Lusidius

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Lusidius was a Hispano-Roman man who surrendered Roman-controlled Olisipo (modern Lisbon, Portugal) to the Suebian Kingdom in 469.^[1] In the same year, he helped their king, Remismund, begin diplomacy with emperor Anthemius of the Western Roman Empire by being the leader of a large Suebian embassy.^[2]

References

↑ Arias, Jorge (Spring 2007). Identity and Interaction: The Suevi and The Hispano-Romans (New ed.).
↑ Thompson, Edward A.; Thompson, Eduard A. (2002). Romans and barbarians: the decline of the Western Empire. Wisconsin studies in classics (New ed.). Madison, Wis.: Univ. of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-0-299-08700-5.

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[1] Arias, Jorge (Spring 2007). Identity and Interaction: The Suevi and The Hispano-Romans (New ed.).

[2] Thompson, Edward A.; Thompson, Eduard A. (2002). Romans and barbarians: the decline of the Western Empire. Wisconsin studies in classics (New ed.). Madison, Wis.: Univ. of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-0-299-08700-5.

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