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* Ancient Hispania was not an unified nation, being rather a melting pot of surprisingly diverse cultures, and no man from there would have declared himself Iberian or Hispanic as an identity like Viriato does in the series; those words, in case they used them within their Lusitanian language, would have been used the same way we use today "European" or "Asian" instead. In the best case, Viriato should have prided himself of being a Lusitanian, which was his true tribal identity.

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* Although pop culture has them as the quintaessential ancient Hispanic sword, falcatas were actually a thing from the coastal regions of South East Iberia. Most other Spaniard tribes preferred straight swords that by all accounts would have looked almost identical to the Roman gladius (it's even believed that Romans ''copied them'' a century earlier!). That doesn't mean Lusitanians never used falcatas, as they could have acquired them through sacking or commerce, but they definitely didn't produce them, nor considered them as a sign of their tribal identity (unless as war trophies).

* The natives from the series use bows and arrows a lot, to the extent that it seems to be their only other weapon aside from the falcata. In reality, the bow was barely used in the Iberian peninsula; they preferred other ranged weapons like slings and javelins, which are conspicuously absent from the series. This is strange even by pop culture standards, as the sling is pretty much the second most known ancient Spanish weapon.

* Roman generals didn't bring their wifes or female relatives with them in their military campaigns, among other things because of the dangers, uncommodities and the sheer needlessness of it. The series's example is particularly blatant because the conquest of Hispania was one of the bloodiest in the history of Rome, to the extent that citizens and soldiers alike were scared of being ever called to serve there. Even since before the time of Viriathus, Hispania was literally the last place any Roman would want his loved ones to live.

* In one episode, Viriato and his men steal legionary uniforms and infiltrate the Roman camp. In real life, this would have been unrealizable by a number of reasons (for instance, likely few full-blooded Lusitanians spoke Latin, and even fewer would have known Roman military customs well enough to disguise themselves as legionaries even for a day), but the most blatant one is that all of them sport either beards or stubbles, which would have revealed their identities immediately given that Roman soldiers were mandated to shave. Strangely, this is actually kept in the series itself, as all the actors and extras playing Romans are shaven, but still nobody realizes the ruse (Claudia does recognize Viriato, yet not for this reason).
* A Roman soldier captured by Viriato claims to have joined the army in order to escape poverty. Assuming he was telling the truth, as it is implied, this is another error, as at the time only citizens who could pay for the relatively expensive Roman armor could enlist (which logically excluded paupers and beggars). Enlisting would not be an option for the lower classes until the Marian reforms in 107 BC, forty years after the events in the series.

* Claudia once threatens someone with being thrown to the Circus Maximus, presumably so he will be devoured by the lions or something alike. Two mistakes in one: the Circus Maximus is a chariot-racing stadium, not a gladiatorial arena like the Colosseum, which, by the way, didn't exist yet in Rome - back then, gladiatorial spectacles were hosted in specially built wooden arenas.

* Claudia sometimes tries to turn Galba into a HenpeckedHusband, to the extent of belittling him in front of his men for petty private matters, and this is not even PlayedForLaughs. In ancient Rome, this behavior would absolutely not have been tolerated in a woman (or a man, considering we are talking about making a fool of a ''praetor'' in public), to the point she might have ended up killed for that.

* Claudia once threatens someone with being thrown to the Circus Maximus, presumably so he will be devoured by the lions or something alike. This is a very, very amateur mistake: the Circus Maximus is a chariot-racing stadium, not a gladiatorial arena like the Colosseum (which, by the way, didn't exist yet in Rome - back then, gladiatorial spectacles were hosted in specially built wooden arenas).

* Marco is repeatedly addressed as "general", which historically would be ''Galba'''s own manner of address given that he was the one sporting the rank of general granted by the Senate. The second-in-command role played by Marco should be called ''legatus''.

* Miraculously, the producers got the Roman legionary armor right: they have them wearing mail armor or ''loriga hamata'' instead of the infinitely more iconic but much rarer stripped armor or ''loriga segmentata'', which is an easy mistake many higher budgeted historical productions commit. However, they got almost everything else wrong: the legionaries from the series wear Imperial helmets when they should wear Montefortinian ones, and their shields should be oval, as rectangular shields were introduced much later, during Tiberius's reign. Also, their army is apparently 100% composed of legionaries, while in real life it would have been formed by several others types of soldiers, like auxiliars, velites and the like.
* Stirrups weren't used yet, neither by the Romans nor by the Hispanics.

* In one episode, Viriato and his men steal legionary uniforms and infiltrate the Roman camp. In real life, this would have been unrealizable by a number of reasons (for instance, likely few Lusitanians spoke Latin, and even fewer would have known Roman military customs well enough to disguise themselves as legionaries even for a day), but the most blatant one is that all of them sport either beards or stubbles, which would have revealed their identities immediately given that Roman soldiers were obliged to shave. Strangely, this is actually kept in the series itself, as all the actors and extras playing Romans are shaven, but still nobody realizes the ruse (Claudia does recognize Viriato, yet not for this reason).

* Norba Caesarina (current city of Cáceres, Extremadura) was founded in 34 BC, a whole century after Viriathus's death.

* In an instance, Galba also promises Claudia that they will return to Rome when he is chosen consul. In real life, consulships could not being issued while the candidates were away from Rome.

* There's a reverent mention of patricians as an important faction in Rome, which in this case is a monumental anachronism, as patricians were an aristocratic concept whose significance was limited in the Roman Kingdom and the early beginnings of Roman Republic. Appellatives like "patrician" and "plebeian" had been basically forgotten in Roman society more than a century before the time of the series, being ultimately displaced by the less romantic and more typical distinction between "rich" and "poor", which was not tied to the nobiliary lineage.

* In a related point, Roman noblewomen inherited forcefully a female variation of her father's ''nomen'', so the daughter of a senator named Tulio should be named Tulia, not Claudia.

* Spaniards in the series don't seem to employ slaves or keep any kind of slavery, while the Romans do and are called out by it. In real life, slavery was nigh omnipresent in all cultures at the time, and Lusitanians weren't the exception. For instance, the city of Salmantica, which is located pretty near to the series' place and whose Vetton inhabitants were allies to Viriathus, was known as a great market of slaves.

* The previous point is not the only accidental blasphemy shown, either. In an episode of the series, a Roman official casually orders not to bury several fallen legionaries in order not to waste time, which his men comply no problem. In real life, Romans were extremely superstitious about death rituals, and believed that any corpse left unburied would become an evil spirit and curse them for having failed at giving him a proper burial. Leaving corpses behind like that was a last resort, reserved for very screwed up situations.

* In one of his speeches, Galba claims he will found a new Roman province. Historically, Galba was already the praetor of a province, Hispania Ulterior. Under Roman's law, any land annexed by Galba would have simply added to it. If he was ever interested in breaking away from Rome and founding his own nation, he never let anybody know it.

* Although pop culture has them as the quintaessential Iberian sword, falcatas were actually a thing from the coastal regions of South East Iberia. Most other Spaniard tribes preferred straight swords that by all accounts would have looked almost identical to the Roman gladius (it's even believed that Romans ''copied them'' a century earlier!). That doesn't mean Lusitanians never used falcatas, as they could have acquired them through sacking or commerce, but they definitely didn't produce them, nor considered them as a sign of their tribal identity (unless as war trophies).

* A Roman soldier captured by Viriato claims to have joined the army in order to escape poverty. Assuming he was telling the truth, as it is implied, this is another error, as at the time and place only citizens who could pay for the relatively expensive Roman armor could enlist (which logically excluded paupers and beggars). Enlisting would not be an option for the lower classes until the Marian reforms in 107 BC, forty years after the events in the series.

* The real Viriathus was a chieftain who started the war with around 10 000 men and soon gathered even larger armies under his command, while the series portrays him romantically as a bandit leading a FiveManBand based around a small village. Also, although he is popularly thought as a man of humble origin just as represented in the series, many modern historians believe he was actually a member of the Lusitanian ruling elite, specifically not a mere shepherd but the leader of a clan of owners of cattle.

* The name of Viriathus's wife is unknown, for it is not included in any chronicle, but whatever it was, it was not Bárbara, which is thoroughly alien to the time and place.

* Claudia claims that Galba was a mere soldier when she met him. This is impossible, not only because the historical Galba was never "a mere soldier" (he was born in the wealthy Sulpicia family), but also because in ancient Rome, becoming a politician required either massive amounts of money or a massively influent family - certainly not things a lowly soldier could ever aspire to obtain. A youthful romance between a legionary and the daughter of a senator is a romantic idea, but not a realistic one.

* Many of the Iberian character names are very far from being believably Lusitanian or Celtic, and seem to have been chosen AsLongAsItSoundsForeign. For instance, "Darío" is a Persian name, "Sandro" is a very modern Italian name form, and "Aaron" and "Esther" are ''Hebrew'' names of all things. Conversely, while names in Hispania often had a Greek flavor due to the sea commerce with Greeks and Phoenicians, it never got as much as to have so many people with very Classic Greek names like "Helena", "Héctor" or "Nerea". The things gets so bad that one of the show's writers actually went in social media and used ViewersAreMorons as justification.

* Ancient Hispania was not an unified nation, and no man from there would have declared himself Iberian or Hispanian like Viriato does in the series (it would have been surprising that they knew such words to begin with, or at least to use them differently from how we use today "European" or "Asian"). In the best case, he would have prided himself of being a Lusitanian, which was his true tribal identity.
* Speaking of the devil, the historical Lusitanians were essentially the opposite of the peaceful, openly pacifist villagers shown in the series. In real life, they were a warrior tribe who literally lived off brigandrage, tribal warfare and even mercenary service due to poverty and the low productivity of their lands (some Lusitanians served as guards and soldiers in other territories and Roman provinces, and a contingent of them even fought for Hannibal in the UsefulNotes/PunicWars along with Celtiberian and South Iberian forces). In fact, they were considered at several points the most warlike tribe in Hispania.

* Viriato's home village in the series is Caura, current day Coria in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura. There's a problem with this: Caura belonged to the Vettones, not the Lusitani, so it could not be home village to a Lusitanian like Viriathus. Granted, Vettones were allies of the Lusitanians so often that they could go undistinguished in sources (a reason why they ended up piled all together in the Roman province of Lusitania when the peninsula was conquered), but they were two clearly distinct tribes.

* Many of the female Roman dresses shown in the series are VaporWear, which is wrong CommonKnowledge about how Roman women dressed (they wore two kinds of bra named ''strophium'' or ''mamillare'' that made their chest smaller and less conspicuous, as in their views, excessively large breasts were comical and ugly).
* Claudia sometimes tries to turn Galba into a HenpeckedHusband, to the extent of belittling him in front of his men for petty private matters, and this is not even PlayedForLaughs. In ancient Rome, this behavior would absolutely not have been tolerated in a woman (or a man, considering we are talking about making a fool of a ''praetor'' in public), to the point she might have ended up literally crucified for that.

* In the series, the Romans show disdain towards the pottery vats used by the Iberians, as they consider them "barbaric" compared to their own wooden barrels. Aside from the fact that ceramics were never considered barbaric in Rome, but actually a ''luxury'', barrels weren't introduced in Rome until Julius Caesar's time.

* None of the Lusitanians from the series wears armor or helmet in battle. This point is the nearest to being accurate, as they generally disliked any gear that hindered their movements on the battlefield and often did not wear helmets, but they did not go completely unarmored either. Just some limb guards and maybe a few leather helmets would have been enough to recreate them faithfully.

* Roman generals didn't bring their wifes or female relatives with them in their military campaigns, among other things because of the dangers, uncommodities and sheer needlessness of it. The series's example is particularly blatant because the conquest of Hispania was one of the bloodiest in the history of Rome, to the extent that citizens and soldiers alike were scared of being ever called to serve there. Even since before the time of Viriathus, Hispania was literally the last place any Roman would want his loved ones to live.

* Stirrups weren't used yet, neither by the Romans nor by the Iberians.

* In one episode, Viriato and his men steal legionary uniforms and infiltrate the Roman camp. In real life, this would have been unrealizable by a number of reasons (for instance, likely few Lusitanians spoke Latin, and even fewer would have known Roman military customs well enough to disguise themselves as legionaries even for a day), but the most blatant one is that all of them sport either beards or stubbles, which would have revealed their identities immediately given that Roman soldiers were obliged to shave. Strangely, this is actually kept in the series itself, as all the actors and extras playing Romans are shaven, but still nobody realizes the ruse (Claudia does recognize Viriato, though not for this reason).

* The character of Teodoro is based in a historical character named Astolpas, who was Viriathus's father-in-law. In reality, Astolpas never opposed to the marriage of his daughter to Viriathus, as the bridegroom was already powerful among the Lusitanians when he married her, and only became his enemy when Viriathus badmouthed him for cramming his riches for himself instead of sharing with the rest during the wars against Rome.
* The name of Viriathus's wife is unknown, for it is not included in any chronicle, but oral tradition has it as Tongina or Tangina. The name of Bárbara, aside from being a deviation from this, is thoroughly alien to the time and place.

* In one episode, Viriato and his men steal legionary uniforms and infiltrate the Roman camp. In real life, this would have been unrealizable by a number of reasons (for instance, likely few Lusitanians spoke Latin, and even fewer would have known Roman military customs well enough to disguise themselves as legionaries even for a day), but the most blatant one is that all of them sport either beards or stubbles, which would have revealed their identities immediately given that Roman soldiers were obligued to shave. Strangely, this is actually kept in the series itself, as all the actors and extras playing Romans are shaven, but still nobody realizes the ruse (Claudia does recognize Viriato, though not for this reason).

* The previous point is not the only accidental blasphemy shown, either. In an episode of the series, a Roman official casually orders not to bury several fallen legionaries in order not to waste time, which his men comply no problem. In real life, Romans were extremely superstitious about death rituals, and believed that any corpse left unburied would become an evil spirit and curse them for having failed at giving him a proper burial. Leaving corpses behind like that was a last resource reserved for very screwed up situations.

* Spaniards in the series don't seem to employ slaves or keep any kind of slavery, while the Romans do and are called out by it. In real life, slavery was night omnipresent in all cultures at the time, and Lusitanians weren't the exception. For instance, the city of Salmantica, which is located pretty near to the series' place and whose Vetton inhabitants were allies to Viriathus, was known as a great market of slaves.

* In another instance, Claudia writes back to her father accusing Galba of raping female slaves. At the time and place, there was no such thing as "raping slaves" either legally or morally - slaves were basically talking objects with no sexual consent, and sleeping with one was not even considered adultery.

* Although pop culture has them as the quintaessential Iberian sword, falcatas were actually a thing from the coastal regions of South East Iberia. Most other Spaniard tribes preferred straight swords that by all accounts would have looked almost identical to the Roman gladius (it's even believed that Romans copied them a century earlier!). That doesn't mean Lusitanians never used falcatas, as they could have acquired them through sacking or commerce, but they definitely didn't produce them, nor considered them as a sign of their tribal identity (unless as war trophies).

* None of the Lusitanians from the series wear armor or helmet in battle. This point is the nearest to being accurate, as they generally disliked any gear that hindered their movements on the battlefield and often did not wear helmets, but they did not go completely unarmored either. Just some limb guards and maybe a few leather helmets would have been enough to recreate them faithfully.

* Marco is repeatedly addressed as "general", which historically would be ''Galba'''s own manner of address given that he was the one sporting the rank of general granted by the Senate. The second-in-command role played by Marco should be called "legatus".

* A Roman soldier captured by Viriato claims to have joined the army in order to escape poverty. Assuming he was telling the truth, as it is implied, this is another error, as at the time and place only citizens who could pay for the relatively expensive Roman armor could enlist (which logically excluded paupers and beggars).

* Assuming the character of Césaro is meant to be the historical Caesarus, it is quite of a stretch to think that he and Viriathus were born in the same village and cohabited there for any amount of time. Also, given that Caesarus's previous rebellion was successfully drowned by Rome, he might have even been dead by the time Viriathus rose up (and if he was alive, the Romans would have been eager to get their hands on him due to his role in a previous Lusitanian revolt, not content with leaving him as a vassal chief as in the series).
* The character of Teodoro is based in a historical character named Astolpas, who was Viriathus's father-in-law. In reality, Astolpas never opposed to the marriage of his daughter to Viriathus, as the bridegroom was already powerful among the Lusitanians when he married her, and only became his enemy (if ever did) when Viriathus badmouthed him for cramming his riches for himself instead of sharing with the rest during the wars against Rome.

* Ironically to the previous, Caepio does appear briefly in the series's third season and in its short-lived spinoff ''Imperium'', albeit in a heavily altered version with HistoricalHeroUpgrade included. Here, he is the praetor of Hispania Citerior (a job he never had in real life), a friend/rival to Galba (despite they never served together in history) and a honorable politician opposed to waging war against the Iberians (exactly how he was ''not'' in real life) who is also unrelated to Viriato's death (maybe true, but not what it is traditionally believed). That said, he later does a FaceHeelTurn in ''Imperium'', making him closer to his real self.

* Many of the Iberian character names are very far from being believably Lusitanian or Celtic, and seem to have been chosen AsLongAsItSoundsForeign. For instance, "Darío" is a Persian name, "Sandro" is a very modern Italian name form, and "Aaron" and "Esther" are ''Hebrew'' names of all things. Conversely, while names in Hispania often had a Greek flavor due to the sea commerce with Greeks and Phoenicians, it never got as much as to have so many people with very Classic Greek names like "Helena", "Héctor" or "Nerea".
** One of the show's writers actually went in social media and used ViewersAreMorons as justification.

* None of the Lusitanians from the series wear armor or helmet in battle. This point is the nearest to being accurate, as they generally disliked any gear that hindered their movements on the battlefield and often did not wear helmets, but they did not went completely unarmored either. Just some limb guards and maybe a few leather helmets would have been enough to recreate them faithfully.

* Marco is repeatedly addressed as "general", which historically would be ''Galba'''s own manner of address given that he was the one sporting the rank of general granted by the Senate. The second-in-command role played by Marco should be called ''legatus''.

* In one episode, Viriato and his men steal legionary uniforms and infiltrate the Roman camp. In real life, this would have been unrealizable by a number of reasons (for instance, likely few Lusitanians spoke Latin, and even fewer would have known Roman military customs well enough to disguise themselves as legionaries even for a day), but the most blatant one is that all of them sport either beards or stubbles, which would have revealed their identities immediately given that Roman soldiers were obligued to shave. Strangely, this is actually kept in the series itself, as all the actors and extras playing Romans are shaven, but still nobody realizes the ruse (Claudia does recognize Viriato, but by completely different reasons).

* The real Viriathus was a chieftain who started the war with around 10000 men and soon gathered even larger armies under his command, while the series portrays him romantically as a bandit leading a FiveManBand based around a small village. Also, although he is popularly thought as a man of humble origin just as represented in the series, many modern historians believe he was actually a member of the Lusitanian ruling elite, specifically not a mere shepherd but the leader of a clan of owners of cattle.
* Assuming the character of Césaro is meant to be the historical Caesarus, it is quite of a stretch to think that he and Viriathus were born in the same village and cohabited there for any amount of time. Also, given that Caesarus's previous rebellion was successfully drowned by Rome, he might have even been dead by the time Viriathus rose up (and if he was alive, the Romans would have been eager to get their hands on him, not content with leaving him as a vassal chief as in the series).

* Ironically to the previous, Caepio does appear briefly in the series's third season and in its short-lived spinoff ''Imperium'', albeit in a heavily altered version with HistoricalHeroUpgrade included. Here, he is the praetor of Hispania Citerior (a job he never had in real life), a friend/rival to Galba (despite they never served together in history) and a honorable politician opposed to waging war against the Iberians (exactly how he was ''not'' in real life) who is also unrelated to Viriato's death (maybe true, but not what it is traditionally believed). That said, he later does a shocking FaceHeelTurn in ''Imperium'', making him closer to his real self.
* Claudia claims that Galba was a mere soldier when she met him. This is impossible, not only because the historical Galba was never "a mere soldier" (he was born in the wealthy Sulpicia family), but also because in ancient Rome, being a politician required either massive amounts of money or a massively influent family - certainly not things a lowly soldier could ever aspire to obtain. A youthful romance between a legionary and the daughter of a senator was a romantic idea, but not a realistic one.

* Related to the previous, the historical Audax, Minurus and Ditalcus weren't Lusitanians like Viriathus, but Turdetanian allies.

* After learning Marco had a past military career in "Orient", Claudia questions him whether he knows anything about the famed oriental princesses. Historically, the only time Rome had fought in Asia up to that point was against Antiochus III in 189 BC, almost fifty years before the events in the series - that is, clearly before Marco (who is played by a 30-40 years old actor) had been born.

** One of the show's writers acually went in social media and used ViewersAreMorons as justification.

** One of the show's writers acually went in social media and used ViewersAreMorons as justification. Audiences are apparently too stupid to understand that Viriathus's father-in-law's name in history was Astolpas, instead of the Greek-origin Teodoro.

* In a related point point, Roman noblewomen inherited forcefully a female variation of her father's ''nomen'', so the daughter of a senator named Tulio should be named Tulia, not Claudia.

* Speaking of the devil, the historical Lusitanians were essentially the opposite of the peaceful, openly pacifist villagers shown in the series. In real life, they were a warrior tribe who literally lived off brigandrage, tribal warfare and even mercenary service due to poverty and the low productivity of his lands (some Lusitanians served as guards and soldiers in other territories and Roman provinces, and a contingent of them even fought for Hannibal in the UsefulNotes/PunicWars along with Celtiberian and South Iberian forces). In fact, they were considered at several points the most warlike tribe in Hispania.

* Although it can be understood as a narrative necessity to picture a clear BigBad, the real Roman forces in Hispania weren't solely led by Servius Sulpicius Galba, or even led by him in the first place. He shared command first with Lucius Licinius Lucullus (who was his superior and accomplice in the Massacre of the Lusitanians) and later with Fabius Maximus Aemilianus (who eventually took Galba's place). At the end of the Lusitanian War, they all had been replaced by Quintus Servilius Caepio and Marcus Popillius Laenas, who were supposedly in charge of the bribery that ended Viriathus's life.

* Claudia claims that Galba was a mere soldier when she met him. This is impossible, not only because the historical Galba was never "a mere soldier" (he was born in the wealthy Sulpicia family), but also because in ancient Rome, being a politician required either massive amounts of money or a massively influent family - certainly not things a lowly soldier could aspire to obtain. A youthful romance between a legionary and the daughter of a senator was a romantic idea, but not a realistic one.

* None of the Lusitanians from the series wear armor or helmet in battle. This point is the nearest to being accurate, as they generally disliked any gear that hindered their movements on the battlefield and often did not wear helmets, but they not went completely unarmored either. Just some limb guards and maybe a few leather helmets would have been enough to recreate them faithfully.

* Roman generals didn't bring their wifes or female relatives with them in their military campaigns, among other things because of the dangers, uncommodities and needlessness of it. The series's example is particularly blatant because the Roman conquest of Hispania made UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar look like a park stroll by ancient standards, and citizens and soldiers alike in Rome were scared of being ever called to serve there.
* Miraculously, the producers got the Roman legionary armor right: they have them wearing mail armor or ''loriga hamata'' instead of the infinitely more iconic but much rarer stripped armor or ''loriga segmentata'', which is an easy mistake many higher budgeted historical productions commit. However, they got everything else wrong. The legionaries from the series wear Imperial helmets when they should wear Montefortinian ones, and their shields should be oval, as rectangular shields were introduced much later, during Tiberius's reign. Also, their army is apparently 100% composed of legionaries, while in real life it would have been formed by several others types of soldiers, like auxiliars, velites and the like.

* A Roman soldier captured by Viriato claims to have joined the army in order to escape poverty. Assuming he was telling the truth, as it is implied, this is another error, as at the time and place only citizens who could pay for the relatively expensive Roman armor could enlist, which logically excluded paupers and beggars.

* The real Viriathus was a chieftain who started the war with around 10000 men and soon gathered even larger armies under his command. Meanwhile, the series opts to portray him romantically as a bandit leading a FiveManBand based around a small village. Also, while he is popularly thought as a man of humble origin just as represented in the series, many modern historians believe he was actually a member of the Lusitanian ruling elite, specifically not a mere shepherd but the leader of a clan of owners of cattle.
* Assuming the character of Césaro is meant to be the historical Caesarus/Caisaros, it is quite of a stretch to think that he and Viriathus were born in the same village and cohabited there for any amount of time. Also, given that Caesarus's previous rebellion was successfully drowned by Rome, he might have even been dead by the time Viriathus rose up (and if he was alive, the Romans would have been eager to get their hands on him, not content with leaving him as a vassal chief like in the series).
* The character of Teodoro is based in a historical character named Astolpas, who was Viriathus's father-in-law. In reality, Astolpas never opposed to the marriage of his daughter to Viriathus, as the bridegroom was already powerful among the Lusitanians when he married her, and only became his enemy when Viriathus badmouthed him for cramming his riches for himself instead of sharing with the rest during the wars against Rome.
* The name of Viriathus's wife is unknown, for it is not included in any chronicle, but oral tradition has it as Tongina or Tangina. The name of Bárbara, aside from being thoroughly alien to the time and place, is another deviation.

* Ironically to the previous, Caepio does appear briefly in the series's third season and in its short-lived spinoff ''Imperium'', albeit in a heavily altered version with HistoricalHeroUpgrade included. Here, he is the praetor of Hispania Citerior (a job he never had in real life), a friend/rival to Galba (despite they never served together in history) and a honorable politician opposed to waging war against the Iberians (exactly how he was ''not'' in real life) who is also unrelated to Viriato's death (maybe true, but not what it is traditionally believed). That said, he later does a shocking FaceHeelTurn in ''Imperium'').

* Miraculously, the producers got the Roman legionary armor right: they have them wearing mail armor or ''loriga hamata'' instead of the infinitely more iconic but much rarer stripped armor or ''loriga segmentata'', which is an easy mistake many higher budgeted historical productions commit. However, they got everything else wrong. The legionaries from the series wear Italo-Corintian helmets when they should wear Montefortinian ones, and their shields should be oval, as rectangular shields were introduced much later, during Tiberius's reign. Also, their army is apparently 100% composed of legionaries, while in real life it would have been formed by several others types of soldiers, like auxiliars, velites and the like.

* In the series, Darío, Sandro and Paulo are brought to Rome as the (framed) murderers of Viriathus, thus playing a HistoricalHeroUpgrade of Minurus, Audax and Ditalcus. In real life, the aforementioned historical characters were certainly directed there by Caepio to get the rest of their reward, but they apparently never reached Rome. If they were really bribed or victims of a scheme, as Darío and company were in the series, the wisest decision would have been certainly disposing of them on the spot; sending them as prisoners to Rome would have only served to let the Senate know their version, which would have only harmed the schemer's reputation even if they weren't believed. For Galba, who was already suspicious of dirty money affairs both in history and in the series, it would have been the worst decision possible.

* Assuming the character of Césaro is meant to be the historical Caesarus/Caisaros, it is quite of a stretch to think that he and Viriathus were born in the same village and cohabited there for any amount of time. Also, given that Caesarus's previous rebellion was successfully drowned by Rome, he might have even been dead by the time Viriathus rose up (and if he was not, the Romans would have been eager to capture him, not leave him to be the chief of a village).
* The character of Teodoro is based in a historical character named Astolpas, who was Viriathus's father-in-law. In reality, Astolpas never opposed to the marriage of his daughter to Viriathus, as the bridegroom was already powerful among the Lusitanians when he married her, and only turned to the Romans when Viriathus badmouthed him for cramming his riches for himself instead of sharing with the rest during the wars against Rome.

* Ironically to the previous, Caepio does appear briefly in the series's third season and in its short-lived spinoff ''Imperium'', albeit in a heavily altered version with HistoricalHeroUpgrade included. Here, he is the praetor of Hispania Citerior (a job he never had in real life), a friend/rival to Galba (despite they never served together in history) and a honorable politician opposed to waging war against the Iberians (exactly how he was ''not'' in real life) who is unrelated to Viriato's death (maybe true, but not what it is traditionally believed). That said, he later does a shocking FaceHeelTurn in ''Imperium'').
* Claudia claims that Galba was a mere soldier when she met him. This is impossible, not only because the historical Galba was never "a mere soldier" (he was born in the wealthy Sulpicia family), but also because in ancient Rome, being a politician required either massive amounts of money or a massively influent family - certainly not things a lowly soldier could aspire to obtain. In that line, an early romance between a footsoldier and the daughter of a senator is a romantic idea, but definitely not a realistic one in ancient Rome.

* In the series, Darío, Sandro and Paulo are brought to Rome as the (framed) murderers of Viriathus, thus playing a HistoricalHeroUpgrade of Minurus, Audax and Ditalcus. In reality, the aforementioned historical characters never went further than the camp of Quintus Servilius Caepio, who either kicked them out or executed them right there. If they were really bribed or victims of a scheme, as Darío and company were in the series, the wisest decision would have been certainly disposing of them on the spot; sending them to Rome would have only served to let the Senate know their version, which would have only harmed the schemer's reputation even if they weren't believed. For Galba, who was already suspicious of dirty money affairs both in history and in the series, it would have been the worst decision possible.
* Norba Caesarina (current city of Cáceres) was founded in 34 BC, a whole century after Viriathus's death.

* After knowing Marco had a past military career in "Orient", Claudia once questions him whether he knows about the famed oriental princesses. Historically, the only time Rome had fought in Asia up to that point it was against Antiochus III in 189 BC, almost fifty years before the events in the series - that is, clearly before Marco had been born.

* Many of the Iberian character names are very far from being believably Lusitanian or Celtic, and seem to have been chosen AsLongAsItSoundsForeign. For instance, "Darío" is a Persian name, "Sandro" is a very modern Italian name form, and "Aaron" and "Esther" are ''Hebrew'' names of all things. Conversely, while names in Hispania often had a Greek flavor due to the sea commerce with Greeks and Phoenicians, it was never as much as to have so many people with very Classic Greek names like "Helena", "Héctor" or "Nerea".
* "Viriathus" means "the torqued one" or "the one who wears torques", a torque being a kind of metal collar or wristband worn by Celtic chiefs and nobles. This brings two options: either Viriathus was born in a noble family (which is still discussed today) or he was born under another name and simply adopted Viriathus as a title after becoming the Lusitanian chieftain (which is also considered a possibility today). Unfortunately, the Viriato from ''Hispania'' is poor yet carries that name from birth at the same time, making it doubly stupid.

* In a related point point, Roman noble daughters inherited forcefully a female variation of her father's ''nomen'', so the daughter of a senator named Tulio should be named Tulia, not Claudia.
* Ancient Hispania was not an unified nation, and no man from there would have declared himself Iberian or Hispanian like Viriato does in the series (it would have been surprising that they knew such words to begin with, or at least to use them differently from how we use today "European" or "Asian"). In the best case, he would have prided himself of being a Lusitanian, which was his true nation.
* Speaking of the devil, the historical Lusitanians were essentially the opposite of the peaceful, openly pacifist villagers shown in the series. In real life, they were a warrior tribe who literally lived off brigandrage, tribal warfare and even mercenary service (some of them served as guards and soldiers in other territories and Roman provinces, and a contingent of them even fought for Hannibal in the UsefulNotes/PunicWars along with Celtiberian and Iberian forces) due to poverty and the low productivity of their lands. In fact, they were considered at some points the most warlike tribe in Hispania.
* Viriato's home village in the series is Caura, current day Coria in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura. There's a problem with this: Caura belonged to the Vettones, not the Lusitani, so it could not be home village to a Lusitanian like Viriathus. Granted, Vettones were allies of the Lusitanians so often that they could go undistinguished in sources (a reason why they ended up piled all together in the Roman province of Lusitania when they conquered the peninsula), but they were two clearly distinct tribes.

* The previous point is not the only accidental blasphemy shown, either. In an episode of the series, a Roman official opts to casually order not to bury several of his fallen legionaries in order not to waste time, which they comply no problem. In real life, Romans were extremely superstitious about death rituals, and believed that any corpse left unburied would become an evil spirit and curse them for having failed at giving him a proper burial. Leaving corpses behind like that was a last resource reserved for very screwed up situations.

* In another instance, Claudia writes back to her father accusing Galba of raping female slaves. At the time and place, there was no such thing as "raping slaves" either legally or morally - slaves were basically talking objects with no sexual consent, to the point that sleeping with one was not even considered adultery.

* Although pop culture has them as the quintaessential Iberian sword, falcatas were actually a thing from the distant regions of South East Iberia. Most other Iberian tribes preferred straight swords that by all accounts could have looked almost identical to the Roman gladius (it's even believed that Romans copied them a century earlier!). That doesn't mean Lusitanians never used falcatas, as they could have acquired some through sacking or commerce, but they definitely didn't produce them, nor considered them as a sign of their tribal identity (unless as war trophies).

* None of the Lusitanian characters of the series wear armor or helmet in battle. This point is the nearest to being accurate, as Iberians generally disliked any gear that hindered their movements on the battlefield and often did not wear helmets, but they not were completely unarmored either. In case of the recreated Lusitanians from the series, just some limb guards and maybe a few leather helmets would have been enough.
* The natives from the series use bows and arrows a lot, to the point that it seems to be their only other weapon aside from the falcata. In reality, the bow was barely used in the Iberian peninsula; they preferred other ranged weapons like slings and javelins, which are conspicuously absent from the series. This is strange even by pop culture standards, as the sling is pretty much the second most known ancient Spanish weapon.

* Marco is repeatedly addressed as "general", which historically would be ''Galba'''s own manner of address given that he was the one sporting the general rank granted by the Senate. The second-in-command role played by Marco should be called ''legatus''.
* Roman generals didn't bring their wifes or female relatives with them in their military campaigns, among other things because of the dangers, uncommodities and needlessness of it. The series's example is particularly blatant because the Roman conquest of Hispania made UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar look historically like a park stroll, and citizens and soldiers alike were scared of being ever called to fight there.
* Miraculously, the producers got the Roman legionary armor right: they have them wearing mail armor or ''loriga hamata'' instead of the infinitely more iconic but much rarer stripped armor or ''loriga segmentata'', which is an easy mistake many higher budgeted historical productions commit. However, they got everything else wrong. The legionaries from the series wear Italo-Corintian helmets when they should wear Montefortinian ones, and their shields should be oval, as rectangular shields were introduced much later during Tiberius's reign. Also, their army is apparently 100% composed of legionaries, while in real life it would have been formed by several others types of soldiers, like auxiliars, velites and the like.

* In one episode, Viriato and his men steal legionary uniforms and infiltrate the Roman camp. In real life, this would have been unrealizable by a number of reasons (for instance, few Lusitanians spoke Latin, and even fewer would have known Roman military customs well enough to disguise themselves as legionaries even for a day), but the most blatant one is that all of them sport either beards or stubbles, which would have revealed their identities immediately given that Roman soldiers were obligued to shave. Strangely, this is actually kept in the series itself, as all the actors and extras playing Romans are shaven, but still nobody realizes the ruse (Claudia does recognize Viriato, but by completely different reasons).
* A Roman soldier captured by Viriato claims to have joined the army in order to escape poverty. Assuming he was telling the truth as it is implied, this is another error, as at the time and place only citizens who could pay for the relatively expensive Roman armor could enlist, which logically excluded paupers and beggars.

* The real Viriathus was a chieftain who united large parts of the Iberian peninsule against the Roman and had enormous armies under his command, but the series opts to portray him romantically as a bandit leading a FiveManBand based around a small village. Also, while he is popularly thought as a man of humble origin just as represented in the series, many modern historians believe he was actually a member of the Lusitanian ruling elite, specifically not a mere shepherd but the leader of a clan of owners of cattle.
* Assuming the character of Césaro is meant to be the historical Caesarus/Caisaros, it is quite of a stretch to think that Viriathus and him were born in the same village. Also, given that Caesarus's previous rebellion was successfully drowned by Rome, he might have even been dead by the time Viriathus rose up.

!!Culture

* The Romans's names are not much better. For instance, in real life, a Roman (free) male name was composed of a ''praenomen'', a ''nomen'' and a ''cognomen'', but "Marco Quinto Cornelio" are two ''praenomen'' and one ''cognomen'', which makes it impossible. In a similar point, Roman noble daughters inherited forcefully a female variation of her father's ''nomen'', so the daughter of a senator named Tulio should be named Tulia, not Claudia, as in the series.

* Speaking of the devil, the historical Lusitanians were practically the opposite of the peaceful, openly pacifist villagers shown in the series. They were a warrior tribe who literally lived off brigandrage, tribal warfare and even mercenary service (some of them served as guards and soldiers in other territories and Roman provinces, and a contingent of them even fought for Hannibal in the UsefulNotes/PunicWars along with Celtiberian and Iberian forces) due to poverty and the low productivity of their lands.
* Viriato's home village in the series is Caura, current day Coria in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura. There's a problem with this: Caura belonged to the Vettones, not the Lusitani, so it could not be home village to a Lusitanian like Viriathus. Granted, Vettones were allies of the Lusitanians so often that they could go undistinguished in sources (reason why they ended up piled all together in the Roman province of Lusitania when they conquered the peninsula), but they were two clearly distinct tribes.

!!Military
* Although pop culture has them as the quintaessential Iberian sword, falcatas were actually a thing from the distant regions of South East Iberia. Most other Iberian tribes preferred straight swords that by all accounts could have looked almost identical to the Roman gladius (it's even believed that Romans copied them a century earlier!). That doesn't mean Lusitanians never used falcatas, as they could have acquired some through sacking or commerce, but they definitely didn't produce them, nor definitely considered them as a sign of their tribal identity (unless as war trophies).

* None of the Lusitanian characters of the series wear armor or helmet in battle. This point is the nearest to being accurate, as Iberians generally disliked any gear that hindered their movements on the battlefield and often did not wear helmets, but they ''did'' wear protective garments. In case of the Lusitanians from the series, just some limb guards and maybe a few leather helmets would have been enough.

* Miraculously, the producers got the Roman legionary armor right: they have them wearing mail armor or ''loriga hamata'' instead of the infinitely more iconic but much rarer stripped armor or ''loriga segmentata'', which is an easy mistake many higher budgeted historical productions commit. However, they got everything else wrong. The legionaries from the series wear Italo-Corintian helmets when they should wear Montefortinian ones, and their shields should be oval, as rectangular shields were introduced much later during Tiberius's reign. Also, their army is apparently 100% composed of legionaries, while in real life it would have been formed by several others types of soldiers, like auxiliars, velites and the like.
* Stirrups weren't used yet, neither by the Romans nor by the Iberians.

* Similarly, Roman permanent military camps were surrounded by a moat for defensive purposes and its tents were made of fabric. The one from the series lacks a moat and its tents are made of leather.

!!Characters

* The character of Teodoro is apparently based in a historical character named Astolpas, who was Viriathus's father-in-law. In reality, Astolpas never opposed to the marriage of his daughter to Viriathus, as the bridegroom was already powerful among the Lusitanians when he married her, and only turned to the Romans when Viriathus badmouthed him for cramming his riches for himself instead of sharing with the rest during the wars against Rome.
* The name of Viriathus's wife is unknown, for it is not included in any chronicle, but oral tradition has it as Tongina or Tangina. The name of Bárbara, aside from being thoroughly not from the time and place, is another change.

* Claudia claims that Galba was a mere soldier when she met him. This is impossible, not only because the historical Galba was never "a mere soldier" (he was born in the wealthy Sulpicia family), but also because in ancient Rome, being a politician required either massive amounts of money or a massively influent family - certainly not things a lowly soldier could aspire to obtain. Similarly, an early romance between a footsoldier and the daughter of a senator is a romantic idea, but definitely not a realistic one.

!!Events

* In the spin-off series ''Imperium'', after returning victorious from the war against Viriato, Galba is tasked with conquering Numantia. This never happened in history, as Galba had no part in the UsefulNotes/CeltiberianWars and simply returned to Rome after finishing his affairs with the Lusitanians.

* Claudia claims that Galba was a mere soldier when she met him. This is impossible, not only because the historical Galba was never "a mere soldier" (he was born in the wealthy Sulpicia family), but also because in ancient Rome, being a politician required either massive amounts of money or a massively influent family - certainly not things a lowly soldier could aspire to gain.

* In the series, Darío, Sandro and Paulo are brought to Rome as the (framed) murderers of Viriathus, thus playing a HistoricalHeroUpgrade of Minurus, Audax and Ditalcus. In reality, the aforementioned historical characters never went further than the camp of Quintus Servilius Caepio, who either kicked them out or executed them right there. If they were really bribed or victims of a scheme, as Darío and company were in the series, the wisest decision would have been certainly disposing of them on the spot; sending them to Rome would have only served to let the Senate know their version, which would have only harmed the schemer's reputation even if they didn't believe them. For Galba, who was already suspicious of dirty money affairs both in history and in the series, it would have been the worst decision possible.

* Many of the Iberian character names are very far from being believably Iberian or Celtic, and seem to have been chosen AsLongAsItSoundsForeign. For instance, "Darío" is a Persian name, "Sandro" is a very modern Italian name form, and "Aaron" and "Esther" are ''Hebrew'' names of all things. Conversely, while Iberian names often had a Greek flavor due to the sea commerce with Greeks ad Phoenicians, it was never as much as to have so many people with very Classic Greek names like "Helena", "Héctor" or "Nerea".
* "Viriathus" means "the torqued one" or "the one who wears torques", a torque being a kind of metal collar or wristband worn by Celtic chiefs and nobles. This brings two options: either Viriathus was born in a noble family (which is still discussed today) or he was born under another name and simply adopted Viriathus as a title after becoming the Lusitanian chieftain (which is also considered a possibility today). Unfortunately, the Viriato from ''Hispania'' is poor yet carries that name from birth at the same time.

* Ancient Hispania was not an unified nation, and no man from there would have declared himself Iberian or Hispanian like Viriato does in the series (it would have been surprising that they knew such words to begin with, or at least to treat them as we treat today "American" or "European"). In the best case, he would have prided himself of being a Lusitanian, which was his true nation.

* Although pop culture has them as the quintaessential Iberian sword, falcatas were actually a thing from the distant regions of South East Iberia. Most other Iberian tribes preferred straight swords that by all accounts could have looked almost identical to the Roman gladius (it's even believed that Romans copied them a century earlier!). That doesn't mean Lusitanians never used falcatas, as they could have acquired them through sacking or commerce, but they definitely didn't ''produce'' them, nor considered them as a sign of their tribal identity (unless as war trophies).
* Going beyond the previous point, Iberian falcatas were carefully tailor-made for every warrior and not mass-produced like Sandro does. Also, despite his InsistentTerminology that they are named falcatas and not swords, the name "falcata" is actually as modern as 1872 and it comes from a Latin expression: we don't know the sword's Iberian name, but it was surely not that.
* None of the Lusitanian characters of the series wear armor or helmet in battle. This point is the nearest to being accurate, as Iberians generally disliked any gear that hindered their movements on the battlefield, but they ''did'' wear protective garments. In case of Lusitanian fighters, just leather helmets and limb guards would have been enough.
* Iberians from the series use bows and arrows a lot, to the point that it seems to be their only other weapon aside from the falcata. In reality, the bow was barely used in the Iberian peninsula; they preferred other ranged weapons like slings and javelins, which are conspicuously absent from the series. This is strange even by pop culture standards, as the sling is pretty much the second most known ancient Iberian weapon.
* Miraculously, the producers got the Roman legionary armor right: they have them wearing mail armor or ''loriga hamata'' instead of the infinitely more iconic stripped armor or ''loriga segmentata'', which is an easy mistake many higher budgeted historical productions commit. However, they got everything else wrong. The legionaries from the series wear Italo-Corintian helmets when they should wear Montefortinian ones, and their shields should be oval, as rectangular shields were introduced much later during Tiberius's reign. Also, their army is apparently 100% composed of legionaries, while in real life it would have been formed by several others types of soldiers, like auxiliars, velites and the like.

* Iberian villages or cities were fortified and built in hills and high terrains for defensive purposes. The one from the series? Without either wall or towers and planted in midst of a bucolic plain. Also, the huts used by Viriathus and his people were squared, not round.

* The real Viriathus was a chieftain who united most of the Iberian peninsule against the Roman and had enormous armies under his command, but the series opts to portray him romantically as a misunderstood rebel leading a FiveManBand based around a small village. Also, while he is popularly thought as a man of humble origin just as represented in the series, many modern historians believe he was actually a member of the Iberian ruling elite, specifically not a mere shepherd but the leader of a clan of owners of cattle.
* The character of Teodoro is apparently based in a historical character named Astolpas, who was Viriathus father-in-law. In reality, Astolpas never opposed to the marriage of his daughter to Viriathus, as the bridegroom was already powerful among the Lusitanians when he married her, and only turned to the Romans when Viriathus badmouthed him for cramming his riches for himself instead of sharing with the Iberian people during the Roman invasion.
* The name of Viriathus's wife is unknown, for it is not included in any chronicle, but oral tradition has it as Tongina or Tangina.

* Ironically to the previous, Caepio does appear briefly in the series's third season and in its short-lived spinoff ''Imperium'', albeit in a heavily altered version with HistoricalHeroUpgrade included. Here, he is the praetor of Hispania Citerior (a job he never had in real life), a friend/rival to Galba (despite they never served together in history) and a honorable politician opposed to waging war against the Iberians who is unrelated to Viriato's death (although he plays a shocking FaceHeelTurn in ''Imperium'').

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* Although it can be understood as a narrative necessity to picture a clear BigBad, the real Roman forces in Hispania weren't solely led by Servius Sulpicius Galba, or even led by him in the first place. He shared command first with Lucius Licinius Lucullus (who was his superior and accomplice in the Massacre of the Lusitanians) and later with Fabius Maximus Aemilianus (who eventually took Galba's place). At the end of the Lusitanian War, they all had been replaced by Quintus Servilius Caepio and Marcus Popillius Laenas, who were supposedly in charge of the bribery that ended Viriathus's life. Ironically, Caepio ''did'' appear in the series's short-lived spinoff ''Imperium'', which supposedly took place much after the death of Viriato.

* In the spin-off series ''Imperium'', after returning victorious from the war against Viriato, Galba is tasked with conquering Numantia. This never happen in history, nor could have happened given that Viriathus died several years after Numantia was destroyed.

!!Culture
* Many of the Iberian character names are very far from being believably Iberian or Celtic, and seem to have been chosen AsLongAsItSoundsForeign. For instance, "Darío" is a Persian name, "Sandro" is a very modern Italian name form, and "Aaron" and "Esther" are ''Hebrew'' names of all things. Conversely, while Iberian names often had a Greek flavor due to the sea commerce with Greeks ad Phoenicians, it was never as much as to have so many people with ''very'' Classic Greek names like "Helena", "Héctor" or "Nerea".
* "Viriathus" means "the torqued one" or "the one who wears torques", a torque being a kind of metal collar worn by Celtic chiefs and nobles. This brings two options: either Viriathus was born in a noble family (which is still discussed today) or he was born under another name and simply adopted Viriathus as a title after becoming the Lusitanian chieftain (which is also considered a possibility today). Unfortunately, the Viriato from ''Hispania'' is poor yet carries that name from birth at the same time.
* The Romans's names are not much better. For instance, in real life, a Roman (free) male name was composed of a ''praenomen'', a ''nomen'' and a ''cognomen'', but "Marco Quinto Cornelio" are two ''praenomen'' and one ''cognomen'', making it impossible. In another point, Roman noble daughters inherited forcefully a female variation of her father's ''nomen'', so the daughter of a senator named Tulio should be named Tulia, not Claudia.
* Lusitanian huts were squared, not round.

* Many of the female Roman dresses shown in the series are VaporWear, which is wrong common knowledge about how Roman women dressed (they wore a kind of bra named ''strophium'' or ''mamillare'', as they believed excessively large breasts were comical and ugly).
* Claudia sometimes tries to turn Galba into a HenpeckedHusband, to the extent of belittling him in front of his men for petty private matters, and this is not even played for laughs. In ancient Rome, this behavior would absolutely not have been tolerated in a woman (or a man, considering we are talking about making a fool of a ''praetor'' in public), to the point she might have ended up literally crucified for that.
* Ancient Hispania was not an united nation, and no man from there would have declared himself Iberian or Hispanian like Viriato does in the series. In the best case, he would have prided himself of being a Lusitanian, which was his true nation.
* In one of his speeches, Galba claims he will found a new Roman province. By that time, Hispania was already divided in two Roman provinces, Citerior and Ulterior, the latter being Galba's own field: any annexed terrain would have simply added to one of them.
* Viriato's home village in the series is Caura, current day Coria in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura. There's a problem with this: Caura belonged to the Vettones, not the Lusitani, so it could not be home village to a Lusitanian like Viriathus.

* Although pop culture has them as the quintaessential Iberian sword, falcatas were actually a thing of South East Iberia: most other Iberian tribes preferred straight swords that by all accounts could have looked almost identical to Roman gladii (it's even believed that Romans copied them from them a century earlier). That doesn't mean Lusitanians never used falcatas, but it would have been a rare weapon among them, possibly limited to those wealthy enough to purchase them from such distant regions, not their reglamentary sword.
* Going beyond the previous point, Iberian falcatas were carefully tailor-made for every warrior and not mass-produced like Sandro does. Also, despite his InsistentTerminology that they are named falcatas and not swords, the name "falcata" is actually as modern as 1872: we don't know the sword's Iberian name, but it was surely not that.
* None of the Lusitanian characters of the series wear armor in battle. In reality, while the classic Iberian armor was known for being lighter than others, they ''did'' wear armor. They also favored ornated helmets, but nobody uses them in the series (this is a bit of TruthInTelevision, as at least Virithus was described as rarely wearing a helmet in some sources).
* The Iberians from the series use bows and arrows a lot, to the point that all their armory seems to be composed of falcatas and bows. In reality, they used less the bow than other ranged weapons like slings and javelins, which are conspicuously absent from the series. This is strange even by pop culture standards, as the sling is pretty much the second most known ancient Iberian weapon.
* The legionary helmets shown in the series are Italo-Corintian when should be Montefortinian instead, and their shields should be round, as rectangular shields were introduced during Tiberius's reign.
* For some reason, the Roman forces at the Massacre of the Lusitanians portrayed in the series wear mail armor. Anybody who has ever looked at a Roman armor of any era knows that's not how it was. It would have made sense if it was limited to the officers or generals, as Polybius says only wealthy Romans could affor mail armor, but not all the freaking army.
* Stirrups weren't used yet.
* Iberian villages or cities were fortified and built in hills and high terrains for defensive purposes. The one from the series? Without either wall or towers and planted in midst of a bucolic plain.

* In one episode, Viriato and his men steal legionary uniforms and infiltrate the Roman camp. In real life, this would have been unrealizable by a number of reasons (for instance, few Iberians spoke Latin, and even fewer knew Roman military customs well enough to disguise themselves as legionaries even for a day), but the most blatant one is that all of them sport either beards or stubbles, which would have revealed their identities immediately given that Roman soldiers were obligued to shave. Strangely, this is actually kept in the series itself, as all the actors and extras playing Romans are shaven, but still nobody realizes the ruse (Claudia does recognize Viriato, but by completely different reasons).

* The character of Teodoro is apparently based in a (presumably) historical character named Astolpas, who was Viriathus father-in-law. In reality, Astolpas never opposed to the marriage of his daughter to Viriathus, as the bridegroom was already powerful among the Lusitanians when he married her, and only turned to the Romans when Viriathus badmouthed him for cramming his riches for himself instead of sharing with the Iberian people during the Roman invasion.
* Although it can be understood as a narrative necessity to picture a clear BigBad, the real Roman forces in Hispania weren't solely led by Servius Sulpicius Galba, or even led by him in the first place. He shared command first with Lucius Licinius Lucullus (who was his superior and accomplice in the Massacre of the Lusitanians) and later with Fabius Maximus Aemilianus (who eventually took Galba's place). At the end of the Lusitanian War, they all had been replaced by Quintus Servilius Caepio and Marcus Popillius Laenas, who were supposedly in charge of the bribery that ended Viriathus's life. Ironically, Caepio ''did'' appear in the series's short-lived spinoff ''Imperium'', which supposedly took place much after the death of Viriathus.
* Claudia claims that Galba was a mere soldier when she met him. This is impossible, not only because the historical Galba was never "a mere soldier", but also because in ancient Rome, being a politician required either massive amounts of money or a massively influent family - certainly not things a soldier could aspire to achieve.

* In the series, Darío, Sandro and Paulo are brought to Rome as the (framed) murderers of Viriathus, thus playing a HistoricalHeroUpgrade of Minurus, Audax and Ditalcus. In reality, the aforementoned historical characters never went further than the camp of Quintus Servilius Caepio, who executed them right there. And with good reasons: if they were really bribed or victims of a scheme (as Darío and company were in the series), bringing them to Rome would not have made sense for the schemer, as they might have slipped the truth in front of the Senate and it would have got him in deep trouble, especially if they were already suspicious of his dirty activities.
* Norba Caesarina (current city of Cáceres) was founded in 34 BC, a whole century after Viriathus's death.

* "Viriathus" means "the torqued one" or "the one who wears torques", a torque being a kind of metal collar worn by Celtic chiefs and nobles. This brings two options: either Viriathus was born in a noble family (which is still discussed today) or he was born under another name and simply adopted Viriathus as a title after becoming the Lusitanian chieftain (which is also considered a possibility today). Unfortunately, the Viriato from ''Hispania'' is poor yet carries that name from birth at the same time, which are two errors in one.
* The Romans's names are not much better. For instance, in real life, a Roman (free) male name was composed of a ''praenomen'', a ''nomen'' and a ''cognomen'', but "Marco Quinto Cornelio" are two ''praenomen'' and one ''cognomen''. In another point, Roman noble daughters inherited forcefully a female variation of her father's ''nomen'', so the daughter of a senator named Tulio should be named Tulia, not Claudia.
* Lusitanian homes were actually squared houses, not round huts.
* Every time Galba comes out in an official toga, it is a different one in design and color, but it is never the one a praetor should wear (white with a purple stripe). In fact, in one episode he comes out wearing a completely purple toga, which was both illegal and blasphemous: one could only wear full purple in a triumph granted by the Senate, where it carried the religious meaning that the wearer had symbolically become Jupiter.

* Claudia sometimes tries to turn Galba into a HenpeckedHusband, to the extent of belittling him in front of his men for petty private matters, and this is not even played for laughs. In ancient Rome, this behavior would absolutely not have been tolerated in a woman (or a man, considering we talk about making a fool of a ''praetor'' in public); she might have ended up literally crucified for that.

* In one of his speeches, Galba claims he will found a new Roman province. This makes zero sense: by that time, Hispania was already divided in two Roman provinces, Citerior and Ulterior, the latter being Galba's own field. There was simply not land left to found another.
* Viriato's village in the series is Caura, current day Coria in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura. There's a problem with this: Caura belonged to the Vettones, not the Lusitani, so it could not be Viriathus's village.

* Although pop culture has them as the quintaessential Iberian sword, falcatas were actually a thing of South East Iberia: most other Iberian tribes preferred straight swords that by all accounts could have looked almost identical to Roman gladii (it's even believed that Romans copied them from the Iberians a century earlier). That doesn't mean Lusitanians never used falcatas, but it would have been a rare weapon among them, possibly limited to those wealthy enough to purchase them from such distant regions.

* None of the Lusitanian characters of the series wear armor in battle. In reality, the classic Iberian armor was known for being lighter than others, but they did wear it. They also favored ornated helmets, but nobody uses them in the series (this is a bit of TruthInTelevision, as Virithus was described as rarely wearing a helmet in some sources).
* The Iberians from the series use bows and arrows a lot, to the point that all their armory seems to be composed of falcatas and bows. In reality, they used less the bow than other ranged weapons like slings and javelins, which are conspicuously absent from the series. This is strange even by pop culture standards, as the sling is pretty much the second most known Iberian weapon.

* For some reason, the Roman forces at the Massacre of the Lusitanians portrayed in the series wear mail armor. Anybody who has ever looked at a Roman armor of any era knows that's not how it was.

* Iberian villages or cities were fortified and built in hills and high terrains for defensive purposes. The one from the series? Without wall or towers and planted in midst of a bucolic plain.

* In one episode, Viriato and his men steal legionary uniforms and infiltrate the Roman camp. In real life, this would have been unrealizable by a number of reasons (for instance, few Iberians spoke Latin, and even fewer knew Roman military customs well enough to disguise themselves as legionaries even for a day), but the most blatant one is that all of them sport either beards or stubbles, which would have revealed their identities immediately given that Roman soldiers were obligued to shave. Strangely, this is actually kept in the series itself, as all the actors and extras playing Romans are shaven, but still nobody bats an eye to this fact (Claudia does recognize Viriato, but by completely different reasons).

* The character of Teodoro is apparently based in a (presumably) historical character named Astolpas, who was Viriathus father-in-law. In reality, Astolpas never opposed to the marriage of his daughter to Viriathus, as the bridegroom was already powerful among the Iberians, and only turned to the Romans when Viriathus badmouthed him for cramming his riches for himself instead of sharing with the Iberian people during the Roman invasion.
* Although it can be understood as a narrative need to picture a clean BigBad, the real Roman forces in Hispania weren't solely led by Servius Sulpicius Galba, or even led by him in the first place. He shared command first with Lucius Licinius Lucullus (who was his superior and accomplice in the Massacre of the Lusitanians) and later with Fabius Maximus Aemilianus (who eventually took Galba's place by the Senate's order). At the end of the Lusitanian war, they all had been replaced as the Roman figureheads by Quintus Servilius Caepio and Marcus Popillius Laenas, who were supposedly in charge of the bribery that ended Viriathus's life. Ironically, Caepio ''did'' appear in the series's short-lived spinoff ''Imperium'', which supposedly took place much after the death of Viriathus.

* In the series, Darío, Sandro and Paulo are brought to Rome as the (framed) murderers of Viriathus, thus playing a HistoricalHeroUpgrade of Minurus, Audax and Ditalcus. In reality, the aforementoned historical characters never went further than the camp of Quintus Servilius Caepio, who executed them right there.

* Many of the Iberian character names are very far from being believably Iberian or Celtic, and seem to have been chosen AsLongAsItSoundsForeign. For instance, "Darío" is a Persian name, "Sandro" is a very modern Italian name form, and "Aaron" and "Esther" are ''Hebrew'' names of all things. Conversely, while Iberian names often had a Greek flavor due to the sea commerce with Greeks ad Phoenicians, it was never as much as to have so many characters with ''very'' Classic Greek names like "Helena", "Héctor" or "Nerea" (or at least we don't have them in known sources).
* The Romans's names are not much better. For instance, in real life, a Roman (free) male name was composed of a ''praenomen'', a ''nomen'' and a ''cognomen'', but "Marco Quinto Cornelio" are two ''praenomen'' and one ''cognomen''. Similarly, a Roman female name would have been basically a variation of her father's, so the daughter of a senator named Tulio should be named Tulia, not Claudia.

* Many of the female Roman dresses shown in the series are VaporWear, which is wrong common knowledge about how Roman women dressed (they wore a kind of bra named ''strophium'' or ''mamillare'', as they believed too large breasts were comical and ugly).
* Claudia sometimes tries to turn Galba into a HenpeckedHusband, to the extent of belittling him in front of his men for petty private matters, and this is not even played for laughs. In ancient Rome, this behavior would absolutely not have been tolerated in a woman (or in a man, considering we talk about making a fool of a ''praetor'' in public); she might have ended up crucified for that.
* Ancient Hispania was not an united nation, and no man from there would have declared himself Iberian or Hispanian like Viriato does in the series. In the best case, he would have prided himself of being a Lusitanian, which ''was'' his nation.
* In one of his speeches, Galba claims he will found a new Roman province. This has zero sense: by that time, Hispania was already divided in two Roman provinces, Citerior and Ulterior, the latter being Galba's own field.

* Although pop culture has them as the quintaessential Iberian sword, falcatas were actually a thing of South East Iberia: Lusitanians and most other Iberian tribes preferred straight swords that by all accounts could have looked almost identical to Roman gladii (it's even believed that Romans copied them from the Iberians a century earlier).
* Going beyond the previous point, Iberian falcatas were carefully tailor-made for every warrior and not mass-produced like Sandro does. Also, despite his InsistentTerminology that they are named falcatas and not swords, the name "falcata" is actually as modern as 1872: we don't know what was the sword's Iberian name, but it was surely not that.
* None of the Lusitanian characters of the series wear armor in battle. In reality, the classic Iberian armor was known for being lighter than others, but they did use it. They also favored ornated helmets, but nobody uses them in the series (this is a bit of TruthInTelevision, as Virithus was described as rarely wearing a helmet in some sources).
* The Iberians from the series use bows and arrows a lot, to the point that all their armory seems to be composed of falcatas and bows. In reality, they used less the bow than other ranged weapons like slings and javelins, which are conspicuously absent from the series. This is strange even by pop culture standards, as the sling is pretty much the second most known Iberian weapon after the falcata.

* The Roman permanent military camps had fortified walls and a moat for defensive purposes, and were usually built in hills and high terrains for the same reasons. Their tents were also made of fabric. The one from the series? Without either wall or moat, planted in midst of a bucolic plain, and with leather tents.
* In one episode, Viriato and his men steal legionary uniforms and infiltrate the Roman camp. In real life, this would have been unrealizable by a number of reasons (being the main ones that few Iberians spoke Latin and even few knew Roman military customs well enough to disguise themselves as legionariones even for a day), but the most blatant one is that all of them sport either beards or stubbles, which would have revealed their identities immediately given that Roman soldiers were obligued to shave. Strangely, this is actually kept in the series itself, as all the actors and extras playing Romans are shaven, but still nobody bats an eye to them (except Claudia, but by completely different reasons).

* The Romans's names are not much better. For instance, in real life, a Roman (free) male name was composed of a ''praenomen'', a ''nomen'' and a ''cognomen'', but "Marco Quinto Cornelio" are two ''praenomen'' and one ''cognomen''. Similarly, a Roman female name would have been basically a variation of her father's ''nomen'', so the daughter of a senator named Tulio should be named Tulia, not "Claudia".

* In the series, Darío, Sandro and Paulo are brought to Rome as the (framed) murderers of Viriathus, thus playing a HistoricalHeroUpgrade of Minurus, Audax and Ditalcus. In reality, the aforementoned historical characters never went further than the camp of Quintus Servilius Caepio, who executed them right there.

* None of the Lusitanian characters of the series wear armor in battle. In reality, the classic Iberian armor was known for being lighter than others, but they did use it. They also favored ornated helmets, but nobody uses them in the series (this is a bit of TruthOnTelevision, as Virithus was described as rarely wearing a helmet in some sources).

* The Roman permanent military camps were fortified and surrounded by a moat for defensive purposes, were usually built in hills and high terrains for the same reasons, and had fabric tents. The one from the series? Without either wall or moat, planted in midst of a bucolic plain, and with leather tents.

* Many of the Iberian character names are very far from being believably Iberian or Celtic, and seem to have been chosen AsLongAsItSoundsForeign. For instance, "Darío" is a Persian name, "Sandro" is a very modern Italian name form, and "Aaron" and "Esther" are ''Hebrew'' names of all things. Conversely, while Iberian names often had a Greek flavor due to the sea commerce, it was never as much as to have so many characters with ''very'' Classic Greek names like "Helena", "Héctor" or "Nerea".
* The Romans's names are not much better. For instance, in real life, a Roman (free) male name was composed of a ''praenomen'', a ''nomen'' and a ''cognomen'', but "Marco Quinto Cornelio" are two ''praenomen'' and one ''cognomen''. Similarly, a Roman female name would have been basically a variation of her father's, so the daughter of a senator named Tulio should be named Tulia, not "Claudia".

* The legionary helmets shown in the series are Italo-Corintian when should be Montefortinian instead, and their shields should be round, as rectangular shields were introduced during Tiberius's reign. Similarly, stirrups weren't used yet. The Roman permanent military camps had a moat for defensive purposes and its tents were made of fabric, not leather.
* Although pop culture has them as the quintaessential Iberian sword, falcatas were actually a thing of South East Iberia: Lusitanians and most other Iberian tribes preferred straight swords that by all accounts could have looked almost identical to Roman gladii (it's even believed that Romans copied them from the Iberians a century earlier). Going beyond that, Iberian falcatas were carefully tailor-made for every warrior and not mass-produced like Sandro does. Also, despite his InsistentTerminology that they are named falcatas and not swords, the name "falcata" is actually as modern as 1872: we don't know how the sword's original name, but it was surely not that.
* The Lusitanian characters of the series barely wear armor and use bows and arrows a lot. In reality, Iberians wore a wide variety of armors and used less the bow than other ranged weapons (conspicuously absent from the series) like slings and javelins.