Vettones

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The Vettones were one of the pre-Roman Celtic peoples of the Iberian Peninsula (the Roman Hispania, modern Spain and Portugal), dwelling in the northwestern part of the meseta—the high central upland plain of the Iberian peninsula—the region where the modern Spanish provinces of Ávila and Salamanca are today, as well as parts of Zamora, Toledo, Cáceres and also border areas of modern Portuguese territory. Roman authors recognized the cohesion of cultural features and called the tribe the Vettones. Some of their most notable legacies today include verracos de piedra, which are stone markers of unknown use, and possibly the game of Calva, which dates to the time of their influence.

They are not to be confused with the Vettonenses, inhabitants of Vettona (today's Bettona in Umbria).

[edit] See also

• Bletonesii
• Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula

[edit] External links

• Mapa del territorio vettón (Map of Vettonian Territory)
• Jesús R. Álvarez-Sanchís, "Oppida and Celtic society in western Spain," in e-Celtoi: Journal of Interdisciplinary Celtic Studies, Vol. 6 (The Celts in the Iberian Peninsula)
• Detailed map of the Pre-Roman Peoples of Iberia (around 200 BC)