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Varduli

October 15, 2023

The Varduli were a pre-Roman tribe[1] settled in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, in what today is the eastern region of the autonomous community of the Basque Country and western Navarre, in northern Spain. Their historical territory corresponds with current Basque-speaking areas; however, it is debated whether the Varduli were actually Aquitanians, related to the Vascones,[2] or if they were Celts, related to tribes such as the Cantabri and Celtiberians[3] and which later underwent Basquisation.[4]

The Iberian Peninsula in the 3rd Century BC, the Varduli are in the northern region, close to the Pyrenees, in a Celt-Aquitanian "mixed" area.

Etymology Edit

Their ethnonym Varduli is connected with an area that is referred to in documents from the early Middle Ages as Bardulia, which is identified as the cradle of Old Castile. Julio Caro Baroja, a Spanish anthropologist and linguist declared on his works that the term Varduli does not have a Basque origin.[5]

History Edit

The Varduli are mentioned for the first time during Roman times, by Strabo, who called them Bardyetai, and placed them in the Basque coast, between the Cantabri and Vascones; they are also mentioned by the geographer Ptolemy, who placed them roughly in present-day Gipuzkoa, and by Roman historians, notably Pliny the Elder in his Naturalis Historia,[6] where he reported that Amanum Portus (Roman name: Flaviobriga), present-day Castro Urdiales, was a Varduli city. The Roman geographer Pomponius Mela located them also in the coast, west of the Vascones and east of the Caristii. This lack of agreement about their exact position may have been caused by the continuous movement of the tribes of the northern Iberian Peninsula during events such as the Cantabrian Wars. The first census of the Varduli population took place under the orders of Augustus.[7]

According to Pliny the Elder,[8][9] the main Vardulian city was Tullonium,[8] that was in the Zadorra (modern name) river basin, on a main Roman road from Virovesca, capital of the Autrigones, to Pompaelo (Pamplona or Iruña) in Vasconian land. According to several Classical antiquity authors such as Ptolemy, Pliny the Elder and Pomponius Mela[9] other Vardulian cities were Alba and Gebala (today's Guevara), in the inland; while Tritium Tuboricum, a little west of the Deba river (Deva, Deua or Deba = Goddess), Menosca and Morogi or Morosgi, were on the Atlantic coast (on the south coast of the Bay of Biscay).

In 114 BC, Gaius Marius had a personal guard made by Varduli people, who were called Barduaioí slaves in Rome. By the year 44, and according to Pomponius Mela, the Varduli inhabited lands close to the Pyrenees and composed a united society. The defeat of the Cantabri against Augustus did not have any effect on the Varduli, as they had not joined the wars. The Varduli served in cohorts in the province of Britannia: Varduli are mentioned in an inscription on a Roman altar at Rochester, (Roman Bremenium) and at Milecastle 19 along Hadrian's Wall an altar inscription made by members of the First Cohort of Varduli, cavalrymen, is one of the few dedications to the Matres, or mother goddesses, found in Roman Britain. The First Cohort of Varduli are also mentioned in inscriptions at the Antonine Wall, Longovicium in Durham, Bremenium and Corstopitum in Northumberland and on the Dere Street in Cappuck in the Scottish Borders.[10]

As with the Caristii, it is discussed whether the Varduli were an Aquitanian tribe or a Celt one, related to the Cantabri and Celtiberians. Their place-names (Toponyms) were clearly of Indo-European origin (probably Proto-Celtic language), as Uxama (comes from Upsama, meaning "the highest"), Deobriga (comes from Deiuo-Briga, meaning "holy hill"), Tullonium (comes from Tullo, meaning "valley"), among others. River-names (Hydronyms) such as Deva, Deua or Deba (Goddess) were also of Indo-European etymology. As with the Caristii, not a single toponym related to the Aquitanian-Basque languages has been found, further proving the theory of their Celtic origin and possible late Basquisation.[2][3][4] However, but for a few exceptions (Deba, Zegama, Arakama) present-day place-names show a clear prevalence of the Basque linguistic element (sometimes mixed with Latin and Romance lexical roots).

The last reference to the Varduli appears on a chronicle from Hydatius, where he narrates the devastations that suffered the Heruli when they attacked in the year 400 the Cantabrian coast and again in 456 after attacking Bardulia.

Ad sedes propias redeuntes, Cantabriarum et Vardaliarum loca maritima crudelissime deproedatio sunt.

— Fontes Hispaniae Antiquae, IX, p. 74

Later in the next century, Saxons established on the Bordeaux estuary also were known to raid along the coast.

It is believed by some that the Varduli suffered a Basquisation as a result of the continuous progress of the Vascones on their territory. They are not mentioned again in the Early Middle Ages and their place appeared the precursors of the province of Gipuzkoa. Some authors[11] deducted, following Classic documents, the existence of some ethnic affinity, collaboration, or political union between the Caristii, the Autrigones and the Varduli, tribes who later would all be grouped under the name Varduli, this would explain all the later events on this region, for example, why once the Caristii and Varduli were moved out of their original territories by the Vascones in the Early Middle Ages, the Caristii and Autrigones lost their names and were grouped together with the Varduli over the territory of the Autrigones who took refuge in their coastal areas behind the mountains from the Islamic military depredations from the Al-andalus new powers down the Ebro, which passed to be made after a century of resettlement into the Meseta plains as a frontier march or county of the Kingdom of Asturias in the middle years of the 8th century, the original one called Castile. The union, whichever the causes, between Varduli, Caristii and Autrigones on a unique territory would later create the blur County of Bardulia, mentioned as part of the Crown of Castile.

The coat of arms of the Basque province of Gipuzkoa reads "Fidelissima Bardulia, Nunquam Superata",[12] meaning "Most loyal Bardulia, never conquered".

See also Edit

References Edit

  1. ^ John James Van Nostrand Jr, "The reorganization of Spain by Augustus" University of California Publications in History 4, 1916:122ff
  2. ^ a b Localización de algunas ciudades várdulas citadas por Mela y Ptolomeo Ildefonso Gurruchaga[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ a b El puerto romano de Irun Mercedes Urteaga
  4. ^ a b . Archived from the original on 2016-04-05. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
  5. ^ Caro Baroja, Julio. Los pueblos de España, 1976.
  6. ^ "In Cluniensem conventum Varduli ducunt populos xiiii" (Pliny iii.26); "A Pyranaeo per oceanum Vasconum saltus, Olarso, Vardulorum oppida..." iv.110.
  7. ^ CIL vi, 1463, noted by Van Nostrand 1916:123.
  8. ^ a b Book III, 26, 27, Book IV, 110
  9. ^ a b "Foto 41028101.gif - Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia".
  10. ^ . Roman Britain Organisation. Archived from the original on 14 April 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
  11. ^ http://www.euskomedia.org/PDFAnlt/congresos/07217221.pdf[dead link]
  12. ^ Juntas Generales de Gipuzkoa - Escudo y bandera

Bibliography Edit

  • Ángel Montenegro et alii, Historia de España 2 - colonizaciones y formación de los pueblos prerromanos (1200-218 a.C), Editorial Gredos, Madrid (1989) ISBN 84-249-1386-8

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The Varduli were a pre Roman tribe 1 settled in the north of the Iberian Peninsula in what today is the eastern region of the autonomous community of the Basque Country and western Navarre in northern Spain Their historical territory corresponds with current Basque speaking areas however it is debated whether the Varduli were actually Aquitanians related to the Vascones 2 or if they were Celts related to tribes such as the Cantabri and Celtiberians 3 and which later underwent Basquisation 4 The Iberian Peninsula in the 3rd Century BC the Varduli are in the northern region close to the Pyrenees in a Celt Aquitanian mixed area Contents 1 Etymology 2 History 3 See also 4 References 5 BibliographyEtymology EditTheir ethnonym Varduli is connected with an area that is referred to in documents from the early Middle Ages as Bardulia which is identified as the cradle of Old Castile Julio Caro Baroja a Spanish anthropologist and linguist declared on his works that the term Varduli does not have a Basque origin 5 History EditThe Varduli are mentioned for the first time during Roman times by Strabo who called them Bardyetai and placed them in the Basque coast between the Cantabri and Vascones they are also mentioned by the geographer Ptolemy who placed them roughly in present day Gipuzkoa and by Roman historians notably Pliny the Elder in his Naturalis Historia 6 where he reported that Amanum Portus Roman name Flaviobriga present day Castro Urdiales was a Varduli city The Roman geographer Pomponius Mela located them also in the coast west of the Vascones and east of the Caristii This lack of agreement about their exact position may have been caused by the continuous movement of the tribes of the northern Iberian Peninsula during events such as the Cantabrian Wars The first census of the Varduli population took place under the orders of Augustus 7 According to Pliny the Elder 8 9 the main Vardulian city was Tullonium 8 that was in the Zadorra modern name river basin on a main Roman road from Virovesca capital of the Autrigones to Pompaelo Pamplona or Iruna in Vasconian land According to several Classical antiquity authors such as Ptolemy Pliny the Elder and Pomponius Mela 9 other Vardulian cities were Alba and Gebala today s Guevara in the inland while Tritium Tuboricum a little west of the Deba river Deva Deua or Deba Goddess Menosca and Morogi or Morosgi were on the Atlantic coast on the south coast of the Bay of Biscay In 114 BC Gaius Marius had a personal guard made by Varduli people who were called Barduaioi slaves in Rome By the year 44 and according to Pomponius Mela the Varduli inhabited lands close to the Pyrenees and composed a united society The defeat of the Cantabri against Augustus did not have any effect on the Varduli as they had not joined the wars The Varduli served in cohorts in the province of Britannia Varduli are mentioned in an inscription on a Roman altar at Rochester Roman Bremenium and at Milecastle 19 along Hadrian s Wall an altar inscription made by members of the First Cohort of Varduli cavalrymen is one of the few dedications to the Matres or mother goddesses found in Roman Britain The First Cohort of Varduli are also mentioned in inscriptions at the Antonine Wall Longovicium in Durham Bremenium and Corstopitum in Northumberland and on the Dere Street in Cappuck in the Scottish Borders 10 As with the Caristii it is discussed whether the Varduli were an Aquitanian tribe or a Celt one related to the Cantabri and Celtiberians Their place names Toponyms were clearly of Indo European origin probably Proto Celtic language as Uxama comes from Upsama meaning the highest Deobriga comes from Deiuo Briga meaning holy hill Tullonium comes from Tullo meaning valley among others River names Hydronyms such as Deva Deua or Deba Goddess were also of Indo European etymology As with the Caristii not a single toponym related to the Aquitanian Basque languages has been found further proving the theory of their Celtic origin and possible late Basquisation 2 3 4 However but for a few exceptions Deba Zegama Arakama present day place names show a clear prevalence of the Basque linguistic element sometimes mixed with Latin and Romance lexical roots The last reference to the Varduli appears on a chronicle from Hydatius where he narrates the devastations that suffered the Heruli when they attacked in the year 400 the Cantabrian coast and again in 456 after attacking Bardulia Ad sedes propias redeuntes Cantabriarum et Vardaliarum loca maritima crudelissime deproedatio sunt Fontes Hispaniae Antiquae IX p 74Later in the next century Saxons established on the Bordeaux estuary also were known to raid along the coast It is believed by some that the Varduli suffered a Basquisation as a result of the continuous progress of the Vascones on their territory They are not mentioned again in the Early Middle Ages and their place appeared the precursors of the province of Gipuzkoa Some authors 11 deducted following Classic documents the existence of some ethnic affinity collaboration or political union between the Caristii the Autrigones and the Varduli tribes who later would all be grouped under the name Varduli this would explain all the later events on this region for example why once the Caristii and Varduli were moved out of their original territories by the Vascones in the Early Middle Ages the Caristii and Autrigones lost their names and were grouped together with the Varduli over the territory of the Autrigones who took refuge in their coastal areas behind the mountains from the Islamic military depredations from the Al andalus new powers down the Ebro which passed to be made after a century of resettlement into the Meseta plains as a frontier march or county of the Kingdom of Asturias in the middle years of the 8th century the original one called Castile The union whichever the causes between Varduli Caristii and Autrigones on a unique territory would later create the blur County of Bardulia mentioned as part of the Crown of Castile The coat of arms of the Basque province of Gipuzkoa reads Fidelissima Bardulia Nunquam Superata 12 meaning Most loyal Bardulia never conquered See also EditPre Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula Caristii Autrigones Cantabri Vascones Origin of the BasquesReferences Edit John James Van Nostrand Jr The reorganization of Spain by Augustus University of California Publications in History 4 1916 122ff a b Localizacion de algunas ciudades vardulas citadas por Mela y Ptolomeo Ildefonso Gurruchaga permanent dead link a b El puerto romano de Irun Mercedes Urteaga a b Ethnic map of the Iberian Peninsula after the Second Punic War Archived from the original on 2016 04 05 Retrieved 2012 07 30 Caro Baroja Julio Los pueblos de Espana 1976 In Cluniensem conventum Varduli ducunt populos xiiii Pliny iii 26 A Pyranaeo per oceanum Vasconum saltus Olarso Vardulorum oppida iv 110 CIL vi 1463 noted by Van Nostrand 1916 123 a b Book III 26 27 Book IV 110 a b Foto 41028101 gif Aunamendi Eusko Entziklopedia BREMENIVM Roman Fort amp Marching Camps Roman Britain Organisation Archived from the original on 14 April 2012 Retrieved 11 March 2012 http www euskomedia org PDFAnlt congresos 07217221 pdf dead link Juntas Generales de Gipuzkoa Escudo y banderaBibliography EditAngel Montenegro et alii Historia de Espana 2 colonizaciones y formacion de los pueblos prerromanos 1200 218 a C Editorial Gredos Madrid 1989 ISBN 84 249 1386 8 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Varduli amp oldid 1161625546, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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