Turduli Veteres

The Turduli Veteres territory was located south of the estuary of the river Douro, in the north of modern Portugal, being neighbors of the Paesuri.

They also dwelt around Vila Nova de Gaia as evidenced by the two bronze plaques (Tesserae Hospitales) found in Monte Murado in Pedroso.

Alongside the Celtici, the Turduli Veteres migrated northwards around the 5th century BC,[3][4][5] before settling in a coastal region situated along the lower Douro and Vacca (Vouga) river basins (i.e. north-western parts of present-day Beira Litoral).

Being relatively unaccustomed to interaction with and dominance by other peoples, the Turduli Veteres (like the Lusitani and Gallaeci), bore the brunt of the first Roman forays into north-west Iberia.

[7] In 27-13 BC, the Turduli Veteres were in turn aggregated into the Roman province of Lusitania during the reign of Emperor Augustus.