The Avarigines or Avarigini were a cantabrian tribe[1] that lived on the eastern side of the river Namnasa, the modern Nansa, along its middle and upper parts, opposite the Organomesci.
Regions with significant populations | |
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Spain | |
Languages | |
Cantabrian | |
Religion | |
Cantabrian paganism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Blendii, Camarici or Tamarici, Concani, Coniaci or Conisci, Morecani, Noegi, Orgenomesci, Plentuisii, Salaeni, Vadinienses, Vellici or Velliques |
All we know about them is that their name has a Celtic origin. They were mentioned by the Roman geographer Pomponius Mela.[2] For a long time, due to their similar Celtic names, they were confused with Autrigones, a different and better-documented tribe.[3]
References edit
- ^ Kruta, Les Celtes Histoire Et Dictionnaire, p. 514.
- ^ Per Blendios et Salaenos Sauniuma, per Avariginos et Orgenomescos Namnasa descendit: Pomponius Mela, Chorographia, iii. 12–15. Some editions amend "Avariginos" to "Autrigones".
- ^ Solana Sainz, "The Autrigones through Literary Sources".
Bibliography edit
- Pomponius Mela, De Situ Orbis or Chorographia (On the Places of the World).
- José María Solana Sainz, "The Autrigones through Literary Sources", Colegio Universitario de Álava (1974).
- Venceslas Kruta, Les Celtes Histoire et Dictionnaire, Bouquins (2000).
- Eduardo Peralta Labrador, The Cantabrians before Rome, Ed. Royal Academy of History (2003), ISBN 978-84-89512597.