Image Aquitani.gif thumb 300px The tribes confederated as the Aquitani and other pre Indoeuropean tribes are in red The Aquitani Latin for Aquitanians were a people living in what is now Aquitaine , France , in the region between the Pyrenees , the Atlantic ocean and the Garonne . Julius C sar , who defeated them in his campaign in Gaul , describes them as making up a distinct part of Gaul bquote All Gaul is divided into three parts, one of which the Belg inhabit, the Aquitani another, those who in their own language are called Celts, in our Gauls, the third. All these differ from each other in language, customs and laws. The river Garonne separates the Gauls from the Aquitani ref These are indeed the opening lines of C sar s account of his war in Gaul Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres, quarum unam incolunt Belg , aliam Aquitani, tertiam qui ipsorum lingua Celt , nostra Galli appellantur. Hi omnes lingua, institutis, legibus inter se differunt. Gallos ab Aquitanis Garumna flumen ... dividit. Julius C sar, http www.perseus.tufts.edu hopper text.jsp?doc Perseus text 1999.02.0002 book 1 chapter 1 De bello Gallico 1.1 , edition of T. Rice Holmes ref Despite apparent cultural connections to Iberia, the area of Aquitania, as a part of Gaul ended at the Pyrenees according to C sar bquote Aquitania extends from the river Garonne to the Pyren an mountains and to that part of the ocean which is near Spain it looks between the setting of the sun, and the north star. ref Aquitania a Garumna flumine ad Pyren os montes et eam partem Oceani qu est ad Hispaniam pertinet spectat inter occasum solis et septentriones. ref Julius C sar, http www.perseus.tufts.edu hopper text.jsp?doc Perseus text 1999.02.0002 book 1 chapter 1 De bello Gallico, T. Rice Holmes, Ed., 1.1 The presence of what seem to be names of deities or people in late Romano Aquitanian funerary slabs similar to modern ... occitans cy Aquitani es Aquitanos eu Akitani fr Aquitains hr Akvitanci it Aquitani nl Aquitani ... more details
Aquitania may refer to the territory of the Aquitani Gallia Aquitania , a province of the Roman Empire 387 Aquitania , a fairly large main belt asteroid Aquitania, Boyac , Colombia RMS Aquitania RMS Aquitania , a Cunard Line ocean liner The Aquitania , a luxury, cooperative apartment See also Aquitaine disambiguation Via Aquitania disambig be bg de Aquitania es Aquitania desambiguaci n fr Aquitania hy he no Aquitania ru ... more details
Unreferenced date November 2006 orphan date November 2009 Image Ancient Basque tribes.gif thumb 250px The Tarbelas in relation with other tribes and modern Euskal Herria The Tarbelas were a tribe recorded by Strabo and other Roman geographers that inhabited Labourd and the lands around it. They were considered part of the wider ethnic group of the Aquitani . Their main towns were Tardets Tarbes and Bayonne Lapurdum . Category Basque history France hist stub Euro ethno group stub ... more details
Image Aquitani.gif thumb 300px The tribes confederated as the Aquitani and other Neolithic Europe pre Indo European tribes are in red File Coins of the Elusates 5th 1st century BCE.jpg thumb 300px Coins of the Elusates 5th 1st century BCE. The Elusates were an ancient Gaul tribe of the Aquitani , located in the northeast of the Aquitaine territory, around Eauze former Elusa . ref name Smith Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography Sir William Smith p.822 http books.google.com books?id tPBWAAAAMAAJ&pg PA822 ref They were subdued by Publius Licinius Crassus son of triumvir Publius Crassus , legatus of Julius Caesar Caesar in 56 BCE. ref name Smith Notes reflist See also Aquitanian language Novempopulania Gallia Aquitania Duchy of Vasconia Vascones Cantabri Gascony Pre Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula Peoples of Gaul Portal Basque Category Ancient peoples Category Ethnic groups in Europe Category Tribes of ancient Gaul Category Basque history Category Tribes involved in Caesar s Gallic Wars ca Elusates es Elusates fr Elusates it Elusati lad Elusates euro ethno group stub Spain hist stub ... more details
Infobox Military Unit unit name Cohors II Aquitanorum equitata c.R. image Image Helmet typ Weissenau 01.jpg 75px caption Roman infantry helmet late 1st c. dates early 1st century to at least 166 country Roman Empire type Roman auxiliary Cohort military unit cohort role infantry cavalry size 600 men 480 infantry, 120 cavalry garrison Germania Superior 82 90 Raetia 116 66 Deleted image removed Image RomanEmpire 125.svg thumb right 300px Provinces of the Roman empire in c125 AD Cohors secunda Aquitanorum equitata civium Romanorum 2nd part mounted Cohort of Aquitani Roman citizens was a Roman auxiliary mixed infantry and cavalry regiment. It was probably originally raised in Gallia Aquitania in the reign of founder emperor Augustus after the revolt of the Aquitani was suppressed in 26 BC. ref name Holder 1980 111 Holder 1980 111 ref Unlike most Gauls , the Aquitani were not Celtic speaking but spoke Aquitanian language Aquitanian , a now extinct non Indo European language closely related to Basque language Basque . The regiment was also known as cohors II Biturigum . The Bituriges were a Celtic speaking tribe whose territory was included in Gallia Aquitania. It is believed that when the Aquitani regiments were originally raised probably in two series , some were made up of mixed Aquitani and Bituriges recruits. ref Spaul 2000 140 ref The regiment was probably stationed on the Rhine frontier from an early stage. ref name Holder 1980 111 It first appears in the datable epigraphic record in Germania Superior Pfalz Alsace in 82 AD. Not later than 116 it was transferred to Raetia Germany S of Danube . It was still in Raetia on its last attested date, 166. There is no certain information as to which forts it occupied in Raetia. ref Spaul 2000 146 ref The origins of the three attested personnel are unknown. The honorific title civium Romanorum c.R. for short first appears in the record in 116. It was normally awarded by the emperor for valour to an auxiliary regiment as a whol ... more details
holocene Artenacian culture , named after the archaeological site of Artenac in Charente appeared in the Late Chalcolithic , c. 2400 BC , apparently as reaction to migrations of Danubian peoples into Western France . Because it is characterized by its abundant arrow points, it is considered a culture of Archery bowmen . It participated fully in the European Megalithic Culture megalithic culture of the Chalcolithic period. In successive centuries it became dominant throughout western France, establishing a stable ethno cultural border with the Danubian culture near the Rhine that remained stable for a whole millennium. The Artenacian peoples are believed to be the ancestors of the historical Aquitani . Notes references Euro archaeology stub Category Archaeological cultures Category Archaeology of France Category Copper Age Europe fr Artenacien ru ... more details
Infobox Military Unit unit name Cohors IV Aquitanorum equitata c.R. image Image Helmet typ Weissenau 01.jpg 75px caption Roman infantry helmet late 1st c. dates early 1st century to at least 210 country Roman Empire type Roman auxiliary Cohort military unit cohort role infantry cavalry size 600 men 480 infantry, 120 cavalry garrison Germania Superior 74 210 Deleted image removed Image RomanEmpire 125.svg thumb right 300px Provinces of the Roman empire in c125 AD Cohors quarta Aquitanorum equitata civium Romanorum 4th part mounted Cohort of Aquitani Roman citizens was a Roman auxiliary mixed infantry and cavalry regiment. It was probably originally raised in the Julio Claudian era, perhaps under Augustus after the subjugation of the Aquitani in 26 BC. ref Holder 1980 111 ref Alternatively, it may have been raised in a later levy of Aquitani after 14 AD. ref name Spaul 2000 149 Spaul 2000 149 ref Unlike most Gauls , the Aquitani were not Celtic speaking but spoke Aquitanian language Aquitanian , a now extinct non Indo European language closely related to Basque language Basque . Some tribes in Aquitania were Celtic speaking, however e.g. the Bituriges . The regiment first appears in the datable epigraphic record in Germania Superior Pfalz Alsace in 74 AD. It remained based in Germania Superior for all its recorded existence. Its last datable attestation is a building inscription of 210. The regiment s inscriptions have been found at the following Roman forts Friedburg Ingelheim Mainz 210 Obenburg 162 . ref name Spaul 2000 149 The names of 2 praefecti regimental commanders are preserved, one of whom, Lucius Petronius Florentinus, is recorded as from Saldas . Also recorded are a centurion centurio infantry officer , Ti. Iulius Niger, on a tombstone in St. Lizier in Aquitania, so presumably this soldier was from the original recruitment area of the regiment. The inscription is therefore probably early 1st century. The stone mentions Niger s brother, Dunomagius son of Tou ... more details
Infobox Military Unit unit name Cohors I Aquitanorum veterana image Image Helmet typ Weissenau 01.jpg 75px caption Roman infantry helmet late 1st c. dates 20 s BC to at least AD 213 country Roman Empire type Roman auxiliary Cohort military unit cohort role infantry size 480 men garrison Germania Superior 74 213 Deleted image removed Image RomanEmpire 125.svg thumb right 300px Provinces of the Roman empire in c125 AD Cohors prima Aquitanorum veterana 1st veteran Cohort of Aquitani was a Roman auxiliary infantry regiment. It was probably originally raised in Gallia Aquitania in the reign of founder emperor Augustus after the revolt of the Aquitani was suppressed in 26 BC. ref name Holder 1980 111 Holder 1980 111 ref Unlike most Gauls , the Aquitani were not Celtic speaking but spoke Aquitanian language Aquitanian , a now extinct non Indo European language closely related to Basque language Basque . There is scholarly controversy about whether there were one or two infantry cohortes called I Aquitanorum. This is because a regiment of that name is repeatedly attested both in Germania Superior and Britannia . Holder sees them as two separate units, one of which carried the title veterana and was permanently based in Germania Sup., the other in Britannia. ref Holder 2003 136, 143 ref Spaul considers it more likely there was a single unit, which alternated between the two provinces, although this was unusual for auxiliary regiments. ref Spaul 2000 143 ref Holder s view is supported by the fact that none of the British inscriptions carry the title veterana , whereas several of the German ones do. Holder is followed here this article concerns the unit in Germania Sup. For the unit in Britannia, see cohors I Aquitanorum . The regiment was initially sent to the Danubian region, where it presumably saw action in the conquest of the Pannonii in 9 6 BC. ref name Holder 1980 111 It first appears in the datable epigraphic record in AD 74, when it was stationed in Germania Superior ... more details
Infobox Military Unit unit name Cohors I Aquitanorum image Image Helmet typ Weissenau 01.jpg 75px caption Roman infantry helmet late 1st c. dates early 1st century to 4th c. country Roman Empire type Roman auxiliary Cohort military unit cohort role infantry size 480 men garrison Germania Superior 84 122 Britannia 122 4th century Deleted image removed Image RomanEmpire 125.svg thumb right 300px Provinces of the Roman empire in c125 AD Cohors prima Aquitanorum 1st Cohort of Aquitani was a Roman auxiliary infantry regiment. It was probably originally raised in Gallia Aquitania in the reign of founder emperor Augustus after the revolt of the Aquitani was suppressed in 26 BC. ref name Holder 1980 111 Holder 1980 111 ref Unlike most Gauls , the Aquitani were not Celtic speaking but spoke Aquitanian language Aquitanian , a now extinct non Indo European language closely related to Basque language Basque . There is scholarly controversy about whether there were one or two infantry cohortes called I Aquitanorum. This is because a regiment of that name is repeatedly attested both in Germania Superior and Britannia . Holder sees them as two separate units, one of which carried the title veterana and was permanently based in Germania Sup., the other in Britannia. ref Holder 2003 136, 143 ref Spaul considers it more likely there was a single unit, which alternated between the two provinces, although this was unusual for auxiliary regiments. ref Spaul 2000 143 ref Holder s view is supported by the fact that none of the British inscriptions carry the title veterana , whereas several of the German ones do, and so appears more likely. Holder is followed here this article concerns the unit stationed in Britannia. For the unit in Germania Sup. see cohors I Aquitanorum veterana . The regiment was probably stationed on the Rhine frontier from an early stage. ref name Holder 1980 111 It first appears in the datable epigraphic record in 82 AD in Germania , if this record does not relate to ... more details
Infobox Military Unit unit name Cohors III Aquitanorum equitata c.R. image Image Helmet typ Weissenau 01.jpg 75px caption Roman infantry helmet late 1st c. dates early 1st century to at least 244 country Roman Empire type Roman auxiliary Cohort military unit cohort role infantry cavalry size 600 men 480 infantry, 120 cavalry garrison Germania Superior 74 244 Deleted image removed Image RomanEmpire 125.svg thumb right 300px Provinces of the Roman empire in c125 AD Cohors tertia Aquitanorum equitata civium Romanorum 3rd part mounted Cohort of Aquitani Roman citizens was a Roman auxiliary mixed infantry and cavalry regiment. It may have been originally raised in Gallia Aquitania in the reign of founder emperor Augustus after the revolt of the Aquitani was suppressed in 26 BC. ref Holder 1980 111 ref Alternatively, it may have been raised by emperor Claudius r. 41 54 to replace regiments stationed in the newly annexed province of Britannia. ref Spaul 2000 147 8 ref Unlike most Gauls , the Aquitani were not Celtic speaking but spoke Aquitanian language Aquitanian , a now extinct non Indo European language closely related to Basque language Basque . The regiment first appears in the datable epigraphic record in Germania Superior Pfalz Alsace in 74 AD. It remained based in Germania Superior for all its recorded existence. Its last datable attestation is an altar dedicated in 244 9. The regiment s inscriptions have been found at the following Roman forts Echzell Neckarburken Obenburg Oehringen 198 Osterburken 150, 223 35, 244 9 Stockstadt Wimpfen. ref Spaul 2000 147 ref The name and origin of one praefectus regimental commander survives, P. Allius Proculus from the city of Rome. The names of one centurion centurio infantry officer c150 and 3 decurio decuriones cavalry officer, commander of a turma survive, as do that of a custos armorum weapons officer and one medicus chief medical officer 198 . One caligatus common soldier is attested. No origins survive for any of these m ... more details
File Bituriges Vivisci.jpg thumb left Coins of the Bituriges Vivisci, 5th 1st century BC, derived from the coin designs of Greeks in pre Roman Gaul . Cabinet des M dailles . Image Gaul, 1st century BC.gif thumb A map of Gaul in the 1st century BC, showing the relative positions of the Celtic tribes. The Bituriges Vivisci was one of the tribes of Gaul . The tribe s capital was at Burdigala, modern day Bordeaux Bituriges is often taken to mean Kings of the World ref citation title The Conquest of Gaul By Julius Caesar year 1983 publisher Penguin Classics id ISBN 0140444335 url http books.google.com ?id FbuvaXmRqdcC&pg PA202&lpg PA202&dq Bituriges tribe author Stanley Alexander Handford, Jane F. Gardner format dead link date April 2010 ref but whether there was any link to the Bituriges Bituriges Cubi of the Berry region is not known. According to Strabo ref Geographia IV 2,1 ref their territory was surrounded by that of the Aquitani Aquitanian people, but the Bituriges Vivisci were not themselves Aquitanian and took no part in their political affairs. See also List of peoples of Gaul References reflist Peoples of Gaul Category Tribes of ancient Gaul Category Ancient peoples ... more details
Infobox French commune name auze image Eauze Gers 7.jpg caption Houses in auze region Midi Pyr n es department Gers arrondissement Condom canton auze INSEE 32119 postal code 32800 mayor term intercommunality longitude 00.101967 latitude 43.86233 elevation m 126 elevation min m 106 elevation max m 193 area km2 72.00 population 3881 population date 1999 auze is a Communes of France commune in the Gers Departments of France department in south western France . History auze takes its names from the Gaul Aquitani tribe of the Elusates . The ancient bishopric of auze or Elusa in Gaul was united with the episcopal see of Auch probably in the 9th century. Its Latin name, Elusa, is identical to that of a Elusa titular see titular see of Palaestina Tertia , suffragan of Petra. Sights auze Cathedral is dedicated to Saint Luperculus , who is said to have been a bishop here in the 3rd century before being martyred. Miscellaneous auze has a market on Thursday mornings and there is also a separate poultry and rabbit market. Sources and external links http eauze.free.fr index.html Official Site of the commune of auze French Catholic http www.newadvent.org cathen 05395a.htm auze Cathedral http perso.orange.fr gite.lacroix images eauzeraisin.jpg Commons category Gers communes Category Communes of Gers Gers geo stub an Eusa ca Eusa ceb Eauze de Eauze es Eauze fr Eauze it Eauze ms Eauze nl Eauze oc Eusa pl Eauze uk vi Eauze vo Eauze war Eauze ... more details
File Iberia 300BC.svg thumb right 450px Main language areas in Iberia circa 300 BC This is a list of the Pre Ancient Rome Roman peoples of the Iberian peninsula the Roman Hispania modern Andorra , Portugal and Spain . Non Indo European Aquitanian language Aquitanians Aquitani Autrigones some consider them Celtic http www.arqueotavira.com Mapas Iberia Populi.htm . Caristii some consider them Celtic http www.arqueotavira.com Mapas Iberia Populi.htm . Varduli some consider them Celtic http www.arqueotavira.com Mapas Iberia Populi.htm . Cantabri some consider them Celtic, other related with Aquitanians http www.arqueotavira.com Mapas Iberia Populi.htm . Vascones Iberians Ausetani Bastetani Bastuli Cassetani Contestani Edetani Ilercavones Ilergetes Indigetes Laietani Oretani some consider them Celtic http www.arqueotavira.com Mapas Iberia Populi.htm . Tartessian language Tartessians Turdetani Cynetes Cynetes or Conii originally probably Tartessian language Tartessians or similar, later celtized by the Celtici . Indo European Proto Indo Europeans Proto Celtic and Celts Celtic Col begin Col 4 Albiones Allotriges Arevaci Astures Bardili Turduli Berones Belli Bletonesii Bracari Conii Carpetani Celtiberians Col 4 Celtici Coelerni Cratistii Equaesi Gallaeci Germani Oretania Grovii Olcades Interamici Leuni Limici Col 4 Luanqui Lusitanians Lusones Lobetani Narbasi Nemetati Paesuri Pellendones Plentauri Quaquerni Seurbi Col 4 Tamagani Tapoli Titii Celtiberian Turboletae Turduli Veteres Turduli Turdulorum Oppida Turodi Turmodigi Uraci Vaccaei Vettones Zoelae Col end See also Col begin Col 2 Greco Iberian alphabet Hispano Celtic language Iberian languages Paleohispanic languages Paleohispanic scripts Prehistoric Iberia Iberian sculpture Col 2 Gallaecia History of Portugal Timeline of Portuguese history Timeline of Iberian prehistory Timeline of pre Roman Iberian history Timeline of pre Roman Iberian history before the 3rd century BC Timeline of Portuguese history Lusitania and Gall ... more details
The Cratistii Greek language Greek Kratistioi were an ancient Spanish people Spanish pre Roman Empire Roman , stock raising people whose lands were situated along the upper Tagus valley, in the elevated plateau region of the western Cuenca, Spain Cuenca and northeast Teruel provinces. Origins An intriguing people, their ethnic origins are difficult to determine though their tribal name means the most powerful . They bear no relation to the Aquitani speaking Caristii who lived further north in the modern Biscay Vizcaya and lava Basque Country greater region Basque provinces . Culture Archeological evidence retrieved from the cemetery of Madrigueras Albacete suggests that their culture was strongly Celtiberianized, being more closely affiliated with that of the neighbouring Olcades . Their presumed capital was Segobriga Cerro de Cabeza de Griego , Saelices Cuenca Celtiberian type mint Sekobirikes ref Pliny the Elder , Natural History 3, 26 ref and they held the important towns of Ercavica Ca averuelas Cuenca Celtiberian type mint Ercauica , and Contrebia Carbica Fosos de Bayona Villasviejas Cuenca Celtiberian type mints Contebacom Carbicom . History Initially a dependant tribe of the Carpetani , since at least the early 3rd Century BC, the Cratistii were submitted to Carthaginian rule upon the conquest of eastern Carpetania by Hannibal Barca in 221 220 BC ref Polybius , Istorion , III, 3, ref ref Livy , Ad Urbe Condita , 21 5 ref . Later they appear to have later gravitated gradually towards the Roman sphere in the aftermath of the 2nd Punic War only to be raided by the Lusitani , who sacked Segobriga in 146 BC ref Paulus Orosius , Historiarum adversus Paganus , 5, 4, 5 ref . Following the end of the Sertorian Wars in the mid 1st Century BC, the Cratistii regained their independence from the enfeebled Carpetani and were incorporated alongside their Uraci neighbours into romanized southern Celtiberia . Notes reflist References ngel Montenegro et alii , Historia de Es ... more details
. Caesar divided the people of Gaulia Comata into three broad groups the Aquitani Galli who in their own ... tribes are defined linguistically, as speakers of dialects of the Gaulish language. While the Aquitani ... All Gaul is divided into three parts, one of which the Belgae inhabit, the Aquitani another, those ... other in language, customs and laws. The Garonne River separates the Gauls from the Aquitani the River ... near junction of Rh ne River Rh ne & Sa ne rivers Ambiani Amiens Andecavi Angers Aquitani Bordeaux ... more details
Infobox French commune name Lectoure image Lectours west2.jpg caption Lectoure with cathedral region Midi Pyr n es department Gers arrondissement Condom canton Lectoure INSEE 32208 postal code 32700 mayor term 2001&ndash 2008 intercommunality longitude 0.621944444444 latitude 43.9352777778 elevation m 182 elevation min m 68 elevation max m 223 area km2 84.93 population 3933 population date 1999 Lectoure Lang oc Leitora , IPA oc lej tur is a Communes of France commune in the Gers Departments of France department in the Midi Pyr n es in south western France . It is located convert 32 km mi abbr on north of Auch , the capital of the department, convert 30 km mi abbr on south of Agen and approximately convert 76 km mi abbr on northwest of Toulouse . History Lectoure was a prehistoric oppidum , capital of Aquitani Lactorates . Geography The village is located on the right bank of the Gers River Gers , which flows northward through the western part of the commune. The river Auroue forms part of the commune s south eastern and north eastern borders. Sights Lectoure has been designated as a French towns and lands of Art and History town of art and history French Villes et Pays d Art et d Histoire by the Minister of Culture France French Ministry of Culture and Communication since 1985. The town hall was built between 1676 and 1682 by bishop Hugues de Bar. Way of St. James Lectoure is a town on the Via Podiensis , one of the three major French arms of the Way of St. James . This route is followed by those making the pilgrimage from Le Puy en Velay Le Puy by way of Saint Jean Pied de Port to Santiago de Compostella in northwest Spain . Pilgrim s arrive at Lectoure after Miradoux and next pass through La Romieu . Miscellaneous Locally produced Armagnac drink Armagnac and foie gras are available and popular Delicacy France delicacies . Notable people Jean V d Armagnac Pey de Garros Pey de Garros Jean de Garros Pierre Charron Antoine de Roquelaure Emmanuel Louis de Cugnac Berna ... more details
multiple issues orphan February 2009 unreferenced July 2007 Sobalvarro Sobalbarro is a surname of northern and central European decent. The first record of the name appears in the Basque Country greater region Basque regions of Spain. The name was purportedly constructed by combining the names of three brothers. The surname appears between the 11th and 14th centuries in the northern Spanish region of Roncesvalles . References to the family name appear with increasing frequency from the 15th to the 19th century, especially in regards to the negotiation with the French in the Treaty of Devolution in 1662. Shield The family shield, a silver sword on a red background, indicates the name is of military origin and proven valor. Many such shields were awarded to families for their heroic involvement in acts of war. On the coat of arms , red represents strength, power, and a fervent love to God and fellow man. The silver sword represents proven acts of valor in the battlefield. History Ancient history The Sobalvarro surname first appeared in the Basque Country greater region Basque regions of Spain . Because the Basque were the last remnants of the older Western Europe , the last name was notably known when there was conflict inside of Spain. The Basque tribes were mentioned by Strabo and Pliny the Elder Pliny as early as the 2nd century B.C. Stories of heroic acts by Sobalvarros are told by the Vascones and the Aquitani in the languages of Aquitaine language Aquitaine , Basque language Basque , and Iru a Veleia . These languages were already present in the area when the tribes began to migrate to the north west from southern and southwestern present day Europe. Middle Ages The last name survived the Middle Ages even when Muslims and Franks fragmented the territory. Previous to this invasion, there was a coat of arms present in battles serving under the Castilian noblesse . The Sobalvarro name then began to expand within the newly formed Kingdom of Castile and Kingdom of Pa ... more details
about the bird great auk the European surname, possibly a habitational name for early inhabitants Auch name Infobox French commune name Auch image Auch1.jpg caption Cathedral in the town centre region Midi Pyr n es department Gers arrondissement Auch canton Chef lieu of 4 cantons INSEE 32013 postal code 32000 mayor Claude B taille term 2001&ndash 2008 intercommunality Grand Auch longitude 0.5855 latitude 43.6465 elevation m 166 elevation min m 115 elevation max m 281 area km2 72.48 population 21838 population date 1999 Auch IPA fr Gascon language Gascon Aush IPA oc aw is a communes of France commune in south western France . Located in the Regions of France region of Midi Pyr n es , it is the capital of the Gers departments of France department . Auch is the historical capital of Gascony . At the 1999 census there were 24,725 inhabitants in the urban area of Auch. History The Ausci Auch is a very ancient town. The name of Auch comes from the Aquitani an tribe that inhabited the area at the time of the Roman conquest in the 50s BC. The name of this tribe, as recorded by the Romans, was Ausci pronounced IPA la awski in Latin , singular Auscus . Aquitanians spoke a language related to the old Basque language , and a striking fact is that the name Ausci seems related to the native name of the modern Basque people Basques , who call themselves Euskal pronounced IPA eu euskal in Basque . citation needed date October 2008 At the time of the Roman conquest, the native name of Auch , as recorded by the Romans, was Elimberris . Elimberris is itself a variant of Iliberri , where Ili comes from the Iberian language Iberian word iltir or iltur the t is mute meaning town, city, oppidum , a frequent prefix in names of Iberian cities, and which was probably borrowed into Basque and also Aquitanian language Aquitanian cf. modern Basque hiri , meaning town . In modern Basque there is also the word berri which means new , so Iliberri is often interpreted as meaning new oppidum bas ... more details
Image Basque tribes.gif 300px thumb right Location of the tribe of the Vascones. br Red pre Indoeuropean tribes br Blue Celts Celtic tribes Image Barscunes transparent.png thumb A coin with small BARSCUNES small in Iberian script . It has been proposed that the word is related to Vascones. File Coins of Arsaos in Navarre Spain 150BCE 100BCE Roman stylistic influence.jpg thumb Coins of Arsaos, Navarre, 150 100 BCE, showing Roman stylistic influence. British Museum . The Vascones Latin, singular small vasco small ref name OnlineEtymological http www.etymonline.com index.php?term Gascon Gascon in the Online Etymology Dictionary . ref ref name Au amendiVasco http www.euskomedia.org aunamendi 131971?idi en&clave 131971&clave 131971&op 4&primR 1®s 10&EIKVOVOZ Vasco&EIKVOTIP L E9xico&pos 7&epi 79867 mrc2 Vasco Historia in the Spanish language Au amendi Encyclopedia . ref were an ancient people who, at the arrival of the Ancient Rome Romans , inhabited the region of present day Navarre , Lower La Rioja autonomous community La Rioja and north western Aragon . It is likely that they are ancestors of the present day Basque people Basques , to whom they left their name. Roman period Unlike the Aquitani ans or Cantabri ans, the Vascones seemed to have negotiated their status in the Roman Empire . In the Sertorian War , Pompey established his headquarters in their territory, founding Pamplona Pompaelo . Romanization was rather intense in the area known as Ager Vasconum the Ebro valley but limited in the mountainous Saltus , where evidence of Roman civilization appears only in mining places, like Oiasso . The territory was also important for Romans as a communication knot between northern Hispania and southwestern Gaul Gallia . The Vasconian area presents indications of upheaval burnt villas, an abundance of mints to pay the garrisons during the 4th and 5th centuries that have been linked by many historians to the Bagaudae rebellions against Feudalism feudalization . By this ti ... more details
Wars by sending in 56 BC an army to help the Aquitani tribes of south eastern Gaul against Julius .... Notes Reflist See also Astures Aquitani Cantabria Cantabrian wars Corocotta Gallic Wars Ligures Roman ... more details
by a people known as the Aquitani , who were not Celtic and are modernly regarded as Basques ... Portal Basque Aquitani Duchy of Vasconia Kingdom of Navarre Izarra liqueur Izarra , a local liquor ... more details
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