Manuel Cebrián Abellán
On completion of the civil wars that led to Octavio to power in Rome (31 bc), to deal with people who, even within the Empire, had not yet been submitted. In northern Spain two peoples, the Asturian and Cantabrian broke the security of the area. They moved to the same eight legions and numerous auxiliary trpas, reaching a total of 70,000 men. A formidable army as never before focused on land astures to crush the rebels.
campaigns, led initially by Roman generals were taking shape and gaining in intensity and violence. Open guerrilla warfare by the mountain, the continuing ambushes legions and supply cuts, caused such damage to the Roman army had to be used throughout the displaced war machine to crush the resistance encountered. After bloody battles, in the year 25 BC The war was concluded.
To avoid repetition, captured and sold as slaves to all those men were able to wield a weapon, leaving the land free of elements hostile to Rome . Despite all these caveats, in the year 19 BC The conflict reopens. Slaves of Gaul murder their masters and returned to the Cantabrian mountains. The hidden them join them right away, destroying stalls and Roman garrisons. The violence used was such that Rome , surprised by the turn of events, was doomed to re-employ legions.
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