Aletes
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Aletes was an individual of disputed origin who lived in the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula in the times preceding the foundation of Qart Hadasht by Asdrubal the Fair in 227 BC. His discovery of silver mines in the vicinity of that city earned him a deification by his peers. After his deification, one of the foundational hills, which currently corresponds to the hill of San José, was consecrated to him.
When
- First attested
- 227 BCE
- Attested period
- -200 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned by Polybius in his Histories.
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“case of Aletes it could be an Iberian name, and whose hypothesis was supported since the 1960s by Spanish historians thanks to the advances in the identification of the Iberian scripts, has obtained more support. The last point of controversy came in 1982, when the German Michael Koch introduced the theory that Aletes”
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