Balare Sardinia, as the name implies, refers to the people of Balari, ancient ethnic group that lived in the north Sardinia. Our intention is to evoke, through reconstruction of rituals, battles, life in the village or camp, the life of the indigenous people to 'era of the Punic wars. The period that we want to recall from VI to the first century. BC Sardi said by scholars of thought Lilliano V nuragico.
HISTORY
This period (VI - the first century BC.) Sees in Sardinia, a strong presence Punic and advanced but culturally already integrated at the same time. So the Carthaginians are defined Sardinian residents in Sardinia Punic, Punic culture, but that is the source Sardi. The south and the main Sardinian ports are in the hands of the Carthaginians who control the access routes to the sea around the south coast of Sardinia, including mines Sulcis where indigenous manpower to exploit the 'extraction of minerals. Also part of the interior, around the cities and ports, is in the hands of the Punic where between the fifth and fourth centuries BC erect a defensive wall to oppose the warlike people and Ilies Balares. The inland areas in the hands of the Carthaginians data were divided into estates in the hands of noble Punic Sardinia, where they worked anche genti indigene. Molti sardi indigeni combatterono con i cartaginesi come mercenari e si arruolavano negli equipaggi, favorendo così lo scambio culturale e l' integrazione. Nonostante questo, ben lungi erano i sardo punici da domare le popolazioni dell' interno, e, anche tra i sardi delle zone tributarie le rivolte erano frequenti. Nel 368 AC ci fu una grossa ribellione che fu sedata solo dopo diverse campagne militari.
Nel nord Sardegna, invece, i cartaginesi erano meno presenti. In questo territorio, infatti, a parte Olbia, i punici si spinsero sulla costa fino ad Alghero e Dorgali solo nell' ultimo periodo di espansione. Nell' interno invece Padria, Bonorva, Bolotana e Sedilo costituivano il limes coi popoli balaresi. L' unico Punic port in northern Sardinia impressive so far proved to the north is Olbia, and we know that the Carthaginians were allies of course, an ancient people of Gallura, however, remained independent until the arrival of the Romans. Beyond that of course extended the territory of Balari, population likely to be joined to those viewed, which ampsicora Sardinian alliance churches, these independent and still strong despite the Punic. Their territory stretched from the Gallura Nurre, including Limbara Logudoro and Marghine and bordered to the south-east with that of Sardinian Ilies and with the Punic territories in the south west.
Despite the Punic control the seas and trade routes, the Balari not abandoned it completely and, especially in the Nura and northwest coast turned to piracy. Despite the hostilities, and indigenous Sardinian Punic also maintained peaceful relations, are evidence of the many Carthaginian coins found in the free territory of Sardinia, the result of extensive trading. In addition, the natives, since the fifth century BC, the Carthaginian military as mercenaries to, first those of the conquered areas or adjacent to their settlements, and also those of people inside and Balares Ilies, so that they ended up allying with them (perhaps in recognition a common Sardinian identity) against the Romans.
In 238 BC, at the end of the first Punic War, was formally ceded Sardinia to Rome. Nevertheless, it remained strongly pro-Carthaginian. Only after the defeat of Ampsicora, and the ultimate defeat of Carthage in 202 BC, the Romans could begin to take possession of the territory effectively. This was not easy, because the Punic Sardinian rebels took refuge in the territories of indigenous allies, bolstered the ranks and finally integrating with them, all of whom 'were that other conquered nations. In 176/177 BC and Ilies Balari join forces and attack the Romans, it was necessary the intervention of the consul Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus with two legions and 23,000 men to conquer and impose heavy taxes.
Rebellions continued throughout the second century, the last of which occurred in 111 BC and was crushed at the hands of Marcus Caecilius Metellus who defeated the 'last alliance. The Sardinians survivors retreated into inaccessible areas, beginning with the stoic resistance barbaric, but, no longer able to form armies, will give the bandits hiding in the mountains. Despite wins in costs as in the rebellions followed until 19 AD, and in rare cases even later, but from this date onwards also the regions of Sardinia is not completely pacified undergo a gradual integration into the Roman culture, thanks imposition of the civitas, a sort of reserve in which the natives could govern itself provided for the payment of taxes, but which often trespassed to raid.
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