Summary of the Cantabrian wars

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Summary of the Cantabrian wars. The Cantabrian Wars are a series of conflicts that occurred north-west of the Iberian Peninsula (Hispania) during the years 29 BC. C and 19 a. C. during the mandate of Octavio Augusto. The antecedents to these wars, we have to look for them already in the revolts that the Cantabrians and another tribe (the Baceans) had against Rome some time before. Also remember that, during the siege of Numantia, the Cantabrians helped the Numantines. The causes of these Cantabrian wars could be numbered as follows: 1; It was intended to stop incursions by these Cantabrian tribes to neighboring territories to steal their cereals and any other type of good. Also, in an attempt to quell the revolts (remember that, the Iberian peninsula, Hispania was already for the most part Romanized and pacified). The Roman authorities feared that, if there were revolts in the north, this could destabilize the peace in the rest of Spain.

Finally, the eagerness in the search for gold and iron mines. In northern Spain there were quite a few and the Romans wanted to get there to get hold of them and be the beneficiaries of the profits.

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