Viriathus and the Lusitanian resistance to Rome 155-139 BC / Luis Silva.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Silva, Luís, 1971- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Viriathus, -approximately 139 B.C.

Viriathus.

Romans--Portugal.

Romans.

Portugal--History--To 1385.

Portugal.

Spain--History--Roman period, 218 B.C.-414 A.D.

Spain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 p.)

Place of Publication:

Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the middle years of the second century BC, Rome was engaged in the conquest and pacification of what is now Spain and Portugal. They met with determined resistance from several tribes but nobody defied them with more determination and skill than Viriathus. Apparently of humble birth, he emerged as a leader after the treacherous massacre of the existing tribal chieftains and soon proved himself a gifted and audacious commander. Relying on hit and run guerrilla tactics, he inflicted repeated humiliating reverses upon the theoretically superior Roman forces, uniting a number of tribes in resis

Contents:

Chapter 1 Hispania at the End of the; Chapter 2 First Celtiberian War; Chapter 3 Lusitanian Warfare and Weapons; Chapter 4 Viriathus the Man; Chapter 5 The Lusitanian War with Rome Begins; Chapter 6 The Viriathan War (The Second Lusitanian War); Chapter 7 The End of the Viriathan War; Chapter 8 Campaigns of Lusitanian Pacification; Chapter 9 The Romanization of Lusitania; Chapter 10 Viriathus the King and the Legend; Notes and References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781473830776

147383077X

9781473826892

1473826896