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The Iberian Celts: Their Origins, Culture, Languages, Wars, and Enduring Legacy

The Iberian Celts: Their Origins, Culture, Languages, Wars, and Enduring Legacy

Savage, Spencer

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General Military HistorySpainish & Portuguese History

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ISBN13: 9798170653591
Publisher: Independently Published
Pages: 162
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.41 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Long before Rome conquered Iberia, another story was already unfolding.

What you're about to discover will change how you see the ancient peoples of Spain and Portugal. The Iberian Celts takes you beyond the familiar story of Roman conquest and into the much older world that existed before Rome arrived.

Few people know that the roots of Iberian Celtic history reach back thousands of years, to populations carrying steppe ancestry, the spread of the Bell Beaker people, and the transformation of Iberia's population during the Bronze Age. From these ancient movements emerged communities whose languages, customs, settlements, and traditions would shape the history of the peninsula.

Discover the hidden story behind the Celtiberians, Celtici, Coni, Gallaeci, Cantabrians, and other peoples who formed a diverse Celtic world across Iberia. Follow the evidence from ancient ancestry and language to hill forts, cities, cattle, seafaring, food, family customs, warfare, and the extraordinary value placed on freedom.

You'll also encounter the fascinating connection between Iberia and the wider Atlantic world, the relationship between Celtiberian and other Celtic languages, the mystery surrounding Tartessos, and the evidence for population movements that helped shape Celtic Iberia.

Then comes Rome.

Follow the long and brutal struggle between Roman armies and the peoples of Iberia, from the rise of Celtiberian military power to the resistance of Numantia and the final northern campaigns that ended in 19 BC. Discover how Rome conquered these communities, yet also adopted elements of their military technology.

Most importantly, this book asks a question that reaches beyond the battlefield: What remains when a people loses its political independence and its language eventually falls silent?

For readers interested in ancient Iberia, Celtic history, archaeology, population movements, languages, warfare, and the enduring relationship between ancestry and identity, The Iberian Celts offers a compelling journey through a world that existed long before Roman rule.

Their languages disappeared. Their political freedom was conquered. But their story did not end.

Ready to uncover the forgotten world of Celtic Iberia? Get your copy today and begin the journey.

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