Word: strabo
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...NATIONAL CHARACTER of the Basques is defined by territory, by language and by blood, and they are clearly distinguishable from the Spanish and the French. Geographically, the nucleus of the Basque nation, stretches across both sides of the Pyrenees mountains. The Roman historian Strabo referred to the Basques as "fierce mountain warriors" who "wear no helmets in battle." One-fifth of the territory was integrated into the French domain at the end of the French Revolution in 1789. The remaining four-fifths, the states of Alaba, Bizcaya, Gipuzcoa and Nabarra were annexed by Spain in 1839 after the first Carlist...