Siege of the Blastophoenicians
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Date155 BC
Location
Unknown
Result
Lusitanian victory
| Siege of the Blastophoenicians | |||||||
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| Part of Lusitanian War | |||||||
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Lusitanians Vettones | |||||||
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| Unknown | Punicus † | ||||||
The siege of the Blastophoenicians was a military conflict between the Lusitani-Vetonne forces and the Roman Republic.
In 155 BC, Punicus began attacking neighboring lands belonging to Roman subjects. In this raid, the Lusitanians killed 6,000 Romans, including a quaestor named Terentius Varro. After this first victory, the Lusitanians formed an alliance with the Vettones. Together, the Lusitanians and Vettones laid siege to the Blastophoenicians, a Phoenician settlement subject to Rome.[1][2][3]