Oestreminis are deemed to be the first native people of Portugal. They stretched their territory from Galicia (Northwestern Spain) to the Algarve. The first documented invasion occurred long before the birth of Christ, when the Ophis with other tribes entered the Iberian Peninsula and settled in the fertile lands of the Oestreminis, near the Douro and Tagus Rivers. There are two well-known places called Galicia: Galicia in Western Europe, an Atlantic Ocean region in Spain. ... The Algarve is the name of the southern coast of Portugal, incorporating, amongst others, the towns of Faro, Lagos, and Sagres. ...
Ophiussa is the ancient name given by the ancient Greeks to the Portuguese territory.
The Roman geographer Rufus Festus Avienus, in "Ora Maritima",document from the 4th century, but inspired by ancient scriptures, one of which from the 6th century BC, documents "Oestriminis" (or the extreme west) and of the Oestrimni (a people that lived there from a long time).
Avienus describes that the Oestrimni had to run away from their lands after an invasion of serpents.
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