Viriathus,lusitanian hero


In 147 b.C.,thousands of Lusitanian warriors found themselves
surrounded by the military forces of magistrate Caio Vetílio.At
first this seemed like just another roman attempt to seize the
Iberian Península in the on going war in which the Roman Republic
had led for years.But pursued by the enemy,the Lusitanians elect one
of their own and hand him absolute power.Born in
Lobriga,Lusitania,Lorica for the romans,current Loriga,Portugal,this
man,who for seven will taunt the Romans,is called Viriathus.
Between 147 and 139,the year in which he was killed (murder by the
Romans,he was assassinated wihle sleeping),Viriathus successively
defeated Roman armies,led a greater part of the Iberian peoples into
revolt and was responsible for the beginning of the war of Numância.
After the murder,the Lusitanian guerrilla was continued to
resist,"the women boke arms with the men,who died with a will,not a
man of them showing his back,or uttering a cry.Of the women who were
captured some killed themselves,others slew their children also with
their own hands,considering death preferable to captivity".
Viriathus,is considered the first lusian figure and also national
hero in Portugal.It was born without a doubt in the
Hermínius,current Mountain range of the Star(Serra da
Estrela),wehere he was shepherd since child,more precisely in
Lobriga,Lorica for the romans,current Loriga.
Viriathus,was praised had to is great qualities human beings,and of
great strategist to military and diplomat,inclusively for the old
romans historians.Viriathus,proved that at the time,such as
today,the individual capacities do not depend on the social estratum
nor of the academical qualifications.Viriato,was only one
shepherd,accustomed since child to cover mountains of the heart of
the Lusitania.
Rome,the superpower of the time,only obtained to arrange away it to
win;resort to the shameful and dishonourable treason
coward!Curiously,it was after an act of high treason of the part of
the romans,which cost the life the thousand of disarmed
Lusitanians,that Viriato was elect to leader for is compatriots.
Viriathus,leader that it directed with effectiveness the resistance
of the Lusitanians,ancestors of the Portugueses,against a powerful
invader,is considered since its time an example to follow.
Viriathus was a true military genious,politician and
diplomat.But,moreover,he was the defender of a world asphyxiated by
the great roman dominion.The world in which the very roots of
Portugal are implanted.

Viriathus,lusitanian hero


In 147 b.C.,thousands of Lusitanian warriors found themselves
surrounded by the military forces of magistrate Caio Vetílio.At
first this seemed like just another roman attempt to seize the
Iberian Península in the on going war in which the Roman Republic
had led for years.But pursued by the enemy,the Lusitanians elect one
of their own and hand him absolute power.Born in
Lobriga,Lusitania,Lorica for the romans,current Loriga,Portugal,this
man,who for seven will taunt the Romans,is called Viriathus.
Between 147 and 139,the year in which he was killed (murder by the
Romans,he was assassinated wihle sleeping),Viriathus successively
defeated Roman armies,led a greater part of the Iberian peoples into
revolt and was responsible for the beginning of the war of Numância.
After the murder,the Lusitanian guerrilla was continued to
resist,"the women boke arms with the men,who died with a will,not a
man of them showing his back,or uttering a cry.Of the women who were
captured some killed themselves,others slew their children also with
their own hands,considering death preferable to captivity".
Viriathus,is considered the first lusian figure and also national
hero in Portugal.It was born without a doubt in the
Hermínius,current Mountain range of the Star(Serra da
Estrela),wehere he was shepherd since child,more precisely in
Lobriga,Lorica for the romans,current Loriga.
Viriathus,was praised had to is great qualities human beings,and of
great strategist to military and diplomat,inclusively for the old
romans historians.Viriathus,proved that at the time,such as
today,the individual capacities do not depend on the social estratum
nor of the academical qualifications.Viriato,was only one
shepherd,accustomed since child to cover mountains of the heart of
the Lusitania.
Rome,the superpower of the time,only obtained to arrange away it to
win;resort to the shameful and dishonourable treason
coward!Curiously,it was after an act of high treason of the part of
the romans,which cost the life the thousand of disarmed
Lusitanians,that Viriato was elect to leader for is compatriots.
Viriathus,leader that it directed with effectiveness the resistance
of the Lusitanians,ancestors of the Portugueses,against a powerful
invader,is considered since its time an example to follow.
Viriathus was a true military genious,politician and
diplomat.But,moreover,he was the defender of a world asphyxiated by
the great roman dominion.The world in which the very roots of
Portugal are implanted.

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