Viriathus

This fascinating biography sheds light on the important yet overlooked military leader who thwarted Rome in what is now Spain and Portugal. In the second century BC, as Rome engaged in the conquest of the Iberian Peninsula, they met with determined resistance from the Lusitanian people and their skilled leader, Viriathus. Though renowned in his day Viriathus has been neglected by modern historians, a travesty that Luis Silva puts right in this thoroughly researched and accessible biography. Appa