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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. |