Ilergetes ( Latin: Ilergetes , Ilergetae ) - Iberian people in Ancient Spain .
He lived in the northeast ( Hispania Tarraconensis ) from the Iber River and the city of Caesaravgusta (modern Zaragoza ) to the northeast to the Pyrenees and to the southeast to Lerida .
Small tribes of the Barguzians (or Bergistan) and other Iberian peoples belonged to it. The writings of ancient authors mention their city of Ilurgy ; In addition, the strategically important settlement in the area of the hiergetes was Ilerda (now Lleida), on the Sikoris River flowing into the Ebro, through which a stone bridge was thrown. Here in 49 BC e. Pompey's legates were defeated by Caesar .
Literature
- Ilerges // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.