- Bracari
The Bracari were an ancient
Celt ic tribe ofGallaecia , akin to the Calaicians or Gallaeci, living in the northwest of modernPortugal , in the province ofMinho , between the riversTâmega andCávado , around the area of the modern city ofBraga (the Roman "Bracara Augusta").Appian wrote they were a very warlike people. According to him, The Bracari women warriors fought defending their town "never turning, never never showing their backs, or uttering a cry", preferring death to captivity.Recent investigation is showing that they spoke a Celtic language, as it can be seen in the inscription dedicated to the goddess
Nabia at Braga's "Fonte do Ídolo" (Portuguese for the "Fountain of the Idol"), or in the name of their town "Tongobriga" (inMarco de Canaveses ).At the beginning of the1st century , theCitânia de Briteiros was their political main hill fort and seat of the "consilium gentis". It is possible that the CelticNemetati were an allied tribe of the Bracari, known previously as "Kallaikoi".References
*Coutinhas, José Manuel (2006), "Aproximação à identidade etno-cultural dos Callaici Bracari", Porto.
*Queiroga, Francisco (1992), "War and Castros", Oxford.
*Silva, Armando Coelho Ferreira da (1986), "A Cultura Castreja", Porto.ee also
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Castro culture
*Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula External links
* [http://www.arqueotavira.com/Mapas/Iberia/Populi.htm Detailed map of the Pre-Roman Peoples of Iberia (around 200 BC)]
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