Varduli

Living in the Iberian Peninsula from the 3rd Century BC, the Varduli were settled in the northern region, close to the Pyrenees, in a Celt-Aquitanian "mixed" area.

The Varduli were a pre-Roman tribe[1] settled in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, in what today is the western region of the Basque Country.

Their historical territory corresponds with the current Basque area; however, it is not entirely clear whether the Varduli were actually Aquitanians, related to the Vascones,[2] or Celtized tribes, related to Cantabri or Celtiberians[3] which later underwent Basquisation.[4] It seems probable the group shared the proto-Basque cultural-ethnic identity of the people of this region.

  1. ^ John James Van Nostrand Jr, "The reorganization of Spain by Augustus" University of California Publications in History 4, 1916:122ff
  2. ^ Localización de algunas ciudades várdulas citadas por Mela y Ptolomeo Ildefonso Gurruchaga[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ El puerto romano de Irun Mercedes Urteaga
  4. ^ "Ethnic map of the Iberian Peninsula after the Second Punic War". Archived from the original on 2016-04-05. Retrieved 2012-07-30.