Lusitanians
E84818
The Lusitanians were an ancient Indo-European people who inhabited western Iberia (mainly modern Portugal) and are celebrated in Portuguese history and literature as heroic ancestors who resisted Roman conquest.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Viriathus | 0 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indo-European people
ⓘ
Lusitanian leader ⓘ ancient people ⓘ tribal confederation ⓘ |
| archaeologicalEvidence |
hillfort settlements
ⓘ
inscriptions in Lusitanian language ⓘ |
| associatedRomanProvince | Lusitania ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| culturalInfluence |
Celtic cultures of Iberia
ⓘ
pre-Roman Portuguese identity ⓘ |
| cultureArea | pre-Roman Iberia ⓘ |
| economy |
agriculture
ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ raiding ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Indo-European ⓘ |
| ethnonymUsedIn | Roman sources as Lusitani ⓘ |
| incorporatedInto | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Lusitanian resistance to Rome
ⓘ
guerrilla warfare against Rome ⓘ resistance to Roman conquest ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Indo-European language family
ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
|
| led | Lusitanians self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| legacy |
celebrated in Portuguese literature
ⓘ
considered ancestors of the Portuguese ⓘ symbol of Portuguese resistance ⓘ |
| mentionedBy |
Appian
ⓘ
Livy ⓘ Strabo ⓘ |
| militaryTactics |
ambushes
ⓘ
hit-and-run attacks ⓘ |
| modernCountry |
Portugal
ⓘ
Spain ⓘ |
| neighbor |
Celtiberia
ⓘ
surface form:
Celtiberians
Gallaeci ⓘ |
| notableLeader | Viriathus ⓘ |
| opponent | Roman Republic ⓘ |
| pantheonType | Indo-European gods ⓘ |
| partOf | pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ |
| region |
Lusitania
ⓘ
western Iberia ⓘ |
| religion | polytheism ⓘ |
| spoke | Lusitanian language ⓘ |
| status | extinct ethnic group ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Iron Age
ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Republican period
|
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Viriathus