Vascones Discussion

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The Vascones are considered ancestors of the present day Basques. They and related peoples occupied a territory spanning the Ebro river and parts of the Pyrenees. The oldest document from Roman times mentions how during the Sertorian War, the Romans crossed the Ebro into the flatlands of the Vascones until reaching the neighboring Berones. South of this area were the Celtiberians. During the Roman Republic and Empire, the territory of Vascones occupied present-day Navarre, parts of Gipuzkoa, La Rioja, Zaragoza and Huesca. Later on the Visigoths arrived into Iberia reducing this territory significantly. There are numerous mentions of Vascones into Aquitaine. Unlike the Aquitanians, the Vascones negotiated their status in the Roman Empire and during the Sertorian War, Pompey setup his headquarters in their territory. In 407 AD, Vascon troops fought with the Romans repelling an attack by Vandals, Alans and Alemanni. Both the Vascones and Aquitani were believed to have spoken a proto-Basque language.