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It took Rome more than two centuries to subdue the Iberian Peninsula due to the fierce resistance offered by its inhabitants.

The Iberian and Celtic tribes were warriors and did not willingly submit to the eagles of Rome.

Among all the chieftains of the countless tribes that galloped through the Peninsula, the Lusitanian Viriato stands out.

Such was his bravery and so many the defeats he inflicted on the Romans that they decided to immortalize his name by writing about him in their chronicles.

Viriato reached the leadership of the tribes on his own merits, he did not inherit command from anyone.

His men admired his generosity, his courage, his frugal life, his rigorous justice in the distribution of spoils and also his Olympian contempt for tributes and honors.

Viriato understood supremacy over his men not as a privilege, but as a greater service.

He fought for his people, to shake off the tyranny of Rome and not to accumulate wealth.

They say that he was a shepherd before he was a warrior and that Roman betrayals pushed him to take up arms and lead the warring tribes.

A leadership that he exercised impeccably thanks to his natural intelligence that was not perverted by teachings or teachers.

Unable to defeat him on the battlefield, Rome had to resort to treachery to finish him off.