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Viriathus

180 BC - 139 BC

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Viriathus (also spelled Viriatus; known as Viriato in Portuguese and Spanish; died 139 BC) was the most important leader of the Lusitanian people that resisted Roman expansion into the regions of western Hispania (as the Romans called it) or western Iberia (as the Greeks called it), where the Roman province of Lusitania would be finally established after the conquest. Viriathus developed alliances with other Celtic groups, even far away from his usual theatres of war, inducing them to rebel against Rome. He led his army, supported by most of the Lusitanian and Vetton tribes as well as by other Celtic and Iberian allies, to several victories over the Romans between 147 BC and 139 BC before being betrayed by them and murdered while sleeping. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Viriathus is the 3,156th most popular politician (down from 2,300th in 2019), the 78th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 60th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Portuguese Politician.

Viriatus was a Celtiberian chieftain who led a rebellion against the Romans in Hispania (modern-day Spain and Portugal) in the early 2nd century BC.

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Among politicians, Viriathus ranks 3,156 out of 19,576. Before him are Neriglissar, Frank B. Kellogg, Ptolemy Philadelphus, Al-Wathiq, Childebert III, and Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. After him are Zalman Shazar, Philip I, Count of Flanders, Gongmin of Goryeo, Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland, Tunku Abdul Rahman, and Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia.

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Among people born in 180 BC, Viriathus ranks 2. Before him is Apollodorus of Athens. After him are Gaius Lucilius, Publius Mucius Scaevola, Decimus Junius Brutus Callaicus, Ariarathes VI of Cappadocia, Lucius Coelius Antipater, and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus Porcina. Among people deceased in 139 BC, Viriathus ranks 1. 

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    Viriathus

    POLITICIAN

    180 BC - 139 BC

    HPI: 69.43

    Rank: 1

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Viriathus ranks 78 out of 633. Before him are Pêro da Covilhã (1450), Carmen Miranda (1909), Sancho II of Portugal (1209), Jorge Jesus (1954), Diogo Dias (1450), and Antonio Damasio (1944). After him are Francisco de Almeida (1450), João Manuel, Prince of Portugal (1537), Catherine of Braganza (1638), Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal (1843), Diego Columbus (1479), and Maria João Pires (1944).

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Among POLITICIANS In Portugal

Among politicians born in Portugal, Viriathus ranks 43. Before him are Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy (1397), Henry, King of Portugal (1512), Peter II of Portugal (1648), Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal (1699), Jorge Sampaio (1939), and Sancho II of Portugal (1209). After him are Francisco de Almeida (1450), João Manuel, Prince of Portugal (1537), Catherine of Braganza (1638), António de Spínola (1910), Beatrice of Portugal (1373), and Theresa, Countess of Portugal (1080).

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