"stand up!"
After history teacher Harland entered the classroom, the students stood up one after another amid the shouts of the school committee.
"Hello students!"
"Hello teacher!"
"sit down!"
As the students sat down, Harland picked up the chalk, turned around and wrote ten big words on the blackboard.
Portuguese History – Medieval Times
After finishing writing, Haaland said to the students: "Today, in this history lesson, I will continue with Portuguese history.
Before studying medieval history, I want to test your mastery of ancient history. I will check randomly below. "
Harland looked at the list of student names posted on the podium and randomly picked one.
"Ace!"
The person whose name was called was a thin man.
"Which region and nation do we Portuguese and Brazilians originate from?"
"Teacher, we originate from the Lusitanians, a branch of the Celts in the Lusitania region."
"Yeah, I remember well, sit down."
After Haaland praised the boy, he continued to call the boy's name. This time, he named Angela, who represented the history class.
"Angela! How the region of Lusitania became part of the Roman province of Lutania."
Angela, a beautiful and smart girl with excellent historical knowledge, said after thinking for a while.
“Rome annexed the region of Lusitania through the Roman-Lusitanian War, also known as the War of Veriatius.
This war history took place between 149 BC and 139 BC.
The historical background is that after Rome defeated Carthage in the Second Punic War, it began to expand its power in the Iberian Peninsula and massacred the Celts, thus triggering the war between the Lusitanians and the Romans.
The Lusitanians, led by their leader Viriasius, began to resist the Roman invasion.
Before the war, Viriasius won the support of a tribe through speeches. He prepared secretly for three years, connected multiple local tribes in series, and accumulated enough strength.
In 147 BC, when the Romans were in a stalemate under the city of Carthage, Viriasius led his troops to revolt. Since the number of troops was small at the beginning, Viriasius adopted a flexible guerrilla warfare method. Covered by the complex terrain of Lusitania, only 1,000 people were able to contain the 10,000-strong Roman army.
The Roman Senate sent the consul Caius Vitellius to serve as the commander of the crusade. In the early days of the war, he attempted to divide and disintegrate the Lusitanians through bribery and leniency.
However, the heroic Viriasius saw through Vitellius's plan, preserved Lucitania's power, ambushed Vitellius' army on Mount Tribola, defeated and killed the Romans More than 4,000 people.
Viriasius became more and more courageous after that, and in two years he defeated three coaches sent by the Roman Senate: Gaius Plautius, Claudius Eumanus and Gaius Negidius and Quintus Aemilianus.
The Roman Senate had no choice but to turn to the famous Scipio family, who sent Fabius, the eldest son of Paulus, the hero of the Third Macedonian War, and the brother of Scipio the Younger, the hero of the destruction of Carthage. ·Aemilianus.
In 145 BC, Fabius came to Spain with an elite force of 15,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry. Fabius initially defeated Viriasius, but failed to capture him alive. The latter quickly regrouped and killed another 3,000 Romans in a counterattack.
With the continuous victories of Viriasius, the Lusitanians had begun to threaten Roman rule in southeastern Iberia, and another local tribe oppressed by the Romans, the Numantians, was inspired and also An uprising began to brew.
In 142 BC, seeing that there was still no achievement after three years of fighting, Fabius couldn't bear it and left first. However, before leaving, he handed over the combat command to his adopted son, Fabius, who was only 27 years old. Us Servilius, who came to Spain with 18,000 infantry and 16,000 cavalry, in addition to 10 war elephants presented by the King of Numidia.
At this time, Viriasius only had 6,000 troops. After Servilius drove him back to Lusitania, he turned to attack some of Viriasius' tribal allies and allowed them to surrender and start anew. This strategy There was some success. But in the subsequent battle to pursue Viriasius, Severianus also encountered an ambush, and Rome was defeated.
Taking advantage of the victory, Viriasius lost no time and made a peace statement in 139 BC. The Roman Senate agreed to make peace in view of the huge cost of the Lusitania War but no huge benefits.
During the negotiation process, the Romans reneged, and Viriasius was stabbed to death by a traitor paid by the Romans, causing the war to continue.
Later, the Lusitanians elected Tantalus as their successor leader and began to take revenge on the Romans.
But they failed when they attacked Rome's New Carthage. The Roman general Scipio sent troops to pursue them. In desperation, the Lusitanians surrendered to Scipio.
In order to ease the conflict and avoid causing bloody wars, Scipio gave them land after disarming them, thus officially ending the Viriasian War.
After the war, Rome divided the Lusitania region into a province, and the Lusitania people and the immigrated Romans also began to merge, forming the Lusitania Romans. "
Angela is worthy of being the history class representative and has a solid grasp of the Lusitania War.
She vividly describes the details of the war between the two peoples, recounting the process of Lusitania becoming a province and the Lusitania becoming Romans.
"Well said.
Both the Portuguese and the Brazilians have never been composed of a single ethnic group, but a fusion of multiple ethnic groups.
Just like our Brazil now, our Brazilian region still attracts immigrants from all ethnic groups. In the near future, they will also be integrated into Brazil and become part of us Brazilians.
The Portuguese are composed of multiple ethnic groups, first the Celtic Lusitanians, and then merged with the Romans to form Roman citizens in the Roman province of Lusitania.
The Roman Republic and the Roman Empire conquered many parts of Europe and mixed with many ethnic groups. One of our ancestors, the Lusitanians, was also part of this process. "
After Haaland summarized the previous historical points, he began to pave the way for a new lesson.
"The Roman Republic and the Roman Empire were undoubtedly great and glorious. Many Roman emperors were born in the Iberian Peninsula during the Roman Empire.
However, in the subsequent brutal political struggles and barbarian invasions, the Roman Empire split into two Eastern and Western Romes. The Western Rome began to collapse and eventually perished due to chaos and improper policies.
After the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, what followed was the Middle Ages. This is also the lesson we are going to take now.
The Middle Ages, that is, the Middle Ages. Refers to the period from the late 5th century AD to the mid-15th century AD, which is an intermediate period between the three major traditions of European history: the classical era, the Middle Ages, and modern times.
It began with the demise of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD, ended with the demise of the Eastern Roman Empire in 1453 AD, and finally integrated into the Renaissance and the great geographical discoveries of the Age of Discovery.
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The history of the Middle Ages itself is divided into three stages: the early, middle and late stages. The historical term "Dark Ages" or "Dark Ages" generally refers to the early Middle Ages.
During this dark period, the Suebi Kingdom of the First Galician Age was formed near Lusitania, which is also the predecessor of our nation. "
