Beligiom Ace
With this title (abbreviated) published a professor at the University of Zaragoza, D. Antonio Beltran, in the now somewhat distant year 1980 in the Heraldo de Aragón, an article on the findings at various points of Aragon of the Iberian coins BELIGIO-M. The reference sample is labeled Beligio Iberian-m, accompanied by the secondary be or bel. That article made a detailed study of coins and said, "the most interesting problem in relation to these currencies is the status of the mint station. " The aforementioned Professor bent at first to be identified with Belchite Beligio, but seemed to hesitate in knowing that both D. Pío Beltrán, and D. Miguel Beltran were inclined to place the best option in Azaila Beligio, "while not proven otherwise."
I have no news that this situation has been clarified after this time is that archeology could only do with a lucky break through an important finding.
can use geography, which at first seems to have better options, mainly because we have a source as important as geography in eight volumes gave us the geographer and astronomer Ptolemy. This source is unique in providing the geographic coordinates of the places it describes. Unfortunately the list does not include Beligio. In contrast, in the scenario of the apparitions of the coins contained Belia Ptolemy assigned the coordinates 14 º 10'W - 40 º 45'N. Then, this Belia has partnered Belchite name, starting with the authority of the "geographical-historical dictionary of Spain" (1846) by Pascual Madoz, who in turn refers to Sylburg. And from there, others have been saying the same thing, and this is the general opinion in the village of Belchite.
Never mind that Belchite current coordinates are not covered by Belia, because we all know that Ptolemy's measurements were necessarily inaccurate, taking into account the measurement procedures that existed then, involving a flat projection of the sphere. Still, their measurements had the good sense to offer a useful approach, its main effect a small but steady shift measurements it takes to enlarge the west and northwest of the Iberian Peninsula.
not find the solution here too appetizing, we can only rely on history and philology in particular.
By simple deduction, we found that the name should not philologically Belchite Belia, if only by the law of least effort that tends to shorten, not lengthen the words. Consequently, we must test whether the name comes from Beligio Belchite.
Research by the International Academic Union gathered in his "Tabula Imperii Romani" (1993) provides the name of BELIKIOM as a mint of uncertain location "may Belchite near." Other mints of the area to be put in relation with the group bel, such as BELAISKOM, KONTREBIA Belaisca also incorporate their names in the letter `K 'that, linguistically, it has no stability, because it becomes the letter` C'. And philologically the letter `C 'is interchangeable with the` G', as observed in many current examples and time: ARCOBRICA / ARCOBRIGA, Ercávica / ERGAVICA, Seki / Segi, and so on. Thus, becomes BELIGIOM BELIKIOM.
However, in this name are other features. First, the adjective forms a BEL strong language group, which makes the vowel 'i' which follows, is weak and tends to disappear, while building the second 'i' which is the only voice that is However, with regard to the ending 'om' is as inappropriate for a Roman to us, so that will change without remedy. And changed with the emergence of a `t 'probably by Moorish influence, requiring continued support of a vowel: you.
Indeed, we know that Belchite in the Middle Ages, was called Belgit. In 1373 and Belchite Belxit appears. In 1427 as Belchite and Belchite.
now ask: Where does the name Belgit?. Imagine the reverse. We remove the `t 'and add the` i' disappeared, and is clearly Beligi, ie Beligio.
But we in the middle phoneme 'g' we pronounce it with a distinctive sound (sound ensure affricate) different from other languages, both modern and ancient. In fact, the `g 'or Belgit Beligio, it did not ever with that sound including ours, but fricative or sibilant sound, so that when writing it, was interpreted as `x 'or' ch '. Thus, we have the following transformation:
BELIKIOM
Beligiom
BEL (i) GIT (Belgit)
BELXIT - Belchite (1373-1427)
Belchite
As for the name of Belia we left behind, your script depends on codices that also translated as Velia, Belei, Beliea. And most strikingly, a significant transcription because it is near the view put forward here, and it BELEGIA (Geogr. Rav. 318.7).
The aforementioned "Tabula Imperii R." brings a topographic input for "Our Lady of Belchite Pueyo, ie, El Pueyo," as the establishment of the Roman era, badly damaged, "meaning to indicate that this is the geographical point where it should be the mint of Belikiom .. Around that Pueyo, the Romans built their "villas." Villas are still significant in a lower terrain, with its remnants of terra sigillata. Is clarified the origin of the name from Beligio Belchite. And perhaps you are Pueyo things to say.
ANGEL ALVAREZ AGUIRRE, historian.
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