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The Vaccaei or Vaccei were a pre-Roman Celtic people of Spain, who inhabited the sedimentary plains of the central Duero valley, in the Meseta Central of northern Hispania.
Painting depicting the Vaccaei going out to defend Palencia from the troops of Lucius Licinius Lucullus (151 BC). (Artist: Eugenio Oliva)
A grave excavated at Pintia in June 2008, containing many perfume bottles
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Arevaci
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The Arevaci or Aravaci, were a Celtic people who settled in the central Meseta of northern Hispania and dominated most of Celtiberia from the 4th to late 2nd centuries BC. The Vaccaei were their allie
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…by new additions of people or cultural and trading contacts with neighbouring groups. It is also believed that it was from the Vaccei that the warlike Arevaci stemmed from around the late 4th Century BC to conquer the eastern meseta. Archeology has identified the Vaccei with the 2nd Iron Age ‘Douro Culture…
Bronze hospitality token from Soria with inscription in the Celtiberian language