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Autrigones

300 BCE – 29 BCE (approx.) · capital Virovesca

A people of northern Burgos and western Bizkaia, whose towns Virovesca and Flaviobriga linked the Meseta to the Cantabrian Sea.

Origins

The Autrigones occupied the land from the upper Ebro to the coast around Castro Urdiales, in modern Burgos, Álava and Bizkaia, from the later Iron Age. They bordered the Cantabri, Turmodigi, Caristii and Berones, and their language was probably Celtic.

Rule and society

They lived in hillforts and lowland settlements, farming and herding, with towns such as Virovesca (Briviesca) and Tritium Autrigonum named by Pliny and Ptolemy. Their political organisation is unknown.

Decline and legacy

They came under Rome during the 1st century BCE, and after the Cantabrian Wars their territory became part of Hispania Tarraconensis. The Flavian emperors founded the port of Flaviobriga on their coast, modern Castro Urdiales.

Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.

Lineage

AutrigonesHispania Citerior 197 BCE – 27 BCE

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Autrigones. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/autrigones
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