years and took many lives of young soldiers and the lives of those who were sentenced to a quick death in the slavery mines when not sold as slaves to other parts of the empire. It suffered a severe setback in 150 BC, when a rebellion began in the north. The Lusitanians and other native tribes, under the leadership of Viriathus, wrested control of all of western Iberia. Rome sent numerous legions and its best generals to Lusitania to quell the rebellion, but to no avail -- the Lusitanians kept conquering territory. The Roman leaders decided to change their strategy. They bribed Viriathus's allies to kill him. In 139 BC, Viriathus was assassinated, and Tautalus became leader. Rome installed a colonial regime. The complete Romanization of Lusitania only took place in the Visigothic era.
shows above all that death can be overcome. T h e Elixir may even have the power to restore life in the Ordinary World. Like everything else in the Hero's Journey, returning with the Elixir can be lit eral or metaphoric. T h e Elixir may be an actual substance or medicine brought back to save an endangered community (a feature of several "Star Trek" T V plots and the object of the quest in Medicine Man). It may be literal treasure wrested from the Special W o r l d and shared within a group of adventurers. M o r e figuratively, it may 220 R E T U R N WITH THE ELIXIR be any of the things that drive people to undertake adventure: money, fame, power, love, peace, happiness, success, health, knowledge, or having a good story to tell. T h e best Elixirs are those that bring hero and audience greater awareness. In The Treasure
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