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Avarigines
Tribe in Cantabria, Spain / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Avarigines or Avarigini were a cantabrian tribe[1] that lived on the eastern side of the river Namnasa, the modern Nansa, along its middle and upper parts, opposite the Organomesci.
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![]() Roman Cantabria during the Cantabrian Wars. The map indicates the borders of the cantabrian territory in relation to the present Cantabria as well as the different tribes who inhabited it, the neighboring people, towns and geographic features. | |
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Cantabrian | |
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Cantabrian paganism | |
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Blendii, Camarici or Tamarici, Concani, Coniaci or Conisci, Morecani, Noegi, Orgenomesci, Plentuisii, Salaeni, Vadinienses, Vellici or Velliques |
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All we know about them is that their name has a Celtic origin. They were mentioned by the Roman geographer Pomponius Mela.[2] For a long time, due to their similar Celtic names, they were confused with Autrigones, a different and better-documented tribe.[3]