Understanding Now the third and most crucial stage of the conquest of the Iberian Peninsula by the Romans. In the 20-year period, Rome was forced to keep fighting hard against the Lusitanian and the Celts. The wars against the first two periods were particularly serious: the first between 155 and 151, then between 147 and 133. In the wars breed is also distinguished two periods: the first between 153 and 151 and the second between 143 and 133. As we see, the riots took place Celtiberian Lusitanian and with some concurrency. However, the coincidence in time does not mean that both people act in accord against the common enemy so, the occasionally established relations were exceptional and, of course, very superficial.
In all stages of the Roman conquest, this is the best known, thanks to historians such as Appian and Polybius splendid left us evidence of its evolution. Thanks to them we can establish and clarify the severity of conflicts, bloody violence and evaluate their results. There have been
English historians who have been in the resistance to penetration Hispanic Roman epic sort of an independence-loving people who chose to succumb before losing their freedom to give. The names of the top players in the resistance (Viriato, Numancia) have peaked flag-independence as indomitable and inspiring. But this is ridiculous.
Moreover, the internal divisions of the Hispanic peoples to effective resistance against Rome, have been frequently used as evidence of individualism apodictic birth of the English, their visceral cantonalismo and its irresistible tendency to anarchy as if is a certain kind of secular tradition which has seriously endangered the national unity always in too centralist and authoritarian regimes. Another silly. There have been no
historians who have used similar data to support the contrary view, creating images of the English myth equally mythical and unreal. Thus, it has come to interpret the resistance to Rome as the struggle of the poor against the armies of slave power, determined to support the rich and the oppressors of the people.
The reality is more complex and more appropriate approach it is ignoring both the patriotism and cheap demagoguery.
For Rome it was certainly not a problem worthy of priority attention. Keep in mind that during this period, Rome got total domination of the Balkans (destruction of Corinth in 146), razed Carthage definitely during the Third Punic War (149-146), the 200,000 slaves crushed that he rose in Sicily (136-132) and got to his prestige and diplomacy that the king of Pergamum hiciese heir to his kingdom to the Roman people (133), while, inside, looked shaken by claims of their own peasantry.
Clearly, then, that the resistance of the Celts or Viriato insurrection were referred by the Senate with a concern very different from that deduced from local stories, always aimed at the country legend and excitement. It is true that the Senate, when he decided to end the war in Numancia, which seemed excessively long, sent to Scipio Aemilianus. But had it when he had against Numancia finished his great mission, which was the taking of Carthage. Between Carthage and Numancia, who were contemporary wars, Rome had no doubt about what was most important. And when Scipio, charged with the mythical glory of having destroyed the traditional rival of Rome, was commissioned to settle the matter adamant, were allowed to take measures against the city nearly celtibérica disproportionate because he could not afford to risk their prestige actions by a lucky enemy guerrillas.
Moreover, with the conquest of the Iberian area and access to the plateau, Rome had already achieved the basic objectives of its presence in Hispania. The metal deposits most important of the peninsula under its control, the most fertile lands and also communications between the provinces were guaranteed by the work of Graco.
So the question arises, what interest could the Romans have conquered the central plateau? In any case a secondary interest, such as improving and completing the work begun securing peace by subjection of the peoples of the interior, expanding possibilities of recruiting mercenaries and aprovisioamiento sources for the market, in general, and for that of slaves in particular.
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