X-Nico

5 unusual facts about celtiberian


Barbastro

An ancient Celtiberian city called Bergidum or Bergiduna, in Roman times Barbastro (now called Brutina) was included in the Hispania Citerior region, and later of Hispania Tarraconensis.

Cliathairi

When fighting offensively, Cliathairi use mid-length swords with somewhat leaf-shaped blades (probably of Celtiberian origin) which are designed for stabbing and used something like a Roman gladius.

Mallén

Belsinon is an ancient Celtiberian archeological site located in the Cerro del Convento hillock, formerly known as Mania or Manlia, near Mallén.

Province of Segovia

The origin of the name Segovia is said of Celtiberian origin, but also thought it was derived from the Visigoth conquest and occupation of Castile by the Goths, a Scandinavian/Germanic tribe lived in Castile from the 4th to 6th centuries AD.

Triana, Seville

The name may be a combination of the Latin tri, meaning "three", and the Celtiberian ana, meaning "river", since the Guadalquivir river split into three branches nearby.


Adolf Schulten

Schulten led the 1905-12 excavations of the celtiberian city of Numantia and the Roman camps nearby and in 1924 searched without success for the location of Tartessos.

Iria Flavia

Iria Flavia or simply Iria in Galicia, northwestern Spain, was a Celtiberian port, the main seat of the Caporos, on the road between Braga and Astorga.


see also