HIST 304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Lusitanians, Degenerate Bilinear Form, Viriatus
24 Feb 2017
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Caused many revolts among the spanish tribes. They realized they had shifted form being under carthaginian rule to roman rule. On and off wars from 189-179 bce. Leave about 1/3 of spain under roman control. Only the eastern coast region and the souther coastal region. 179-159 bce peace observed under the gracchun peace. Not a lot of gain to be had in spain they just didn"t have the cash reserve that other places to the east had. One historian attributes problems in spain to the later collapse of the republic. 146 - 141 bce viriarathus the luthitanian (in portugal) cannot defeat him militarily. The roman military machine in spain is breaking. A lot of roman citizens are calling provocatio to avoid being drafted for these wars. This will change at the end of the second century when rome shifts from having a citizen army to a paid volunteer army.
