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FAMOUS FIGURES OF OUR HISTORY
The battle of Erisane marked the end of the armed resistance against Rome. Viriato signed a treaty with Quintus Servilius and the Roman Senate in which the Lusitanians won their independence. Viriato reachd the status of amicus populi romani which means « friend of the Roman people ».
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VIRIATO
Viriato was one of the most honourable Lusitanian military leaders, born somewhere between the Douro and the Tagus rivers. Living in the mountain made him a skilled warrior. Therefore, around 147 BC he became the leader of the usitanians against the Roman army. and so did rome ´ s policy. As the new governor didn ´ t agree with the treaty between Rome and Viriato, he abolished it. The struggle went on but rome ´ s victory was far to reach. To speed-up its ending Viriato was murder by three of his fellows who had been bribbed by Rome.
Beatriz Costa Leonor Carneiro