I was born in Zamora: Viriato

VIRIATO

1. FILL THE GAPS:

“Rome does not pay traitors.” This is what Servilio Cepión answered to the soldiers_____ had killed their chief, the soldiers who had killed____leader. And this is the sentence_____ is going to pave____ way to our important figure today… He___ Viriato, he was_____ most important leader of the Lusitanian people.

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This is RADIO 6, from ZAMORA in SPAIN. This is “I WAS BORN IN ZAMORA”.

2. COMPLETE THE WORDS:

Viriato was the mo__ important lead__ of the Lusitanian people. There was no Spain n__ Portugal. The peninsula was called Hispania and Hispania was a province in the Roman Empire.

Lusitania w__ a region in the west of Hispania. And this region spread over the areas of what we know nowa_____ like North of Portugal, Zamora and Salamanca.

We are in the second centu__ Before Christ. And Lusitanian people with his leader, Viriato, are resist___ Roman Expansion.

3. WHAT IS MISSING:

Nowadays, we know about Viriato thanks ____ some Greek or Roman historians, such ___ Apiano, Diodoro de Sicilia, Tito Livio, Eutropio, Osorio, Suidas ___ Floro.

Some ____ them described him as ___ shepherd who became _____ a hunter and then a soldier. That was the way for most ____ young warriors.

According ___ the bibliography we have, we don´t know where or when ____ Viriato born, but the legend tells us that he was born in Torrefrades, a small village ___ Zamora in the second century Before Christ.

Rome's dominion of Hispania met with much opposition. And in 185 Before ______ Rome decided ___ invade Lusitania.

4. WHAT A MESS!:

After some ttasble______, in the region of 30.000 Lusitanians met Galba tihw_____ the idea of finishing the raw____ and getting the land fairly distributed. But nevertheless, the pretor Galba killed many of them, others were send to Galias as slaves and just a wef____ amount of them ran away and among those ohw____ could avoid the slaughter was our hero, was Viriato.

This massacre and the otrvpey________ of Lusitanian people got Viriato to rebel against the Rome, he became the leader of the Lusitanian tribes and he won oesm______ battles agaist Rome during some years.

5. ORDER THE SENTENCES:

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But nevertheless, Viriato and his men were winning

And they called him “Roman people´s friend”

After some victories, the Rome goverment sent more soldiers to fight against Viriato,

so Roman senate declared an agreement with Viriato.

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6. WRITE THE PRESENT VERBS:

After a while, the governor Servilio Cepión broke the treaty and planned his death. Three Viriato´s soldiers killed him while he was sleeping. And when they went to ask for their payment the Roman governor answered them “Rome does not pay traitors."

And this was the end of the leather of the Lusitania's tribes. Afterwards, Roman governors understood that it was better getting a peace treaty than opening confrontation against Lusitanian people.

7. WRITE THE INFINITIVE, PAST SIMPLE AND PAST PARTICIPLE VERBS:

Nowadays, Viriato is a local heroe in Portugal and in Zamora. You can find some statues in Viseu, in Lisbom or in Zamora, in a square with his name. And the flag of Zamora, called Seña Bermeja, has 8 red strips honouring the eight victories of Viriato over the Romans.

Viriato. This was our figure today. The legend says he was born in Zamora. And he is an important member of our history.

Our best wishes to your best dreams from Radio 6, from Zamora.

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