Gausón was a semi-legendary

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general who fought the Romans in the Astur-Cantabrian Wars (29 BC–19 BC). Little is known about Gausón due to the lack of classical sources, but historical codexes, oral tradition and other several sources do mention his presence in the

Cantabrian Wars The Cantabrian Wars (29–19 BC) (''Bellum Cantabricum''), sometimes also referred to as the Cantabrian and Asturian Wars (''Bellum Cantabricum et Asturicum''), were the final stage of the two-century long Roman conquest of Hispania, in what to ...

as a military leader of the

armies who attacked the Roman legions near the town of ''Lancia'' during the Bellum Asturicum campaign.

Historical sources

The ''Gran Enciclopedia Asturiana''
''Great Asturian Encyclopedia''
) says: However, the most part of the above references to Gausón seem to be sourced in the chronicle of the relevant historian priest Luis Alfonso de Carvallo (1571–1635), which was based on previous ecclesiastical and historical codexes and works, some of them now lost: This chronicle thus agrees with the Florian official Roman chronicl

In a similar way, Luis Alfonso de Carvallo continues:

References

Florus Three main sets of works are attributed to Florus (a Roman cognomen): ''Virgilius orator an poeta'', the ''Epitome of Roman History'' and a collection of 14 short poems (66 lines in all). As to whether these were composed by the same person, or ...

: "Epitome of Roman Wars. XXXIII. Bellum Cantabricum et Asturicum.

* Paulus Orosius, Orosius: "History against the Pagans". *

Dio Cassius Lucius Cassius Dio (), also known as Dio Cassius ( ), was a Roman historian and senator of maternal Greek origin. He published 80 volumes of the history of ancient Rome, beginning with the arrival of Aeneas in Italy. The volumes documented the ...

: "Roman History". *Luis Alfonso de Carvallo: "Historia de las Antigüedades y cosas memorables del Principado de Asturias. (History of the Antiquity and memorable things of the Principality of Asturias)". 1613. Part I. Chapter IV.
Volume at the Spanish National Library
. *Historia de Asturias. (Volume I: Prehistory and Ancient History.) La Nueva España 1990.
''Gran Enciclopedia Asturiana''

External links

Essay about Gausón

Who was Gausón?
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