Talk:Palencia
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[edit] Basque or Celtiberian
As far as i know, Pompey was wintering among the Basques, who were in league w/ him against Sertorius, who fought using Celtiberians. I didn't see the sources for this being a Basque town, and if so, it goes against the above convention, according to this passage from Appian (not that i take Appian's word at face value) "While Pompey was laying siege to Pallantia and underrunning the walls with wooden supports, Sertorius suddenly appeared on the scene and raised the siege. Pompey hastily set fire to the timbers and retreated to Metellus. Sertorius rebuilt the part of the wall which had fallen and then attacked his enemies who were encamped around the castle of Calagurris and killed 3000 of them." from http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0232;query= chapter%3D%2314;layout=;loc=1.12.103
The Jackal God 00:42, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
