TheAllotriges orAllotrigones (Greek:Allotrigoi), were a small 'Celticized'mountain people mentioned alongside thePlentauri byStrabo,[1] as inhabitants of the region roughly corresponding to present-day northwesternLa Rioja, around the area of theEbro sources.
As their name suggests, the Allotriges were initially aCeltic tribe possibly related to theAutrigones that arrived to this region in the wake of theGallic-Belgae migrations of the 4th century BC,[2][3] settling themselves in the mountains north of theArlanzón river.
The archeological record of the Allotriges remains somewhat scarce to this day, though some evidence points that they were influenced by the earlyIron Age 'Bernorio-Miraveche' cultural group of northernBurgos andPalencia provinces, and later by theCeltiberians via their southern neighbours, theTurmodigi. Their linguistic affiliation has not been fully determined but it is likely that they spoke a 'Q-Celtic' language.
Although the details of their history in the region are lacking, it seems that throughout the 3rd-1st Centuries BC the Allotriges successfully resisted the attempts made by theCantabri,Autrigones andTurmodigi to bring them into their tribal confederacies. Thus they managed to retain their tribal identity until the late 1st Century BC, when the mounting pressure of the Cantabrian raids finally made them to seek an alliance withRome.