Lusitanian

   

The Lusitanians are seen as the ancestors of the Portuguese, that lived in the western area of the Iberian Peninsula. Firstly, a single tribe that lived between the rivers Douro and Tagus. Later, the name Lusitanian was adopted by ancient Galicians (from the highlands north of Douro River) and other tribes, because of this people notability fighting the Roman rule but also because they were all culturally and ethnically very similar. The most notable among the Lusitanians was Viriathus.

see also: Lusitania - Lusitanian mythology - Portugal - Roman Empire

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