Suburates

The Sibusaten, also Sibulaten, Suburaten, Sybillaten (Latin Sibusates or Sibulates ) were probably a proto- Basque or Celtic tribe, whose residence was in the later Roman province of Gallia Aquitania. Their tribal territory was in the historic Basque region Soule ( Soule on standard Basque, Xiberoa or Xiberua, pronounced in the local dialect [ ʃiberua ] ), whose name is derived from the tribal name. The name Subola for souls seems to for the first time in a report from the year 635, where the inhabitants repelled a Burgundian- Frankish attack.

The Sibusaten likely to have a Aquitanian dialect, a precursor of the Basque spoken.

In the Gallic war marched a commander of Caesar, Publius Licinius Crassus, the legate, in the year 56 BC in Aquitaine (later the Roman province Novempopulana ) a. After a few victories of the Romans, most strains gave Aquitanian; be named the Tarbeller, Bigerrionen, Ptianier, Vasaten (also Vocaten ) Tarusaten, Elusaten, Gater, Auscer, Garumner, Sibulaten and Cocosaten. Whether the name, even that of the Sibulates / Sibusates are celtic, can not be stated with certainty. Some are expected by some modern authors to the Celtiberian.