Viriathus (Second Punic War)

Viriathus
Native name
Viriato, Viriathus
BornLusitania/Gallaecia
DiedCannae, Italy
AllegianceCarthaginian Empire
Years of service218-216 BC
Battles / warsSecond Punic War

Viriathus (supposedly died 216 BC) was a leader of Gallaecian and Lusitanian mercenaries in the Carthaginian army during the Second Punic War, according to Silius Italicus's poem Punica.

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