Talk:Conímbriga

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[edit] Contradictions

There are some contradictions in the text of this article, in one paragraph it says the Romans invaded in the "2nd Century A.D.", and another says they arrived in the "second half of the Ist century B.C." Anyone with knowledge on the topic have any insights? - AKeen 19:12, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Well, 2nd Century BC should be correct: The invasion of the iberian peninsula started with the celtiberian war which started 197 BC and ended around 179 BC. With the end of numantian war (154 BC - 133 BC) all of the iberian peninsula had been occupied by the romans. --84.167.214.160 12:10, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

That article is really bad. Julius Caesar invaded in the first century BC, but I'm not sure he went that far north, though I'd really have to look it up. The Conii were a completely different culture in the far, far south (I went from Lagos, Conii territory, to Leiria, about an hour south of Coimbra by car, this summer, and it is a real long trip) and I'm pretty sure Conimbriga means 'hill fort' or something to do with a fort. It really doesn't do the place justice. It's one of the most amazing things I've seen. Unfortunately, I'm a crap writer, and I have a hard time keeping up with wikicode and the whole format around here. Kyle543 08:45, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Julius Caesar ended the celtic resistance around 60 BC. - The origins of the Conii is quite uncertain though Herodot lists them as an iberian tribe. Most probably the name Conimbriga does result from the Conii (there were at least two Conimbriga which I know of - one by Coimbra/ Portugal and one near Murcia/ Spain): Coni briga - Coni being the celtic name for the Conii and the celtic word brigg meaning "hill, hide-out, fort". Brigg may mean fort but doesn't have to. Take a look at german(ic) Berg/ Burg which are derived from the same indo-european stem. It's unclear how far north the Conii territory reached but at least as far as central Portugal - territory which was later on occupied by lusitanian and celtiberian tribes. Take a look at the situation around 200 BC: http://arkeotavira.com/Mapas/Iberia/Populi.htm - From the tartessic/ conian Keition to Conimbriga that's just slightly over 200 km. Not that far away! It is plausible. --84.167.214.160 12:10, 20 March 2007 (UTC)