Conistorgis

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Conistorgis was the main city of the Conii. It was located somewhere in the interior of the Algarve, a region in the south of Portugal, although the exact location is unknown. In the Conii language it means "royal city". The Celtici seem to have been present there.

The Conii had made an alliance with the Romans during the conquest of the Iberian Peninsula. This lead to the city's destruction by the indigenous Iberian confederation, led by the Lusitanians, during the Lusitanian War against Rome.

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References

Mattoso, José (dir.), História de Portugal. Primeiro Volume: Antes de Portugal, Lisboa, Círculo de Leitores, 1992. (in Portuguese)
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 |first=Teresa
 |last=Júdice Gamito
 |url=http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/celtic/ekeltoi/volumes/vol6/6_11/gamito_6_11.html
 |title=The Celts in Portugal
 |journal=e-Keltoi: Journal of Interdisciplinary Celtic Studies
 |volume=6
 |pages=571-605
 |year=2005

}}