Prehistoric Spanish Massacre Rewrites the History of War in Europe
Prior to this find, historians believed that large scale warfare was introduced to Iron Age Europe by Rome. Apparently that is not the case.
Read the rest of the article at the link.A study of victims of a Spanish prehistoric massacre is providing researchers with new insights into the evolution of warfare. Archaeologists have found evidence of a sacked settlement and the brutal slaughter of most of its inhabitants, including women and children. The Spanish prehistoric massacre evidence changes the view that large-scale warfare was introduced into Iron Age Europe by Rome.
La Hoya was a very important Iron Age town in what is now the Basque Country in northern Spain . Because of its location, in the Ebro River valley, La Hoya flourished, and archaeologists have found evidence that it had streets, large buildings and defensive walls . Based on archaeological evidence, the site was ruled by a warrior aristocracy , who engaged in long-distance trade. It is believed that the “site was within territory controlled by the Berones,” a war-like Celtic people, reports Antiquity. Then one day about 2300 or 2200 years ago the town was attacked, and it was wiped off the face of the earth. This single Spanish prehistoric massacre completely rewrites the timeline of warfare in Europe, taking the spotlight off the Romans.