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The Vacceos were an ancient tribe who settled in the Meseta of northern Spain. According to Diodoro Siculo, they were the most cultured group of the Celtiberians, and Sibio Italico would define them as merchants and businessmen. Their existance is proved at least from the third century BC. Polibio relates, although he wasn't an eyewitness, the presence of the Vaccean cities of Helmántica (Salamanca) and Arbucala (Zamora)