person
Viriathus
also: Viriathi, Viriathus
Lusitanian leader (d. 139 BC) who long resisted Rome in Spain. Cicero (Brutus 84) recalls that Laelius did distinguished service in the war against him.
Reading notes
- On Duties §2.40 Viriathus the Lusitanian
Leader of the Lusitanian resistance to Rome (d. 139 BC) who defeated several Roman armies. Cicero cites him, with the Illyrian Bardulis, as proof that even brigand power rests on a kind of fair dealing.