriathus NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLegacy	Viriathus remembered as Lusitanian national hero ⓘ example of effective guerrilla resistance against Rome ⓘ
historicalRegion	Roman province of Hispania Citerior NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman province of Hispania Ulterior NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Hispania NERFINISHED ⓘ Iberian Peninsula ⓘ western Iberia ⓘ
mainTheater	Lusitania NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCommander	Lucius Mummius NERFINISHED ⓘ Marcus Atilius NERFINISHED ⓘ Quintus Servilius Caepio NERFINISHED ⓘ Servius Sulpicius Galba NERFINISHED ⓘ Viriathus NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	assassination of Viriathus by his own envoys ⓘ massacre of Lusitanians by Servius Sulpicius Galba ⓘ
opponent	Lusitanian tribes NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
opponentCommander	Roman provincial governors in Hispania ⓘ Viriathus NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Roman conquest of the Iberian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman–Lusitanian conflicts NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Roman victory ⓘ death of Viriathus ⓘ subjugation of most Lusitanian tribes ⓘ
startTime	155 BCE ⓘ
timePeriod	2nd century BCE ⓘ mid-2nd century BCE ⓘ
uses	ambush tactics ⓘ guerrilla warfare ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Roman Spain → conflict → Lusitanian War ⓘ

Hispania Ulterior → significantEvent → Lusitanian War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lusitanian Wars

Roman conquest of Spain → hasPart → Lusitanian War ⓘ

Viriathus → activeInPeriod → Lusitanian War ⓘ

Viriathus → conflict → Lusitanian War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Roman–Lusitanian conflicts