¿Volcas en Hispania? A propósito de Livio, 21, 19, 6

Abstract

Volcae in Spain ? About Livy 21,19, 6. This paper proposes the identification of the Volciani mentioned by Livius in the context of the Second Punic War in some area south of the Pyrenees with the Celtic people of the Volcae Tectosages who had their centre in Tolosa (Toulouse). Their refusal of the Roman alliance in 218 fits well with the anti-Roman attitudes for the Volcae and contrasts with the general philo-Romanism of the neighbouring Bargusii and of the Iberian peoples in general (among which they had been traditionally included : e.g. Tovar, Volciani=Bolsciani of Bolsean). Diverse evidences concerning the presence of Gauls between the Pyrenees and the Ebro river are also considered.