 The Lusitanian War starts in 155, when Punicus attacks some of its neighboring lands that belong to Roman subjects.In this raid, the Lusitanians kill 6000 Romans, including a quaestor named Terentius Varro.After this first victory, the Lusitanians gain the alliance of the Vettones and together lay siege to the Blastophoenicians, a Phoenician settlement subject to Rome.