Taking advantage of this, his friends entered his tent and killed him in his sleep, slitting his throat. Viriathus is only found dead in the morning, when the traitors were long gone. Unable to avenge him as they knew not who murdered him, they instead held a grand funeral: they dressed Viriathus in special garments, burned him in a pyre, held processions, gladiator battles and songs. After the funeral, the popular story of the traitors' fate has Roman general Servilius Caepio having them executed, declaring "Rome does not pay traitors". After the death of Viriathus, Tautalus is elected to lead the Lusitanians. The Lusitanians attempt to raid Saguntum, but fail. On crossing the river Baetis on their return, they are defeated by Caepio and accept to become Rome's subjects. This marks the end of the Lusitanian War. The end of the Lusitanian Wars marks a period of relative peace in Lusitania. The Lusitanians will rise against the Romans only many years later, in 80 to 72 BC, in the Sertorian War, when they recruit the outlaw ex-general Quintus Sertorius to lead a rebellion against Rome. The Lusitanian War, and Viriathus in particular, would become an enduring symbol of Portuguese nationality and independence (see Lusitanic).