The history of Ligurian people

The collective name of several ancient peoples who lived on the northwest coast of the Mediterranean during 1 thousand BC. Their living area begins at the mouth of the Ebro River in Spain and ends at the mouth of the Arno River in Italy. In ancient times, the Ligurians in southern Gaul were never described as certain ethnic groups, nor did they talk about their specific national characteristics. They are probably a collection of several indigenous tribes in the Neolithic age, living in remote villages; Perhaps ancient writers used the name Liguria to refer to their loose political groups. Both strabo and Dior Dorus Sigulus described the Ligurian as a rough and tough tribe, and the Romans suffered greatly. Strappo said that Ligurians were different from Gauls or Celts, and Diodoros said that they gathered in villages and struggled to survive on rocky land. In any case, Ligurians are famous for their bravery and are a good source of mercenaries. In 480 BC, they served under the Carthaginian general Hamilkar; During the reign of Agathocles, he served in the Greek settlement of Sicily; By the time of the Second Punic War (2 18 BC? 20 1 before) and openly stand on the side of Carthage. In BC 180, the Romans conquered the Ligurians and sent 40,000 people to Samnion to settle near present-day benevento.