Batangas in the Pre-Hispanic Era This page contains links to articles about Batangas before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors. Antique Book Suggests Batangas Tagalog was Once More Widely Spoken in Pre-Hispanic Times Chinese Ceramics and Evidence of Violence in the Early Calatagan Excavations Historical Hypotheses on the possible origins of the BatangueƱo Expression “Ala Eh”