Avarigines

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Cantabrian
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Cantabrian paganism
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Blendii, Camarici or Tamarici, Concani, Coniaci or Conisci, Morecani, Noegi, Orgenomesci, Plentuisii, Salaeni, Vadinienses, Vellici or Velliques

The Avarigines or Avarigini were a cantabrian tribe [1] that lived on the eastern side of the river Namnasa, the modern Nansa, along its middle and upper parts, opposite the Organomesci.

All we know about them is that their name has a Celtic origin. They were mentioned by the Roman geographer Pomponius Mela. [2] For a long time, due to their similar Celtic names, they were confused with Autrigones, a different and better-documented tribe. [3]

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References

  1. Kruta, Les Celtes Histoire Et Dictionnaire, p. 514.
  2. Per Blendios et Salaenos Sauniuma, per Avariginos et Orgenomescos Namnasa descendit: Pomponius Mela, Chorographia, iii. 12–15. Some editions amend "Avariginos" to "Autrigones".
  3. Solana Sainz, "The Autrigones through Literary Sources".

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