tribal confederation · Iberia

Varduli

300 BCE – 19 BCE (approx.)

A people of the western Pyrenean coast in Gipuzkoa and Álava, among the ancestors of the Basques.

Origins

The Varduli lived in the area of modern Gipuzkoa and parts of Álava and Navarre in the later Iron Age, between the Caristii and the Vascones. Whether they spoke an early form of Basque or a Celtic language is debated.

Rule and society

Little is known of their society. They lived from herding, farming, fishing and the iron of their hills, and Ptolemy names towns such as Gebala and Menosca. Strabo includes them among the rough mountain peoples of the north.

Decline and legacy

They came under Roman rule as part of the conquest of the north completed in the Cantabrian Wars of 19 BCE, and later supplied auxiliary troops, including a cohort of Varduli that served in Britain. Their land became part of Hispania Tarraconensis.

Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.

Lineage

VarduliHispania Tarraconensis 27 BCE – 472 CE

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

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