Draft:Vasconia
Territory stretching along both sides of the Pyrenees. / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vasconia, or Gascony, was a territory controlled militarily and politically by the Vascones from the end of the 2nd century to the 11th century, stretching along both sides of the Pyrenees and defending against natural Franks, Visigothic and Muslim attacks. North of the Pyrenees, its frontier fluctuated from the Aire-Lescar axis at the end of the first century to beyond the Garonne in the seventh century. South of the Pyrenees, its frontier ran from the Vitoria-Olite axis to Zaragoza in the second and third centuries.[1]
Vasconia 5th century – 8th century | |||||||||||||||||
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Status | Vascones territory | ||||||||||||||||
Other languages | Aquitanian (proto-basque) and Medieval Latin | ||||||||||||||||
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There were two Vasconies, separated by the natural border of the Pyrenees. The later Vasconia, located in Iberia, south of the Pyrenees, and the anterior Vasconia,[2][3] located north of the Pyrenees, which became the Duchy of Gascony, a name that replaced Novempopulania in 626.[4][5]