Editing Navarre (section)

=== Antiquity ===

Before and during the [[Roman Empire]], the [[Vascones]] populated the southern slopes of the [[Pyrenees]], including the area which would ultimately become Navarre. In the mountainous north, the Vascones escaped large-scale Roman settlement, except for some coastal areas—for example [[Oiasso]] (in what is now [[Gipuzkoa]])—and the flatter areas to the south, [[Calahorra|Calagurris]] (in what is now La Rioja), which were amenable to [[Latifundium|large-scale Roman farming]]—vineyards, olives, and wheat crops. There is no evidence of battles fought or general hostility between Romans and Basques, as they had the same enemies.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kondaira.net/eng/Historia0005.html |title=HISTORY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY - THE ROMANS |publisher=Kondaira.net }}</ref>