tribal confederation · Iberia

Turduli

500 BCE – 150 BCE (approx.)

A people of the south-west, close kin of the Turdetani, with a northern branch, the Turduli Veteres, living near the Douro in Portugal.

Origins

The Turduli lived in the middle Guadiana and Guadalquivir regions next to the Turdetani, from whom Strabo said they could hardly be distinguished. A separate group, the Turduli Veteres or Old Turduli, settled south of the lower Douro in northern Portugal, probably after migrating from the south.

Rule and society

Little is recorded of their government. Their economy relied on farming, herding and the mineral wealth of the Sierra Morena. Pliny lists their towns in both Baetica and Lusitania, which shows how widespread the group was.

Decline and legacy

They were absorbed into Roman Hispania Ulterior during the 2nd century BCE, following the conquest of the south after 206 BCE and the Lusitanian wars. Under Augustus their lands were divided between Baetica and Lusitania.

Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.

Lineage

TurduliHispania Ulterior 197 BCE – 27 BCE

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