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Bigerriones

300 BCE – 56 BCE (approx.)

Aquitanian people of the high Pyrenean valleys around Tarbes, who gave their name to Bigorre.

Origins

The Bigerriones lived in the upper Adour valley and the Pyrenean foothills of the modern Hautes-Pyrénées. Caesar lists them among the Aquitanian peoples who surrendered to Publius Crassus in 56 BCE.

Rule and society

Nothing is known of their rulers. Like other Aquitani they spoke a language related to Basque, and their economy combined mountain herding with farming in the valleys.

Decline and legacy

Under Rome their chief town was Turba, later Tarbes, within the province of Aquitania and then Novempopulana. Their name passed to the medieval County of Bigorre.

Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Bigerriones. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/bigerriones
MLA
“Bigerriones.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/bigerriones. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Bigerriones.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/bigerriones.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Bigerriones’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/bigerriones (Accessed: ).

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