Lusonians
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The Lusonen (also Lusoner ) were a Celtiberian tribe, who lived from about the 6th to the 2nd century BC. In the east of the central Spanish plateau ( meseta central ).
history
Some consider the Celtiberians and thus also the Lusonen to be a part of the 1st millennium BC. Immigrant and partly indigenous mixed population; others claim that there were mainly separate Celtic and Iberian populations. But already the ancient historian Strabo (* around 63 BC; † around 23 AD) used the word 'Keltiberer' in the sense of a mixed population. The Celtiberians came into historical awareness of the ancient world in the context of the Celtiberian War (197-179 BC), which began with a peace treaty between the Romans under Tiberius Gracchus and the Lusons in 179 BC. And the Spanish War (154-133 BC), towards the end of which the Roman army under the leadership of Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus besieged the Celtiberian or Celtic capital Numantia , destroyed it and led the inhabitants into slavery. After the Roman takeover of power on the Iberian Peninsula , their trace is lost.
Settlement area
The settlement area of the Lusonen extended along the Río Tajuña over the today's Spanish provinces of Guadalajara and Saragossa as well as over the south of the province Soria . Place names like Luzón or Luzaga are associated with them; there may also be a relationship between the names and the Lozoya River and the town of the same name . Especially in the north of their settlement area, several Celtiberian hill fortresses ( castra ) were uncovered. B. at Anguita and Luzón. Other places of settlement handed down in Roman texts, the exact location of which is partly unclear, were Lutia , Bursau , Turiasu and Carabis .
economy
In addition to arable farmers, the Lusons were mainly cattle breeders (sheep, goats, pigs); there were also skilled blacksmiths among them who worked bronze and iron into pompous shields and pompous vessels as well as agricultural implements and weapons.
See also
literature
- Martín Almagro, Oswaldo Arteaga, Michael Blech, Diego Ruiz Mata, Hermanfrid Schubart: Protohistoria de la Península Ibérica. Ed. Ariel, Barcelona 2001, ISBN 978-8-43446-62-58 .