tribal confederation · Iberia
Suessetani
Origins
The Suessetani lived north of the middle Ebro, probably in the Cinco Villas area of modern Aragon, between the Sedetani and the Vascones. Their origins and language are uncertain; some scholars think they were of Celtic rather than Iberian stock. They appear only in Livy's account of the Roman wars.
Rule and society
Nothing is known of their institutions beyond their main town, Corbio. They joined the Ilergetes in raids and in the anti-Roman revolts of the early 2nd century BCE.
Decline and legacy
In 184 BCE the Roman praetor Aulus Terentius Varro captured Corbio and sold its inhabitants into slavery. The Suessetani disappear from history soon afterwards, and their lands seem to have passed to neighbouring peoples, possibly the Vascones.
Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.
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- Suessetani was conquered by Hispania Citerior184 BCE
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