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    the toponomy of the places inhabited by the Astures. They may have venerated the deity Busgosu. The Astures were vigorous hunter-gatherer highlanders who...
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    Lancia, the most important Astures Cismontani fort according to Florus. Once Lancia was besieged, the forces of the Astures took refuge in the Mons Medullius...
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    era the Orgenomesci, who dwelled along the Asturian eastern coast in the Astures, the Saelini, whose settlement extended through the Sella Valley the Luggones...
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    the Astura river (today the Esla river), whose inhabitants were called "astures" by the Roman authors. Asturias was inhabited by humans since the Lower...
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    the ceremony. Astures Cantabria Cantabrian Wars Corocotta Sertorian Wars Duchy of Cantabria Martino (1982), Roma contra Cantabros y Astures, p. 18 EB (1911)...
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    are similar to those found in the non-Celtic Lusitanian language. The Astures and the Cantabri. This area was romanised late, as it was not conquered...
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    Astorga, Spain (category Astures)
    the local Celtic peoples inhabited the area around 275 BC, known as the Astures and the Cantabri. Later become one of the Roman strongholds in the region...
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    aristocracy. The population of the mountain region consisted of native Astures, Galicians, Cantabri, Basques and other groups unassimilated into Hispano-Gothic...
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    aristocracy. The population of the mountain region consisted of native Astures, Galicians, Cantabri, Basques and other groups unassimilated into Hispano-Gothic...
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  • defeated the Astures in Hispania, and took their chief town, Lancia, circa 25 BC; but in consequence of his cruelty and insolence, the Astures took up arms...
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    1st century BC). It is the culture associated with the Gallaecians and Astures. The most notable characteristics of this culture are its walled oppida...
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    Pedreño, Juan Carlos (2010). "Los Ástures del conventus lucensis y el culto al dios Lug en el noroeste de Hispania" [The Astures del conventus Lucensis and the...
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    civilizations, either Pre-Celtic or Celtic (such as the Celtiberians, Gallaeci, Astures, Celtici, Lusitanians and others), the cultures of the Iberians in the...
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    nobleman called Pelagius was elected princeps and became the leader of the Astures and of the Visigoths who had taken refuge in mountains. The Visigoths and...
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    North-West of the Iberian Peninsula. Asturians are directly descended from the Astures, who were Celtic inhabitants of the northwest Iberian Peninsula before...
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    portion of the Iberian peninsula, inhabited by the Gallaeci, Cantabri, and Astures, into the Roman empire. Tarraconensis thus served as a base for the annexation...
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    who dwelled all along the northern coast in between the latter and the Astures. The Romans named the entire region north of the Douro, where the Castro...
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    aristocracy. The population of the mountain region consisted of native Astures, Galicians, Cantabri, Basques and other groups unassimilated into Hispano-Gothic...
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    Augustus in Lusitania. He took part in the Cantabrian Wars against the Astures. He was the son of Titus Carisius. He earned the trust of Augustus in the...
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    ongoing major operations against the Treveri in Gaul, and the Cantabrari and Astures in Spain. Furthermore, the closure inaugurated nearly half a century of...
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    yew tree (2: 33, 50–51). In a similar way, Orosius notes that when the Astures were besieged at Mons Medullius, they preferred to die by their own swords...
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    ascended a big mountain named Asseuua. He spread his orders between all the Astures, who gathered in council and elected Pelagius as their princeps. His kingdom...
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  • Astur may refer to: an inhabitant of the northwest of Hispania - see Astures Astur (genus), a bird genus (sometimes included in the genus Accipiter) Astur...
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  • before Romanization C1: Galaicos / C2b: Brácaros / C3: Cántabros / C4: Astures / C5: Vacceos / C6: Turmogos / C7: Autrigones-Caristios / C8: Várdulos...
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    protect the recently conquered territories of northwestern Hispania from the Astures and Cantabri, and to secure the transport of gold extracted in the province...
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    cultural influence of the Celts; the local Celtic peoples, known as the Astures, were composed of tribes such as the Luggones, the Pesicos, and others...
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    followed Augustus to Hispania during his campaigns against the Cantabri and Astures in the Cantabrian Wars. During the second campaign in 25 BC, Marcellus...
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    The language had contributions from pre-Roman languages spoken by the Astures, an Iberian Celtic tribe, and the post-Roman Germanic languages of the...
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    East Burgos (Spain), Northwestern La Rioja (Spain) to the Atlantic Coast. Astures — Asturias and northern León (Spain), and east of Trás os Montes (Portugal)...
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    contact with Rome happened during the Second Punic War, when Gallaecians and Astures, together with Lusitanians, Cantabrians and Celtiberians —that is, the...
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