Arevaci

The Arevaci (Spanish: Arévacos, in ancient sources also Arvatkos or Areukas called ) were a hill- tribe group in the center and north of the Iberian Peninsula. The largest and probably most important city of their settlement area was Numancia.

Etymology

So far, there are two etymological derivations of the name Arevaci - one refers to the traditional name of a tribe of Vaccäer ( Are- Vaccei would result in something " North Vaccäer " mean ); the other comes from Pliny the Elder, derives the tribal designation of a river by the name of Areva or Araviana. The names of other Celtiberian tribes of traditional loud Beller, Avaker, Tittier, Lusonen, Lusitanians and others.

History

Despite poor source material and only a few archaeological findings, the research is widely agreed that Celtiberian tribes BC were located in the region of the Iberian Meseta since about 1000. The historical consciousness they only came through her ​​years of resistance against the Romans. In the Celtiberian War ( 197-179 BC) the Arevaci seem to have been not involved. During the Spanish War ( 154-133 BC ), a sideshow of the Third Punic War ( 149-146 BC), the Romans tried to roman iseren the country and away from Carthaginian influences. After initial successes the Arevaci and the allied tribes against the Roman armies conquered Scipio Africanus the Younger in 133 BC, the city of Numancia, enslaved the population, leaving the city grind. In the years 99-81 BC, there was renewed uprisings Celtiberian tribes, but they were crushed by the proconsul Titus Didius. In the Cantabrian War ( 29-19 BC) put the Arevaci a cavalry (Ala Hispanorum Arevacorum ). Whether they were involved in the assassination of Praetor Lucius Calpurnius Piso in 25 BC, is unclear.

Places / settlements

  • Numancia ( Garray )
  • Arcobriga ( Monreal de Ariza )
  • Arekoratas ( Ágreda? )
  • Clunia (Coruña del Conde )
  • Cortona ( Medinaceli? )
  • Kolounioukou ( Peñalba de Castro)
  • Segontia Lanka ( Langa de Duero )
  • Lutiakos ( Luzaga )
  • Segontia ( Siguenza )
  • Termantia, Termes ( Montejo de Tiermes )
  • Uxama ( in El Burgo de Osma )
  • Voluce ( Calatañazor )

Other traditional names arevakischer places like Nova Augusta, Tukris, Malia, Belgeda, Kolenda and Lutia have so far geographically not yet been identified.

Celtiberians Numantia First Celtiberian War Scipio Aemilianus Cantabrian Wars Vettones Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula
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