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The Lusitanians are seen as the ancestors of the Portuguese, that lived in the western area of the Iberian Peninsula. Firstly, a single tribe that lived between the rivers Douro and Tagus. Later, the name Lusitanian was adopted by ancient Galicians (from the highlands north of Douro River) and other tribes, because of this people notability fighting the Roman rule but also because they were all culturally and ethnically very similar. The most notable among the Lusitanians was Viriathus.


see also: Lusitania - Lusitanian mythology - Portugal - Roman Empire


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Lusitanians - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1454 words)
The Lusitanians (or Lusitani in Latin) were a tribe, or various tribes, from the western Iberian peninsula (province of Lusitania), who spoke a Lusitanian language until the conquest of their territory by the Romans.
The Lusitanians are seen as the ancestors of the modern Portuguese living in the western portion of the Iberian peninsula.
The investigator Lambrino defended that the Lusitanians were a tribal group of Celt origin related to the Lusones (a tribe that inhabited the east of Iberia).
Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Lusitanians (1067 words)
The Lusitanians were a tribe, or various tribes, from the western Iberian peninsula, who spoke a Lusitanian language until the conquest of their territory by the Romans.
The Lusitanians are classified as having being influenced by Celtic culture.
Lusitanian mythology was related with Celtic mythology, and with later Roman rule it also became influenced by the Roman one.
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