 Unfortunately for Sertorius his faction lost the war in Italy and Sulla dispatched an army which drove him from Iberia.After some wandering Sertorius ended up at Tingis in North Africa; where he helped the locals dispose a pro-Sullan Tyrant.In Tingis he was met by an embassy of discontented Lusitanians, a fierce Iberian people, who implored him to lead them against the Sullan government who was extorting the back home.