Taurisci / Norici: #Strabo stated the #Taurisci were an individual tribe while the #Norici was a collective, and that the Taurisci were also Norici, 'of the north'.

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The steep hill above the town with Ljubljana castle was also occupied way into prehistory, including by the Taurisci in c3 BC, it became the site of a Roman military encampment in 50 BC that would later grow into the settlement of Emona

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Agones: #Polybius associated them with the #Taurisci of #Carinthia, but this by necessity places them along one of the connecting corridors across the #Alps for NE #IronAge #Italy.

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#findsfriday: `Besides local Czech coinage, we also encounter imported coins from various parts of #celtic Europe. In the Stradonice location, coins from the regions of South Bavaria, Gaul, Central Danube and Noricum were discovered. Similarly, coins from our […]

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It is a silver tetradrachm produced by the regionally-dominant Taurisci around 100 BC, showing the stylised head of Apollo and a Celtic horseman.

#FindsFriday: `Besides local Czech coinage, we also encounter imported coins from various parts of #Celtic Europe. In the Stradonice location, coins from the regions of South Bavaria, Gaul, Central Danube and Noricum were discovered.
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