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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), C. Veti'lius or M. Veti'lius (search)
C. Veti'lius or M. Veti'lius 1. C. or M. VETILIUS, praetor B. C. 147, was defeated in Spain by Viriathus, taken prisoner and put to death. For an account of his defeat, and the authorities, see VIRIATHUS.
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Viriathus (search)
as destined to be the avenger of his country's wrongs The Lusitanians, who had not left their homes, rose as a man against the rule of such treacherous tyrants, and they found in Viriathus a leader who was well acquainted with the country, and who knew how to carry on the war in the way best adapted to the nature of the country and the habits of his countrymen. At first he avoided all battles in the plains, and waged an incessant guerilla warfare in the mountains. It was not, however, till B. C. 147 that the Lusitanians were able to collect any formidable body of men; and in this year having invaded Turdetania, they were attacked, while ravaging the country, by the Roman propraetor C. or M. Vetilius, defeated with loss and obliged to take refuge in a fortress, to which the Romans laid siege. The want of provisions prevented them from holding out long, and they accordingly endeavoured to make terms with Vetilius, who promised to assign to them a place where they might settle. Viriathus
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