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I would call Rome’s fight against the Picts their Viet Nam.
The Romans finally won against the Numantians.
The Romans never achieved victory against the Picts. They only achieved containment.
We weren’t invading or trying to conquer anyone in Vietnam.
This seems like a unique story and it probably is because the area that is “Spain” was probably the most peaceful of the Roman territories for most of Roman history. So Numantia stands out. But the history of Rome is a history of constant rebellion pretty much everywhere other than the core provinces. Emperors and generals were constantly on the march putting down either civil wars or barbarian invasions or Parthian / Sassanid incursions. Was there a time when the outer provinces were ever truly under Roman control for a long stretch of time?