widely utilized by the Lusitanians, in particular by their chieftain Viriathus. Their usual tactic, called concursare, involved repeatedly charging and...

became fatigued in the battle and was finished by Carthaginian captain Viriathus. Servilia (gens) Silius Italicus, Punica, 5, 219-233 Broughton, T.R.S...

After ending victoriously the Lusitanian war with the assassination of Viriathus, consul Caepio tried to wage war, unsuccessfully, on Gallaecians and Vettones...

immediately stymied by his grandmother. 139 BC: The assassination of Viriathus marks the end of the Lusitanian War. Mithradates I of Parthia defeats...

Viriathus, wrested control of all of western Iberia. Rome sent legions to quell the rebellion but were unsuccessful. Roman leaders bribed Viriathus's...

Date Victim(s) Assassin(s) Notes 139 BC Viriathus, leader of the Lusitanian people that resisted Roman expansion over the regions of Western Iberia Audax...

against the Lusitani, but failed in his attempts to arrest Viriathus. In 144 BC, Viriathus formed a league against Rome with several Celtiberian tribes...

fought for the French Resistance in World War II Mordechai Anielewicz Viriathus Mircea I of Wallachia Vlad the Impaler Stephen III of Moldavia Paul Kagame...

military harbour of Carthage. In 145 he carried on operations with moderate success against Viriathus in Spain. Laelius was a candidate for the consulship...

Roman rule. Viriathus, a survivor of Servius Sulpicius Galba's massacre, urges the tribes not to trust the Romans and fight back. Viriathus is acclaimed...