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Warfare in ancient Iberian peninsula occupied an important place in historical chronicles, first during the Carthaginian invasion of Hispania, including the Punic Wars, and later during the Roman conquest of the peninsula. The densely bellicose character of the Pre-Roman peoples who inhabited Hispania was repeatedly shown in their conflicts against Rome, Carthage and each other.

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Warfare in the ancient Iberian Peninsula

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Warfare in ancient Iberian peninsula occupied an important place in historical chronicles, first during the Carthaginian invasion of Hispania, including...

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Mercenaries of the ancient Iberian Peninsula

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Age Spain, particularly in the central area of the Iberian peninsula. Departing from the native tribe and applying to serve in others was a way for economically...

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Falcata

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The falcata is a type of sword typical of pre-Roman Iberia. The falcata was used to great effect for warfare in the ancient Iberian peninsula, and is...

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Cantabrian circle

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The Cantabrian circle (Latin: circulus cantabricus) was a military tactic born in the warfare in the ancient Iberian peninsula. It was employed by ancient...

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Ancient Celtic warfare

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Dacian warfare Gaelic warfare Germanic warfare Illyrian warfare Thracian warfare Trimarcisia Warfare in the ancient Iberian peninsula List of ancient Celtic...

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Kingdom of Iberia

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at the extremities of their world (in the Iberian Peninsula and the Caucasus) due to the mythical wealth associated with them (Tartessos and the Golden...

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Iberian Peninsula

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The Iberian Peninsula (/aɪˈbɪəriən/), also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in South-western Europe, defining the westernmost edge of Eurasia. Separated...

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Iberians

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The Iberians (Latin: Hibērī, from Greek: Ἴβηρες, Iberes) were an ancient people settled in the eastern and southern coasts of the Iberian peninsula, at...

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Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula

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The Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula (Arabic: فَتْحُ الأَنْدَلُس), also known as the Arab conquest of Spain, by the Umayyad Caliphate occurred...

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Reconquista

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waged against the Muslim kingdoms following the Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula by the Umayyad Caliphate. The beginning of the Reconquista is...

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List of ancient Celtic peoples and tribes

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Southern Europe (Iberian peninsula), southern Central Europe and some regions of the Balkans and Anatolia. They were most of the population in Gallia, today's...

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Celtiberians

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The Celtiberians were a group of Celts and Celticized peoples inhabiting an area in the central-northeastern Iberian Peninsula during the final centuries...

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Horses in warfare

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improved harness and chariot designs made chariot warfare common throughout the Ancient Near East, and the earliest written training manual for war horses...

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Indigetes

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Iberian peninsula (the Roman Hispania). They are believed to have spoken the Iberian language. They occupied the far north east area of the Iberian Peninsula...

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Lusitanians

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The Lusitanians were an Indo-European-speaking people living in the far west of the Iberian Peninsula, in present-day central Portugal and Extremadura...

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Islam and war

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authority across the faraway mountainous north of the peninsula. The medieval Iberian Peninsula was the scene of almost constant warfare between the Muslim al-Andalus...

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Hispania

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Spanish, Portuguese, and Catalan as [isˈpanja]) was the Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula. Under the Roman Republic, Hispania was divided into two provinces:...

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Celts

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of the Iberian Peninsula: the eastern part of the Meseta (inhabited by the Celtiberians), the southwest (Celtici, in modern-day Alentejo) and the northwest...

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Phoenicia

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and colonization throughout the Mediterranean, from Cyprus to the Iberian Peninsula. The Phoenicians directly succeeded the Bronze Age Canaanites, continuing...

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Carpetani

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The Carpetani were one of the Celtic peoples inhabiting the Iberian Peninsula prior to the Roman conquest. Their core domain was constituted by the lands...

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Ancient Carthage

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powerful navies in the ancient Mediterranean, and an army composed heavily of foreign mercenaries and auxiliaries, particularly Iberians, Balearics, Gauls...

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Spanish chivalry

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arose, giving motivation for engagement in the ceaseless warfare. In the Iberian Peninsula (particularly in Spain or future Spanish territories), chivalric...

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Iberian Union

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and 1640 and brought the entire Iberian Peninsula except Andorra, as well as Portuguese and Spanish overseas possessions, under the Spanish Habsburg monarchs...

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Cantabri

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and eastern Asturias. The ancestors of the Cantabri were thought by the Romans to have migrated to the Iberian Peninsula around the 4th Century BC, and...

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Vettones

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The Vettones (Greek: Ouettones) were an Iron Age pre-Roman people of the Iberian Peninsula. Lujan (2007) concludes that some of the names of the Vettones...

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Astures

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scrutator pallidus auri"). The Astures entered the historical record in the late 3rd century BC, being listed amongst the Iberian Peninsula mercenaries of Hasdrubal...

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Arabian Peninsula

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across Central Asia, the Middle East, North Africa, southern Italy, and the Iberian Peninsula, to the Pyrenees. With Muhammad's death in 632, disagreement...

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Medieval warfare

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Medieval warfare is the warfare of the Middle Ages. Technological, cultural, and social advancements had forced a severe transformation in the character...

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