Vettones

Vettones

The Vettones were one of the pre-Roman Celtic peoples of the Iberian Peninsula (the Roman Hispania, modern Spain and Portugal), dwelling in the northwestern part of the "meseta"—the high central upland plain of the Iberian peninsula—the region where the modern Spanish provinces of Ávila and Salamanca are today, as well as parts of Zamora, Toledo, Cáceres and also border areas of modern Portuguese territory. Roman authors recognized the cohesion of cultural features and called the tribe the "Vettones". Some of their most notable legacies today include "verracos de piedra", which are stone markers of unknown use, and possibly the game of Calva, which dates to the time of their influence.

They are not to be confused with the "Vettonenses", inhabitants of Vettona (today's Bettona in Umbria).

ee also

* Bletonesii
*Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula

External links

* [http://www.celtiberia.net/verimg.asp?id=609 Mapa del territorio vettón (Map of Vettonian Territory)]
* [http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/celtic/ekeltoi/volumes/vol6/6_5/alvarez_sanchis_6_5.html Jesús R. Álvarez-Sanchís, "Oppida and Celtic society in western Spain,"] in "e-Celtoi: Journal of Interdisciplinary Celtic Studies", Vol. 6 ("The Celts in the Iberian Peninsula")
* [http://www.arqueotavira.com/Mapas/Iberia/Populi.htm Detailed map of the Pre-Roman Peoples of Iberia (around 200 BC)]


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