Tautalus

Tautalus was a chieftain of the Lusitanians, a proto-Celtic tribe from western Hispania. He replaced Viriathus at the last year of the Lusitanian War.

Tautalus
Native name
Tautalus, Tantalus, Tautamus
BornLusitania
AllegianceLusitania
Years of service139 BC
Battles/warsLusitanian War

Biography

He is first mentioned to take the mantle of Viriathus after the latter's murder. His participation in the war was short, and he was acknowledged to lack Viriathus's tactic skills.[1] Leading the remnants of Viriathus's army, he marched against the city of Saguntum in the Roman province of Hispania Citerior, besieging it unsuccessfully. After being repelled by the defenders, they turned against Hispania Ulterior, going down the Betis river, where Quintus Servilius Caepio met them with a numerically superior army. Tautalus and the Lusitanians were defeated and forced to surrender their weapons. However, after signing a peace treaty with Tautalus, Caepio assigned them lands in order to make them stop their rebel activities.[2] The Lusitanians were then settled by Decimus Junius Brutus in the colony of Valentia (possibly modern Valença do Minho o Valencia de Alcántara, if not the more geographically distant Valencia).[1]

Etymology

The name Tautalus, as transmitted by Appian, is recognized to come from the Celtic and Germanic root teu, meaning "people."[3] However, there are doubts about whether Appian meant it to be either such or Tantalus, as in the Hellenic name Tantalus. Similarly, Diodorus transmits the name as Tautamus or Tantamus.[3]

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See also

Notes
  1. Gonzalo Barrientos Alfageme, Angel Rodríguez Sánchez (1985). Historia de Extremadura: La geografía de los tiempos antiguos (in Spanish). Universitas. ISBN 978-84-855834-5-4.
  2. José María Blázquez (1974). La romanización, Volumen 1 (in Spanish). AKAL. ISBN 978-84-709005-7-0.
  3. Juan Luis García Alonso (2014). Continental Celtic Word Formation: The Onomastic Data (in Spanish). Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca. ISBN 978-84-901238-3-6.
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