Sordones Discussion

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The Sordones were a pre-Indo-European people whose territory was located in present-day French Roussillon forming the border of Gaul and Iberia. They are classified as either Gallic or Iberian - it is thought they spoke Iberian despite cultural similiarities to Gaulish tribes. According to ancient tradition - the Nuragic culture in Sardinia had its origins here - hence the name Sardones or Sordones and the link to Sardinia. Victims of geography, it is thought the Sordones were Ligurized in the 10th century BC as evidenced by the fields of urns present in the region. Later they were Iberized in the 4th-5th century BC before being Celticized in the 3rd century BC - this is of course before the arrival of the Romans at the end of the 2nd century when this territory become an important part of the Roman Republic.