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This is a list of Celtic tribes and associated Celtic peoples with their geographical localization.
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Gaul

Gaul is the name used for the region of Western Europe comprising part of present day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western Switzerland and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the River Rhine....
 is approximately modern Belgium
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
,and Switzerland
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
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Celts 800 400bc
This is a list of Celtic tribes and associated Celtic peoples with their geographical localization.

Gaul (Transalpine)

Gaul, 1st Century Bc
Map Gallia Tribes Towns
Gaul
Gaul

Gaul is the name used for the region of Western Europe comprising part of present day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western Switzerland and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the River Rhine....
 is approximately modern Belgium
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
,and Switzerland
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
. At various times it also covered parts of Northern Italy
Northern Italy

Northern Italy comprises two areas belonging to Italian NUTS level 1 regions:*North-West : Aosta Valley, Piedmont, Lombardy, Liguria;*North-East : Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Veneto, Trentino-Alto Adige/S?dtirol, Emilia-Romagna....
 and North central Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
. Gaul included both Celtic speaking and non-Celtic speaking tribes.

List of peoples of Gaul (with their capitals/major settlements):
  • Aedui
    Aedui

    Aedui, Haedui or Hedui , are Gallic people of Gallia Lugdunensis, who inhabited the country between the Arar and Liger , in today's France....
     - Bibracte
    Bibracte

    Bibracte, a Gaulish oppidum or fortified city, was the capital of the Aedui and one of the most important hillforts in Gaul. It was situated near modern Autun in Bourgogne, France....
  • Allobroges
    Allobroges

    The Allobroges were a warlike Celts tribe in Gaul located between the Rh?ne River and the Lake of Geneva in what later became Savoy, Dauphin?, and Vivarais....
     - Vienne
    Vienne, Isère

    Vienne is a Communes of France in southeastern France, located 20 miles south of Lyon, on the Rh?ne River. It is the second largest city after Grenoble in the Is?re department in France, of which it is a Subprefectures in France....
  • Ambiani
    Ambiani

    The Ambiani were a Belgic people, who were said to be able to muster 10,000 armed men, in 57 BCE, the year of Julius Caesar's Belgic campaign....
     - Amiens
    Amiens

    Amiens is a city and Communes of France in northern France, north of Paris. It is the capital of the Somme Departments of France in Picardie....
  • Andecavi - Angers
    Angers

    Angers is a city in the Maine-et-Loire Departments of France in northwestern France about south-west of Paris. Angers is located in the French region known by its pre-revolutionary, provincial name, Anjou, and its inhabitants are called Angevins....
  • Aquitani
    Aquitani

    The Aquitani were a people living in what is now Aquitaine, France, in the region between the Pyrenees and the Garonne. Julius Caesar, who defeated them in his campaign in Gaul, describes them as not being Celtic but "Iberians"....
     - Bordeaux
    Bordeaux

    is a Port city on the Garonne in southwest France, with one million inhabitants in its aire urbaine at a 2008 estimate. It is the Capital of the Aquitaine regions of France, as well as the Prefectures in France of the Gironde Departments of France....
  • Atrebates
    Atrebates

    The Atrebates were a Belgae tribe of Gaul and Great Britain before the Roman conquests. According to Alexander MacBain, the name Attrebates is related to the Irish language aitreibh, ?building,? Old Irish aittreb, ?building,? and Welsh language adref, ?homewards,? going on to state that the Celtic languages root treb cor...
     - Arras
    Arras

    Arras is the capital of the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France in northern France. The historic centre of the Artois region, its local speech is characterized as a Picard language dialect....
  • Arverni
    Arverni

    Category:Tribes involved in Caesar's Gallic WarsThe Arverni were a Gallic tribe that inhabited the present-day region of Clermont-Ferrand, France....
     - Gergovia
    Gergovia

    Gergovia was a Gaul town in modern Auvergne, near present-day Clermont-Ferrand and Gergovie. It was the chief town of the Arverni and the site of the Battle of Gergovia, in 52Before Christ The battle was fought between a Roman Republic army, led by proconsul Julius Caesar and Gallic forces led by Vercingetorix....
  • Baiocasses
    Baiocasses

    The people known to us by the Latin languageized name as Baiocasses were a tribe in ancient Gaul....
     - Bayeux
    Bayeux

    Bayeux is a Communes of France in the Calvados Departments of France in Normandy in northwestern France.Bayeux is the home of the Bayeux Tapestry, one of the oldest surviving complete tapestries in the world....
  • Boii
    Boii

    Boii is the Ancient Rome name of an ancient Celtic tribes, attested at various times in Transalpine Gaul and Cisalpine Gaul , as well as in Pannonia , Bohemia, Moravia and western Slovakia....
     - Boui near Entrain
  • Boii Boates - La Tête de Buch
  • Bellovaci
    Bellovaci

    Category:Tribes involved in Caesar's Gallic WarsThe Bellovaci were among the most powerful and numerous of the Belgae tribes of north-eastern Gaul conquered by Julius Caesar in 57 BC....
     - Beauvais
    Beauvais

    Beauvais is a town and commune in France and capital of the Oise Departments of France in northern France. Population : city: 57,355; city and suburbs: 59,003; metropolitan area: 100,733....
  • Bituriges
    Bituriges

    The Bituriges was a tribe with its capital at Bourges .Early in the first century BCE, they had been one of the main tribes, especially in terms of Druids and their political influence....
     - Bourges
    Bourges

    Bourges is a commune in France in central France on the Y?vre river. It is the capital of the Departments of France of Cher and also was the capital of the former provinces of France of Berry ....
  • Carnutes
    Carnutes

    The Carnutes , a powerful Celtic people in the heart of independent Gaul, dwelled in a particularly extensive territory between the Sequana and the Liger rivers....
     - Chartres
    Chartres

    Chartres is a town and Communes of France and capital of the Eure-et-Loir Departments of France in north-central France It is located southwest of Paris in central France....
  • Catalauni - Châlons-en-Champagne
    Châlons-en-Champagne

    Ch?lons-en-Champagne is a city in France. It is the capital of both the Departments of France of Marne and the r?gion in France of Champagne-Ardenne, despite being only a quarter the size of the city of Reims....
  • Cenomani
    Cenomani

    The Cenomani or Aulerci Cenomani were a Gaul people, a branch of the Aulerci in Gallia Celtica, whose territory corresponded generally to Maine in the modern d?partment of Sarthe, west of the Carnutes between the Seine and the Loire....
     - Le Mans
    Le Mans

    Le Mans is a commune in France in France, located on the Sarthe River. Traditionally the capital of the province of Maine , it is now the pr?fecture of the Sarthe D?partement in France, and is furthermore the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Le Mans....
  • Ceutrones - Moûtiers
    Moutiers

    Moutiers and Les Moutiers is the name or part of the name of several commune in France in France:*Moutiers, Eure-et-Loir, in the Eure-et-Loir d?partement in France...
  • Curiosolitae
    Curiosolitae

    The Curiosolites or Curiosolitae, were a people of Gaul who are mentioned by Julius Caesar several times .The name only occurs in the accusative form, and as there are variations in the manuscripts, the nominative is not quite certain....
     - Corseul
    Corseul

    Corseul is a Communes of France in the C?tes-d'Armor Departments of France in Bretagne in northwestern France....
  • Helvetii
    Helvetii

    The Helvetii were a Celts tribe and the main occupants of the Swiss plateau in the 1st century BC. They are prominently featured in Julius Caesar Commentarii de Bello Gallico....
     - La Tène
  • Lexovii
    Lexovii

    The Lexovii , were a Celtic people, on the coast of Gaul, immediately west of the mouth of the Seine. When the Veneti and their neighbors were preparing for Julius Caesar's attack , they applied for aid to the Osismii, Lexovii, Namnetes, and others....
     - Lisieux
    Lisieux

    Lisieux is a Communes of the Calvados d?partement in the Calvados D?partement in France in the Basse-Normandie r?gion in France of France....
  • Mediomatrici
    Mediomatrici

    The Mediomatrici were an ancient Celtic people of Gaul, who belong to the division of Belgica. Julius Caesar shows their position in a general way when he says that the Rhine flows along the territories of the Sequani, Mediomatrici, Triboci or Tribocci, and Treviri....
     - Metz
    Metz

    Metz is a city in the northeast of France, capital of the Lorraine R?gion in France and prefecture of the Moselle Departments of France.It is located at the confluence of the Moselle River and the Seille rivers....
  • Medulli
    Medulli

    A List of peoples of Gaul, the Medulli belonged to the group of mountain tribes controlling access to high Alps passes, along with the Centrones in Tarentaise Valley and the Salassi in Aosta Valley, especially for the trade of metals ....
     - Médoc
    Médoc

    The M?doc is a region of France, well-known as a wine growing region, located in the d?partement in France of Gironde, on the left bank of the Gironde estuary, north of Bordeaux....
  • Medulli
    Medulli

    A List of peoples of Gaul, the Medulli belonged to the group of mountain tribes controlling access to high Alps passes, along with the Centrones in Tarentaise Valley and the Salassi in Aosta Valley, especially for the trade of metals ....
     - Vienne
    Vienne

    Vienne is a d?partement of France, named after the Vienne River....
  • Menapii
    Menapii

    Category:Tribes involved in Caesar's Gallic WarsThe Menapii were a Belgae tribe of northern Gaul in pre-Roman and Roman Empire times....
     - Cassel
  • Morini
    Morini

    The Morini were a Belgic tribe in the time of the Roman Empire. We know little about their language but one of their cities, Boulogne-sur-Mer was called Bononia by Zosimus and Bonen in the Middle Ages....
     - Boulogne-sur-Mer
    Boulogne-sur-Mer

    Boulogne-sur-Mer is a city in northern France. It is a Subprefectures in France of the Departments of France of Pas-de-Calais.The population of the city was 44,859 in the 1999 census, whereas that of the whole metropolitan area was 135,116....
  • Namnetes - Nantes
    Nantes

    Nantes is a city in western France, located on the Loire River, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants , while its aire urbaine is the eighth with 804,833 inhabitants at a 2008 estimate....
  • Nervii
    Nervii

    The Nervii were one of the most powerful Belgae tribes, living in the northeastern hinterlands of Gaul they were known to trek long distances to engage in various wars and functions....
     - Bavay
    Bavay

    Bavay is a Communes of France in the Nord Departments of France in northern France.It lies 15 m. ESE of Valenciennes by railway....
  • Parisii
    Parisii

    The tribal name Parisii was held by two Iron Age tribes:*Parisii *Parisii ...
     - Paris
    Paris

    Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
  • Petrocorii - Périgueux
    Périgueux

    P?rigueux is a Communes of France in the Dordogne Departments of France in Aquitaine in southwestern France.P?rigueux is the Prefectures in France of the department and the capital of the region....
  • Pictones
    Pictones

    The Pictones were a List of peoples of Gaul inhabiting a region along the Bay of Biscay in what is now western France. Their region extended north past the Loire River, east to the region of the Turones , and south to the border with the Lemovices and the Guirande River in the region of the Santones....
     - Poitiers
    Poitiers

    Poitiers is a city on the Clain in west central France. It is a commune in France and the capital of the Vienne d?partement in France and of the Poitou-Charentes r?gion in France....
  • Raurici - Kaiseraugst
    Kaiseraugst

    Kaiseraugst is a municipalities of Switzerland in the district of Rheinfelden in the Cantons of Switzerland of Aargau in Switzerland. It is named for the Ancient Roman city of Augusta Raurica whose ruins are situated nearby....
     (Augusta Raurica)
  • Redones
    Redones

    The Redones or Rhedones are an ancient tribe of Gaul, in the Celtogalatia Lugdunensis of Ptolemy , placed by him west of the Senones and along the Liger ....
     - Rennes
    Rennes

    Rennes is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France. Rennes is the Capital of the Bretagne Regions of France, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine Departments of France....
  • Remi
    Remi

    The Remi were a Belgae tribe of north-eastern Gaul in the 1st century BC. They occupied the northern Champagne plain, on the southern fringes of the Forest of Ardennes, between the rivers Mosa and Matrona , and along the river valleys of the Aisne River and its tributaries the Aire and the Vesle....
     - Reims
    Reims

    The city of Reims lies in the Champagne-Ardenne region in northeastern France 129 km east-northeast of Paris.Founded by the Gauls, it became a major city during the period of the Roman Empire....
  • Santones
    Santones

    The Santones were a tribe of ancient Gaul located in the modern region of Saintonge and around the city of Saintes, city to which they gave they name. The Romans occupied the territory of the Santones from the 1st century BC....
     - Saintes
    Saintes

    Saintes is a Communes of France in western France, in the Charente-Maritime Departments of France of which it is a sous-pr?fecture....
  • Senones
    Senones

    The Senones were a Gaul people of Gaul, who in the time of Julius Caesar inhabited the district which now includes the departments of Seine-et-Marne, Loiret and Yonne....
     - Sens
    Sens

    Sens is a town and communes of France of France, in the Yonne Departments of France, of which it is a sous-pr?fecture, in the Bourgogne Regions of France....
  • Sequani
    Sequani

    Sequani, in ancient geography, were a Gallic people who occupied the upper basin of the Arar , their territory corresponding to Franche-Comt? and part of Burgundy ....
     - Besançon
    Besançon

    Besan?on , is the capital and principal city of the Franche-Comt? Regions of France in eastern France, with approximately 220,000 inhabitants in the aire urbaine in 1999....
  • Suessiones
    Suessiones

    File:Suessiones.jpgThe Suessiones were a Belgae people of north-eastern Gaul in the 1st century BC, inhabiting the region between the Oise River and the Marne River, based around the present-day city of Soissons....
     - Soissons
    Soissons

    Soissons is a Communes of the Aisne department in the Aisne Departments of France in Picardie in northern France, located on the Aisne River, about 100 kilometres northeast of Paris....
  • Tigurini - Yverdon
  • Tolosates - Toulouse
    Toulouse

    Toulouse is a commune of France in southwest France on the banks of the Garonne, half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea....
  • Treveri
    Treveri

    The Treveri or Treviri were a tribe of Gauls who inhabited the lower valley of the Moselle River, within the southern fringes of the Arduenna Silva , a part of the vast Silva Carbonaria, in what are now Luxembourg, southeastern Belgium and western Germany....
     - Trier
    Trier

    Trier is a city in Germany on the banks of the Moselle River. It is the oldest city in Germany, founded in or before 16 BC. Trier is not the only city claiming to be Germany's oldest, but it is the only one that bases this assertion on having the longest history as a city, as opposed to a mere settlement or army camp....
  • Tungri
    Tungri

    The Tungri were a tribe of Gaul and Germania. In a casual aside in Germania Tacitus remarks that Germani was the original tribal name of the Tungri with whom the Gauls were in contact; among the Gauls the term Germani came to be widely applied....
     - Tongeren
    Tongeren

    Tongeren is a city and Arrondissement_of_Tongeren located in the Provinces of Belgium of Limburg , Flanders, Belgium. Tongeren is the oldest town in Belgium....
  • Turones
    Turones

    The Turones were a Celtic tribe of pre-Ancient Rome Gaul. They gave their name to the French town Tours....
     - Tours
    Tours

    Tours is a city in central France, the capital of the Indre-et-Loire Departments of France.It is located on the lower reaches of the river River Loire, between Orl?ans and the Atlantic Ocean coast....
  • Unelli
    Unelli

    The Unelli or Veneli were one of the Armorica or maritime states of Gaul. Julius Caesar mentions them with the Veneti , Osismi, Curiosolitae, and other maritime states....
     - Coutances
    Coutances

    Coutances is a Communes of France in the Manche Departments of France in Normandy in northwestern France....
  • Vangiones
    Vangiones

    The Vangiones appear first in history as an ancient Germanic peoples tribe of unknown provenience. They threw in their lot with Ariovistus in his bid of 58 BC to invade Gaul through the Doubs river valley and lost to Julius Caesar in a battle probably near Belfort....
     - Worms
    Worms, Germany

    Worms is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the Rhine River. At the end of 2004, it had 85,829 inhabitants.Established by the Celts who called it Borbetomagus, Worms today remains embattled with the cities Trier and Cologne over title of "Oldest City in Germany"....
  • Veliocassi - Rouen
    Rouen

    Rouen is the historical capital city of Normandy, in northwestern France on the River Seine, and currently the capital of the Haute-Normandie r?gion in France....
  • Vellavi
    Vellavi

    The Vellavi were a Gaulish people in the region of Le Puy-en-Velay in the region of the Auvergne , which, at the time of Julius Caesar's campaigns against the Gaul lay on the border of Gallia Narbonensis....
     - Ruessium
    Le Puy-en-Velay

    Le Puy-en-Velay is a Communes of France in the Haute-Loire Departments of France in south-central France.Its inhabitants are called Ponots....
  • Veneti
    Veneti (Gaul)

    The Veneti were a seafaring Celtic people who lived in the Brittany peninsula , which in Roman times formed part of an area called Aremorica. They gave their name to the modern city of Vannes....
     - Vannes
    Vannes

    Vannes is a Communes of France in the Morbihan Departments of France in Bretagne in northwestern France.It was founded over 2000 years ago....
  • Viducasses
    Viducasses

    The Viducasses or Viducassii were a Celtic people in Gallia Lugdunensis. The name derives from vidu and casse . The capital of the Viducasses was at Araegenus or Araegenue of the Tabula Peutingeriana, appearing elsewhere as Aragenuae, which was the site of modern-day Vieux, Calvados....
     - Vieux
    Vieux, Calvados

    Vieux is a Communes of the Calvados d?partement in the Calvados d?partement in France in the Basse-Normandie r?gion in France of France. Its postal code is 14930....
  • Viromandui
    Viromandui

    The Viromandui or Veromandui were a tribe of the Belgae, occupying a small region in northern Gaul. We know about them primarily from Julius Caesar's De Bello Gallico, a book chronicling Caesar's early conquests against the Gauls....
     - Noyon
    Noyon

    Noyon is a Communes of France in the Oise Departments of France in northern France.It lies on the Oise Canal, approximately 60 miles north of Paris....
  • Vocontii
    Vocontii

    The Vocontii were a Gallic people living on the east bank of the Rh?ne River....
     - Vaison-la-Romaine
    Vaison-la-Romaine

    Vaison-la-Romaine is a small town and former bishopric in Provence. It is part of a communes of France of the same name, in the Vaucluse Departments of France, a part of the ancient Provinces of France of Comtat Venaissin....


Cisalpine Gaul (Northern Italy)


Cisalpine Gaul, meaning literally "Gaul on this side of the Alps", was the Roman name for a region of Italy inhabited by Gauls, roughly corresponding with modern northern Italy
Northern Italy

Northern Italy comprises two areas belonging to Italian NUTS level 1 regions:*North-West : Aosta Valley, Piedmont, Lombardy, Liguria;*North-East : Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Veneto, Trentino-Alto Adige/S?dtirol, Emilia-Romagna....
.

  • Salassi
    Salassi

    The Salassi were an Alpine tribe whose lands lay on the Italian side of the Little St Bernard Pass across the Graian Alps to Lyons, and the Great St Bernard Pass over the Pennine Alps....
     - Aosta Valley
    Aosta Valley

    The Aosta Valley is a mountainous Autonomous regions with special statute Regions of Italy in north-western Italy. It is bordered by France to the west, Switzerland to the north and the region of Piedmont to the south and east....
     and Canavese
    Canavese

    Canavese is a subalpine geographical and historical area of north-west Italy which lies today within the Province of Turin in Piedmont. Its main town is Ivrea and it is famous for its castles....
     (Northern Piedmont
    Piedmont

    Piedmont is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,399 km? and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital is Turin. The main local dialect is Piedmontese....
    ) (Ivrea
    Ivrea

    Ivrea is a town and comune of the province of Turin in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy. Situated on the road leading to the Aosta Valley , it straddles the Dora Baltea and is regarded as the centre of the Canavese area....
    )
  • Graioceles - Northwestern Piedmont
    Piedmont

    Piedmont is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,399 km? and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital is Turin. The main local dialect is Piedmontese....
     in the Graian Alps
    Graian Alps

    The Graian Alps are a mountain range in the western part of the Alps. They are located in France , Italy , and Switzerland . The Col des Montets separates them from the Chablais Alps; the Col Ferret and the Dora Baltea valley separate them from the Pennine Alps; the Col du Mont Cenis separates them from the Cottian Alps; the Arc valley sepa...
  • Seguses (or Cotties) - Western Piedmont
    Piedmont

    Piedmont is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,399 km? and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital is Turin. The main local dialect is Piedmontese....
     on Cottian Alps
    Cottian Alps

    The Cottian Alps are a mountain range in the south-western part of the Alps. They form the border between France and Italy . The Maddalena Pass separates them from the Maritime Alps; the Col du Mont Cenis separates them from the Graian Alps; the Col du Galibier separates them from the Dauphin? Alps....
     (Susa
    Susa, Italy

    Susa is a city in Piedmont , Italy. It is situated on a tributary of the Po River, at the foot of the Cottian Alps, 51 km west of Turin....
    )
  • Taurini
    Taurini

    The Taurini were an ancient Celt-Ligures people, who occupied the upper valley of the river Po River, in the centre of modern Piedmont. In 218 BC, they were attacked by Hannibal since his allies were the Insubres....
     - Piedmont
    Piedmont

    Piedmont is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,399 km? and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital is Turin. The main local dialect is Piedmontese....
     (Turin
    Turín

    Tur?n is a municipality in the Ahuachap?n Department Departments of El Salvador of El Salvador....
    )
  • Vertamocorii
    Vertamocorii

    The Vertamocorii were a celts people that lived in Cisalpine Gaul around Novara, in Eastern Piedmont .The Vertamocorii are reported by Pliny_the_Elder in the Third book of Natural_History_, where they are said founders of the city of Novara:...
     - Eastern Piedmont
    Piedmont

    Piedmont is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,399 km? and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital is Turin. The main local dialect is Piedmontese....
     (Novara
    Novara

    Novara is the capital city of the province of Novara in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy, to the west of Milan. With c. 102,862 inhabitants, it is the second most populous city in Piedmont after Turin and it is the second urban area of the Region Piedmont with 190,000 inhabitants....
    )
  • Insubres
    Insubres

    The Insubres or Insubri were a population settled in Insubria, in what is now Lombardy. They were the founders of Milan . Though Celtic at the time of Roman republic conquest, they were most likely the result of the fusion of pre-existing Ligurian and Ancient_Italic_peoples population strata with Gaulish tribes who had come from what is...
     - Western Lombardy
    Lombardy

    Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region....
     (Milan
    Milan

    Milan is the second largest city of Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. It is the capital in the Province of Milan, as well as the Regions of Italy capital of Lombardy....
    )
  • Orobii or Orumbovii - Central Lombardy
    Lombardy

    Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region....
     (Bergamo
    Bergamo

    Bergamo is a town in Lombardy, Italy, about 40km northeast of Milan. The commune is home to circa 117,000 inhabitants. It is served by the Orio al Serio Airport, which also serves the Province of Bergamo, and to a lesser extent Milan....
    )
  • Cenomani
    Cenomani (Cisalpine Gaul)

    The Cenomani , was an ancient tribe of the Cisalpine Gauls, who occupied the tract north of the Padus , between the Insubres on the west and the Veneti on the east....
     - Eastern Lombardy
    Lombardy

    Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region....
     (Brixia
    Brixia

    Brixia is the Latin name of the modern city of Brescia in Northern Italy.Its location was first settled in the 7th century BC by a tribe of Gauls , which were the inhabitants of this part of Italy before the Ancient Rome conquest ....
    , Cremona
    Cremona

    Cremona is a city in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left shore of the Po River in the middle of the Pianura Padana . It is the capital of the province of Cremona and the seat of the local City and Province governments....
    )
  • Boii
    Boii

    Boii is the Ancient Rome name of an ancient Celtic tribes, attested at various times in Transalpine Gaul and Cisalpine Gaul , as well as in Pannonia , Bohemia, Moravia and western Slovakia....
     - Central Emilia-Romagna
    Emilia-Romagna

    Emilia-Romagna is an administrative Regions of Italy of Northern Italy comprising the two historic regions of Emilia and Romagna. The capital is Bologna; it has an area of 20,124 km? and about 4.3 million inhabitants....
     (Bologna
    Bologna

    Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, in the Po Valley , between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, exactly between the Reno River and the S?vena River....
    )
  • Lingones
    Lingones

    Lingones were a Celtic tribe that originally lived in Gaul in the area of the headwaters of the Seine and Marne rivers. Some of the Lingones migrated across the Alps and settled near the mouth of the Po River in Cisalpine Gaul of northern Italy around 400 BCE....
     - North-eastern Emilia-Romagna
    Emilia-Romagna

    Emilia-Romagna is an administrative Regions of Italy of Northern Italy comprising the two historic regions of Emilia and Romagna. The capital is Bologna; it has an area of 20,124 km? and about 4.3 million inhabitants....
     (Ferrara
    Ferrara

    Ferrara is a city in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital city of the Province of Ferrara.It is situated 50 km north-northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream of the Po River, located 5 km north....
    ), Po Valley
    Po Valley

    The Po Valley, Po Plain, Plain of the Po, or Padan Plain is a major geographical feature of Italy. It extends some 600 km in an east-west direction, including its Veneto extension not actually related to the Po river; it runs from the Western Alps to the Adriatic Sea....
  • Senones
    Senones

    The Senones were a Gaul people of Gaul, who in the time of Julius Caesar inhabited the district which now includes the departments of Seine-et-Marne, Loiret and Yonne....
     - South-eastern Emilia-Romagna
    Emilia-Romagna

    Emilia-Romagna is an administrative Regions of Italy of Northern Italy comprising the two historic regions of Emilia and Romagna. The capital is Bologna; it has an area of 20,124 km? and about 4.3 million inhabitants....
     (Rimini
    Rimini

    Rimini is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy and capital city of the Province of Rimini. It is located on the Adriatic Sea, near the coast between the rivers Marecchia and Ausa ....
    ) and Northern Marche (Senigallia
    Senigallia

    Senigallia or Sinigaglia is a comune and port town on Italy's Adriatic coast, 25 km by rail north of Ancona, in the Marche region, province of Ancona....
    )


Central Europe


  • Boii
    Boii

    Boii is the Ancient Rome name of an ancient Celtic tribes, attested at various times in Transalpine Gaul and Cisalpine Gaul , as well as in Pannonia , Bohemia, Moravia and western Slovakia....
     - Czech Republic
    Czech Republic

    The Czech Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east....
    , Slovakia
    Slovakia

    Slovakia . It was amended in September 1998 to allow direct election of the president and again in February 2001 due to EU admission requirements....
    , Hungary
    Hungary

    Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
    , Germany
    Germany

    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
    , Austria
    Austria

    Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
  • Cotini
    Cotini

    Cotini was a Celt most probably living in today's Slovakia, and in Moravia and southern Poland. They were probably identical or constituted a significant part of the archaeological P?chov culture, with the center in Havr?nok....
     - Slovakia
    Slovakia

    Slovakia . It was amended in September 1998 to allow direct election of the president and again in February 2001 due to EU admission requirements....
  • Osi - Slovakia
    Slovakia

    Slovakia . It was amended in September 1998 to allow direct election of the president and again in February 2001 due to EU admission requirements....
  • Lugii
    Lugii

    The Lugii, Lugi, Lygii, Ligii, Lugiones, Lygians, Ligians, Lugians, or Lougoi were a tribe of Indo-European people origin....
     - Poland
    Poland

    Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
  • Eravisci
    Eravisci

    The Eravisci, a Celtic people, were the original inhabitants of Duna?jv?ros. The centre of the tribe may be assumed to have been on Gell?rt Hill in the Budapest of today....
     - Hungary
    Hungary

    Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
  • Scordisci
    Scordisci

    The Scordisci were an ancient tribe centred in what would beceome the Roman Province of lower Pannonia, at the confluence of the Sava , Drava and Danube rivers ....
     - Serbia
    Serbia

    Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a country in Central Europe and Balkans Europe, covering the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and the central part of the Balkans....
    , Croatia
    Croatia

    Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a Central European country at the crossroads of Pannonian Plain, Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea....
    , Austria
    Austria

    Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west....
  • Vindelici - Germany
    Germany

    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
  • Latobici
    Latobici

    Latobici were a Celtic tribe.References ...
     - Slovenia
    Slovenia

    Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north....
    , Croatia
    Croatia

    Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a Central European country at the crossroads of Pannonian Plain, Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea....
  • Varciani
    Varciani

    Varciani were a Celtic tribe.References ...
     - Slovenia
    Slovenia

    Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in southern Central Europe bordering Italy to the west, the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north....
    , Croatia
    Croatia

    Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a Central European country at the crossroads of Pannonian Plain, Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea....


Iberian Peninsula

The Celts in the Iberian peninsula
Iberian Peninsula

The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe and includes modern-day Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar and a very small area of France....
 were traditionally thought of as living on the edge of the Celtic world of the La Tène culture that defined classical Iron Age
Iron Age

In archaeology, the Iron Age was the stage in the development of any people in which tools and weapons whose main ingredient was iron were prominent....
 Celts. Celtic or (Indo-European
Indo-European

Indo-European may refer to:* Indo-European languages* Indo-European people, peoples speaking an Indo-European language** Aryan race, a 19th-century term for Indo-European speakers...
) Pre-Celtic cultures and populations did exist, even if their cultures do set them somewhat apart from the rest of the Celtic world in Antiquity.

  • Albiones
    Albiones

    The Albiones were a Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula Celts List_of_Celtic_tribes#Iberian_Peninsula of the Iberian Peninsula, living on the north coast of modern Spain, in western Asturias, probably belonging to the Gallaeci and Astur group, and mentioned by Pliny the Elder....
     - western Asturias
    Asturias

    The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous communities of Spain within the kingdom of Spain, former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages....
     (Spain
    Spain

    Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
    ).
  • Astur
    Astur

    The Astures were the original Indo-European people inhabitants of the northwest area of Hispania that now comprises almost the entire modern autonomous community of Asturias and the modern provinces Le?n , and northern Zamora , and east of Tr?s-os-Montes e Alto Douro in Portugal....
    es - Asturias and northern León
    León (province)

    Le?n is a Provinces of Spain of northwestern Spain, in the northwestern part of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Castile and Leon.About one quarter of its population of 500,200 lives in the capital, Le?n, Le?n....
     (Spain), and west of Trás os Montes
    Trás os Montes

    Tr?s os Montes is a village situated at the northern part of Santiago Island in Cape Verde. It is part of the municipality of Tarrafal, Cape Verde....
     (Portugal
    Portugal

    Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
    ).
  • Bletonesii
    Bletonesii

    The Bletonesii were one of the pre-Ancient Rome Celtic peoples of the Iberian Peninsula , dwelling around the city of Bletisa, or modern Ledesma, Salamanca in the province of Salamanca ....
     - Salamanca
    Salamanca

    Salamanca is a city in western Spain, the capital of the province of Salamanca , which belongs to the autonomous community of Castile and Leon ....
     (Spain).
  • Bracari
    Bracari

    The Bracari were an ancient Celtic tribe of Gallaecia, akin to the Gallaecia, living in the northwest of modern Portugal, in the province of Minho, between the rivers T?mega and C?vado River, around the area of the modern city of Braga ....
     - Braga
    Braga

    Braga , a List of municipalities of Portugal and municipalities of Portugal in northwestern Portugal, is the capital of the Braga , the oldest Archdiocese of Braga and one of the major cities of the country....
     (Portugal).
  • Gallaecians or Callaici
    Callaici

    The Gallaeci, Callaeci, or Callaici were a Pre-Ancient Rome Celtic single or various tribes living in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula , North of the River Douro in Norte, Portugal Portugal and Galicia ....
     - Gallaecia
    Gallaecia

    Gallaecia or Callaecia was the name of a Roman province and an early Mediaeval kingdom that comprised a territory in the north-west of Hispania ....
     (Spain & Portugal).
  • Cantabri
    Cantabri

    The Cantabri were an ancient confederacy of eleven tribes, perhaps Celtic or Vasconic Neolithic Europe, that inhabited the north coast of Hispania in the whole modern province of Cantabria, the eastern third of Asturias and the nearby mountainous regions of modern Castile-Leon....
     - Cantabria
    Cantabria

    Cantabria is a Spain province and autonomous community with Santander, Cantabria as its capital city. It is bordered on the east by the Basque Country , on the south by Castile and Le?n , on the west by the Principality of Asturias, and on the north by the Cantabrian Sea....
    , part of Asturias
    Asturias

    The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous communities of Spain within the kingdom of Spain, former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages....
     and part of Castile-Leon (Spain); some consider them not Celtic or Pre-Celtic .
  • Carpetani
    Carpetani

    The Carpetani were one of the Celtic pre-Ancient Rome peoples of the Iberian Peninsula , akin to the Celtiberians, dwelling in the central part of the Geography of Spain#The Meseta Central and Associated Mountains - the high central upland plain of the Iberian peninsula....
     - Central Iberian meseta
    Geography of Spain

    Spain is located in sothwestern Europe and comprises about 84 percent of the Iberian Peninsula. Its total area is of which is land and is water....
     (Spain).
  • Celtiberians
    Celtiberians

    The Celtiberians were a Celtic languages-speaking people of the Iberian Peninsula in the final centuries BCE. The group originated when Celts migrated from Gaul and integrated with the local Pre-Indo-European populations of Iberia, in particular the Iberians....
     - Central Iberian meseta (Spain).
  • Celtici
    Celtici

    The Celtici were a Celtic tribe of the Iberian peninsula, akin either to the Lusitanians and Gallaecians or the Celtiberians, living in what today are the provinces of Alentejo and the Algarve in Portugal, though some migrated north alongside the Turduli....
     - Alentejo
    Alentejo

    Alentejo is a south-central region of Portugal. Its name's origin, "Al?m-Tejo", literally translates to "Beyond the Tagus" or "Across the Tagus"....
     and Algarve
    Algarve

    The Algarve is the southernmost region of mainland Portugal Portugal. It has an area of 5,412 square kilometres with approximately 410,000 permanent inhabitants, and incorporates 16 municipalities....
     (Portugal).
  • Coelerni
    Coelerni

    The Coelerni were an ancient Celtic tribe of Gallaecia in Hispania , part of Calaician or callaici people , living in what was to become the Roman Province of Hispania Citerior, convent of Bracara Augusta , in what is now the southern part of the province of Ourense ....
     - Braga (Portugal and Ourense
    Ourense

    Ourense is a city in northwestern Spain, the capital of the province of Ourense in Galicia . Its population of 107.186 accounts for 30% of the population of the province....
     (Spain).
  • Cynetes or Conii
    Cynetes

    The Cynetes or Conii were a one of the Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula, living in today's Algarve and Low Alentejo regions of southern Portugal before the 6th century BCE ....
     - Algarve and Low Alentejo (Portugal); originally probably Tartessians
    Tartessian language

    The Tartessian language , also known as southwestern or South Lusitanian is a paleohispanic languages once spoken in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula: mainly in the south of Portugal , but also in Spain ....
     or similar, later celtized by the Celtici
    Celtici

    The Celtici were a Celtic tribe of the Iberian peninsula, akin either to the Lusitanians and Gallaecians or the Celtiberians, living in what today are the provinces of Alentejo and the Algarve in Portugal, though some migrated north alongside the Turduli....
    .
  • Equaesi
    Equaesi

    The Equaesi were an ancient Celtic tribe of Gallaecia, living in the north of modern Portugal, between the provinces of Minho and Tr?s-os-Montes, near the border of modern Galicia ....
     - Minho
    Minho

    Minho can refer to:* Minho River, a river in Portugal and Spain.* Minho , a historical province of Portugal .* Entre Douro e Minho, a historical province of Portugal ....
     and Trás-os-Montes (Portugal).
  • Grovii
    Grovii

    The Grovii were an ancient Celtic tribe of Gallaecia, living in the north of modern Portugal, in the province of Minho, around the Minho river, and spreading into modern day Galicia ....
     - Minho (Portugal) and Galicia (Spain).
  • Interamici
    Interamici

    The Interamici were an ancient Celtic tribe of Gallaecia, living in the north of modern Portugal, in the province of Tr?s-os-Montes, near the border with Galicia ....
     - Trás-os-Montes (Portugal).
  • Leuni
    Leuni

    The Leuni were an ancient Celtic tribe of Gallaecia, living in the north of modern Portugal, in the province of Minho, between the rivers Ponte de Lima and Minho....
     - Minho (Portugal).
  • Limici
    Limici

    The Limici were an ancient Celtic tribe of Gallaecia, living in the swamps of the river Ponte de Lima, in the border region between Minho and Galicia ....
     - Minho (Portugal) and Galicia (Spain).
  • Luanqui
    Luanqui

    The Luanqvi were an ancient Celtic tribe of Gallaecia, living in the north of modern Portugal, in the province of Tr?s-os-Montes, between the rivers T?mega and Tua....
     - Trás-os-Montes (Portugal).
  • Lusitanians
    Lusitanians

    The Lusitanians were an Indo-European people living in the western Iberian Peninsula long before it became the Ancient Rome Roman provinces of Lusitania ....
     - Portugal south of the Douro River and Extremadura
    Extremadura

    Extremadura is an autonomous communities in Spain of western Spain whose capital city is M?rida, Spain. It includes the provinces of Spain of C?ceres and Badajoz ....
     (Spain); usually considered Pre-Celtic.
  • Lusones
    Lusones

    The Lusones were an ancient Celtiberians people of the Iberian peninsula , in the high Taju?a River, northeast of Guadalajara - it is believed that the city of Turiaso was its capital....
     - Guadalajara
    Guadalajara (province)

    Guadalajara is a Provinces of Spain of central/north-central Spain, in the northern part of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Castile-La Mancha....
     (Spain).
  • Narbasi
    Narbasi

    The Narbasi were an ancient Celtic tribe of Gallaecia, living in the province of Minho and nearby areas of modern Galicia ....
     -Minho (Portugal) and Galicia (Spain).
  • Nemetati
    Nemetati

    The Nemetati were an ancient Celtic tribe of Gallaecia, living in the north of modern Portugal between the C?vado River and Ave Rivers, in the province of Minho, north of the Douro.They lived near the valley of the Ave River and may have some link with inscriptions to the war god Cosus Nemedecus....
     - Minho (Portugal).
  • Oretani
    Oretani

    The Oretani were a pre-Ancient Rome Iberians or Celtic people of the Iberian peninsula , in Estremadura, La Mancha, eastern Andalusia and Region of Murcia....
     - La Mancha
    La Mancha

    La Mancha is an arid, fertile, elevated plateau of central Spain, south of Madrid, stretching between the Montes de Toledo and the western spurs of the Cerros de Cuenca, and bounded on the south by the Sierra Morena and on the north by the La Alcarria region....
    , eastern Andalusia
    Andalusia

    Andalusia is a country in the Spanish State. It is the most populous and the second largest, in terms of land area, of the seventeen autonomous communities of the Spain....
     and Múrcia
    Region of Murcia

    The Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia is one of Spain's seventeen Autonomous communities of Spain. It is located in the southeast of the country, between Andalusia and Valencia , on the Mediterranean Sea coast....
     (Spain); Some consider them not Celtic .
  • Paesuri
    Paesuri

    The Paesuri were an ancient Celtiberians tribe of Lusitania, akin to the Lusitanians, to whom they were a dependent tribe, living between the rivers Douro and Sever do Vouga, in the modern northern central Portugal....
     - Douro
    Douro

    The Douro or Duero The name may have come from the Celt that inhabited the area before Roman times. .In its Spanish section, the Duero crosses the great Castile meseta and meanders through five significant provinces of the autonomous community of Castile and Leon: Soria , Burgos , Valladolid , Zamora , and Salamanca , passing t...
     and Vouga
    Sever do Vouga

    Sever do Vouga is a List of municipalities of Portugal in Portugal with a total area of 129.6 km? and a total population of 12,977 inhabitants, and 11,354 electors ....
     (Portugal).
  • Quaquerni
    Quaquerni

    The Quaquerni were an ancient Celtic tribe of Gallaecia, living in the north of modern Portugal, province of Minho, in the mountains at the mouths of the rivers T?mega and C?vado River....
     - Minho (Portugal).
  • Seurbi
    Seurbi

    The Seurbi were an ancient Celtic tribe of Gallaecia, living in the north of modern Portugal, in the province of Minho, between the rivers Anexo:Lista de barragens em Portugal and Limia River ....
     - Minho (Portugal).
  • Tamagani
    Tamagani

    The Tamagani were an ancient Celtic tribe of Gallaecia, living in the north of modern Portugal, in the province of Tr?s-os-Montes, from the area of Chaves, near the river T?mega....
     - Chaves
    Chaves

    Chaves is a modern Portuguese and old Spanish word meaning "keys", and may refer to:*Chaves , a city and municipality.*Chaves County, in New Mexico, United Sates....
     (Portugal).
  • Tapoli
    Tapoli

    The Tapoli were an ancient Celtiberians tribe of Lusitania, akin to the Lusitanians, to whom they were a dependent tribe, living just north of the river Tagus, around the border area of modern day Portugal and Spain....
     - River Tagus
    Tagus

    The Tagus is the longest river on the Iberian Peninsula. It measures 1,038 kilometers in length, 716 km of which are in Spain, 47 km as border between Portugal and Spain and the remaining 275 km in Portugal, where it empties into the Atlantic Ocean at Lisbon....
    , around the border area of Portugal and Spain.
  • Turduli Veteres
    Turduli Veteres

    The Turduli Veteres, or Ancient Turduli were an ancient Celtiberians tribe of Lusitania, akin to the Lusitanians and Gallaecia, living south of the estuary of the river Douro, in the north of modern Portugal....
     - Douro (Portugal).
  • Turduli
    Turduli

    The Turduli were an ancient Celtiberians tribe of Lusitania, akin to the Lusitanians, living in the south of modern Portugal,in the east of the province of Alentejo, along the Guadiana valley, and Extremadura ....
     - Guadiana
    Guadiana

    Guadiana is one of the major rivers of Spain and Portugal. It forms part of the border between the two countries, separating Extremadura and Andalucia from Alentejo and Algarve ....
     valley (Portugal) and Extremadura
    Extremadura

    Extremadura is an autonomous communities in Spain of western Spain whose capital city is M?rida, Spain. It includes the provinces of Spain of C?ceres and Badajoz ....
     (Spain).
  • Turdulorum Oppida
    Turdulorum Oppida

    The Turdulorum Oppida , or Turduli, living in the Portugal region of Estremadura , were an ancient Celtiberians tribe of Lusitania, akin to the Lusitanians....
     - Estremadura
    Estremadura

    Estremadura is a historical province of Portugal. It is located along the Atlantic Ocean coast in the center of the country and includes Lisbon, the capital....
     (Portugal).
  • Turodi
    Turodi

    The Turodi were an ancient Celtic tribe of Gallaecia, living in the north of modern Portugal, in the province of Tr?s-os-Montes and border areas in Galicia ....
     - Trás-os-Montes (Portugal) and Galicia (Spain).
  • Vaccaei - Central Iberian meseta (Spain).
  • Vettones
    Vettones

    The Vettones were one of the pre-Ancient Rome Celtic peoples of the Iberian Peninsula , dwelling in the northwestern part of the Geography of Spain#The Meseta Central and Associated Mountains—the high central upland plain of the Iberian peninsula—the region where the modern Spain provinces of ?vila and Salamanca are today, as...
     - Ávila
    Ávila

    This article is about the Spanish city. For other uses, see Avila?vila de los Caballeros is the capital of the ?vila , now part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon, Spain ....
     and Salamanca
    Salamanca

    Salamanca is a city in western Spain, the capital of the province of Salamanca , which belongs to the autonomous community of Castile and Leon ....
     (Spain).
  • Zoelae
    Zoelae

    The Zoelae were an ancient Celtic tribe of Gallaecia, living in the north of modern Portugal, in the province of Tr?s-os-Montes, between the mountains of Serra da Nogueira and the mountains of Mogadouro....
     - Trás-os-Montes (Portugal).


Great Britain


  • Ancalites
    Ancalites

    The Ancalites were a Celts tribe living around the Thames Valley area in the 1st century BC. They are known only from the writings of Julius Caesar....
     (Hampshire
    Hampshire

    Hampshire , sometimes historically Southamptonshire, Hamptonshire, , or the County of Southampton, is a Counties of England on the south coast of England....
     and Wiltshire
    Wiltshire

    Wiltshire is a Ceremonial counties of England in the South West England of England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire....
    , England
    England

    native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
    )
  • Attacotti
    Attacotti

    Attacotti refers to a people who despoiled Roman Britain between 364 and 368, along with Scoti, Picts, Saxons, Roman military deserters, and the indigenous Britons s themselves....
     (Scotland
    Scotland

    conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
     or Ireland
    Ireland

    Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
    )
  • Atrebates
    Atrebates

    The Atrebates were a Belgae tribe of Gaul and Great Britain before the Roman conquests. According to Alexander MacBain, the name Attrebates is related to the Irish language aitreibh, ?building,? Old Irish aittreb, ?building,? and Welsh language adref, ?homewards,? going on to state that the Celtic languages root treb cor...
     (an important tribe of Southern England
    England

    native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
    )
  • Belgae
    Belgae

    The Belgae were a group of tribes living in northern Gaul in the 1st century BC, and later also in Roman Britain. They gave their name to the Roman province of Gallia Belgica, and later, to the modern country of Belgium, where they are colloquially known as the "Old Belgians"....
     (Wiltshire
    Wiltshire

    Wiltshire is a Ceremonial counties of England in the South West England of England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire....
     and Hampshire
    Hampshire

    Hampshire , sometimes historically Southamptonshire, Hamptonshire, , or the County of Southampton, is a Counties of England on the south coast of England....
    ) - according to some, they may have been Germanic
    Germanic peoples

    File:Germanische-ratsversammlung 1-1250x715.jpgThe Germanic peoples are a historical Ethnolinguistics group, originating in Northern Europe and identified by their use of the Indo-European languages Germanic languages which diversified out of Common Germanic in the course of the Pre-Roman Iron Age....
  • Bibroci
    Bibroci

    The Bibroci were a tribe of British Iron Age encountered by Julius Caesar during his second Caesar's invasions of Britain to Britain in 55 BC. They surrendered to him as he was campaigning against Cassivellaunus in the Thames Valley, which suggests they were also based in the south-east....
     (Berkshire
    Berkshire

    Berkshire is a Home Counties in the South East England of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1958, and Letters patent issued confirming...
    , England
    England

    native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
    )
  • Brigantes
    Brigantes

    The Brigantes were a List of Celtic tribes who in British Iron Age times controlled the largest section of Northern England and a significant part of the Midlands#The English Midlands....
     (an important tribe in most of Northern England
    Northern England

    Northern England, the North, the North of England, or the North Country refers to the parts of England north of an ill-defined line....
    ) and in the south-east corner of Ireland
    Ireland

    Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
    )
  • Caereni (far western Highlands
    Scottish Highlands

    The Scottish Highlands include the rugged and mountainous regions of Scotland north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault, although the exact boundaries are not clearly defined, particularly to the east....
    )
  • Caledones (along the Great Glen
    Great Glen

    The Great Glen , also known as Glen Albyn or Glen More is a series of glens in Scotland running 100 kilometres from Inverness on the Moray Firth to Fort William, Highland at the head of Loch Linnhe....
    )
  • Cantiaci
    Cantiaci

    The Cantiaci or Cantii were a Celtic or Belgae people living in Britain before the Roman conquest of Britain, and gave their name to a civitas of Roman Britain....
     (present-day Kent
    Kent

    Kent is a Counties of England in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the River Thames estuary....
     which preserves the ancient tribal name)
  • Carnonacae
    Carnonacae

    The Carnonacae were a tribe of northern Roman Britain recorded only by Ptolemy , and are believed to have lived at some time prior to that record in the area later known as Ross-shire....
     (western Highlands
    Scottish Highlands

    The Scottish Highlands include the rugged and mountainous regions of Scotland north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault, although the exact boundaries are not clearly defined, particularly to the east....
    )
  • Carvetii
    Carvetii

    The Carvetii were a people and civitas of Roman Britain living in what is now Cumbria and Lancashire in north-west England. They are not mentioned in Ptolemy's Geography or in any other classical text, and are known only from inscriptions found in Penrith, Cumbria and Temple Sowerby in Cumbria....
     (Cumberland
    Cumberland

    Cumberland is one of the 39 historic counties of England. It formed an Administrative counties of England from 1889 to 1974 and now forms part of Cumbria....
    )
  • Cassi
    Cassi

    The Cassi are one of five tribes encountered by Julius Caesar during his second Caesar's invasions of Britain to Britain in 55 BC when he crossed the Thames at Kew, and who became became his allies after the Trinovantes joined him....
     (England
    England

    native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
    )
  • Cateni (north and west of Sutherland
    Sutherland

    Sutherland is a registration county, Lieutenancy areas of Scotland and historic administrative Counties of Scotland of Scotland. It is now within the Highland Council areas of Scotland....
    ) - they gace the county its Gaelic name Cataibh
  • Catuvellauni
    Catuvellauni

    The Catuvellauni were a Celtic/Belgae tribe or state of south-eastern Prehistoric Britain before the Roman conquest of Britain.The fortunes of the Catuvellauni and their kings before the conquest can be traced through numismatic evidence and scattered references in classical histories....
     (Hertfordshire
    Hertfordshire

    Hertfordshire is a Ceremonial counties of England and Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England Counties of England in the East of England region of England....
    ) - neighbours of the Iceni
    Iceni

    The Iceni or Eceni were a Brythonic tribe who inhabited an area of Roman Britain corresponding roughly to the modern-day county of Norfolk between the 1st century BC and 1st century AD....
    , they joined in their rebellion
  • Corieltauvi (Leicestershire
    Leicestershire

    Leicestershire County Hall, situated in Glenfield, Leicestershire, about 3 miles northwest of Leicester city centre, is the seat of Leicestershire County Council and the headquarters of the county authority....
    )
  • Corionototae (Northumberland
    Northumberland

    Northumberland is a Counties of England in the North East England of England. The non-metropolitan counties of England of Northumberland borders Cumbria to the west, County Durham to the south and Tyne and Wear to the south east, as well as having a border with the Scottish Borders council area to the north, and nearly eighty miles of Nort...
    )
  • Corieltauvi (East Midlands
    East Midlands

    The East Midlands is one of the regions of England and consists of most of the eastern half of the traditional region of the English Midlands. It encompasses the combined area of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire and most of Lincolnshire, although people often speak of the "East Midlands" with only Derbysh...
     including Leicester
    Leicester

    Leicester is a city status in the United Kingdom and unitary authority area in the East Midlands of England. It is the county town of Leicestershire....
    )
  • Cornovii (Cornish)
    Cornovii (Cornish)

    The Cornovii were a Celtic tribe who inhabited the far South West peninsula of Great Britain, during the Iron Age, Roman Britain and sub-Roman Britain periods and gave their name to Cornwall or Kernow....
  • Cornovii (Midlands)
  • Cornovii (Caithness)
    Cornovii (Caithness)

    The Cornavii or Cornabii were a Celtic people in North Britain, mentioned by Ptolemy as lying in the extreme northeast of Scotland; in the later-formed county of Caithness....
  • Creones (Argyll
    Argyll

    Argyll, archaically Argyle , is a region of western Scotland corresponding with most of the part of ancient D?l Riata that was located on the island of Great Britain, and in a historical context can be used to mean the entire western seaboard between the Mull of Kintyre and Cape Wrath....
    )
  • Deceangli
    Deceangli

    The Deceangli or Deceangi were one of the Celtic tribes living in the British Isles, prior to the Roman invasion of Britain. The tribe lived in north Wales, though it is uncertain whether their territory covered only the modern counties of Flintshire and Denbighshire in the north-east of Wales or whether it extended further west....
     (Flintshire
    Flintshire

    Flintshire is a Principal areas of Wales and county in north-east Wales. It borders Cheshire, Denbighshire, and Wrexham . It is named for the Flintshire , which had notably different borders....
    )
  • Decantae or Ducantae (eastern Ross
    Ross

    Ross is a region of Scotland and a former mormaerdom, earldom, sheriffdom and Counties of Scotland. The name Ross allegedly derives from a Goidelic word meaning a headland - perhaps a reference to the Black Isle....
     and Black Isle
    Black Isle

    The Black Isle is an eastern area of the Scottish Highlands Local government in Scotland Council areas of Scotland of Scotland, within the Counties of Scotland of Ross and Cromarty....
    )
  • Demetae
    Demetae

    The Demetae were a Celts people of British Iron Age who inhabited modern Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire in south-west Wales, and gave their name to the county of Dyfed....
     (Dyfed
    Dyfed

    Dyfed is a Preserved counties of Wales of Wales.Dyfed was created by the Local Government Act 1972 on 1 April 1974. It covered the former counties of Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and was divided into districts of Wales as so:...
    )
  • Dobunni
    Dobunni

    The Dobunni were one of the Celtic tribes living in the British Iron Age prior to the Roman invasion of Britain. The tribe lived in the part of southwestern Britain that today broadly coincides with the English counties of North Somerset, Bristol and Gloucestershire although at times their territory may have extended into parts of what are no...
     (Cotswolds
    Cotswolds

    The Cotswolds is a range of hills in west-central England, sometimes called the "Heart of England", an area across and long. The area has been designated as the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty....
     and Severn valley)
  • Dumnonii
    Dumnonii

    The Dumnonii or Dumnones were a Celtic tribe who inhabited the farther parts of the West Country peninsula of Britain, during the British Iron Age and the early Roman Britain....
     or Damnonii
    Damnonii

    The Damnonii were a people of the early second century who lived in what is now southern Scotland. They are mentioned briefly in Ptolemy's Geographia , and there is no other historical record of them....
    , Domnainn
    Fir Domnann

    Fir Domnann was an ancient Ireland tribe or people located in the west of Connacht, in what is now the Erris Peninsula in County Mayo. In Irish mythology they make up one third of the Fir Bolg....
    ) (Devon
    Devon

    Devon is a large Counties of England in South West England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name, rarely used inside of the county but often indicating a shire....
    , Cornwall
    Cornwall

    Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....
    , Somerset
    Somerset

    Somerset is a Counties of England in South West England. The county town is Taunton, which is in the south of the county. The Ceremonial counties of England of Somerset borders the counties of Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west....
    , Strathclyde
    Strathclyde

    Strathclyde is one of nine former Local government in Scotland Regions and districts of Scotland of Scotland created by the Local Government Act 1973 and abolished in 1996 by the Local Government etc Act 1994....
    , and Connacht
    Connacht

    Connacht is the western Provinces of Ireland of Ireland, comprising counties County Galway, County Leitrim, County Mayo, County Roscommon, County Sligo....
    )
  • Durotriges
    Durotriges

    The Durotriges were one of the Celtic tribes living in the British Islands prior to the Roman invasion of Britain. The tribe lived in modern Dorset, south Wiltshire and south Somerset....
     (Dorset
    Dorset

    Dorset , is a Counties of England in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester, Dorset, situated in the south of the county at ....
    , south Somerset
    Somerset

    Somerset is a Counties of England in South West England. The county town is Taunton, which is in the south of the county. The Ceremonial counties of England of Somerset borders the counties of Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west....
    , south Wiltshire
    Wiltshire

    Wiltshire is a Ceremonial counties of England in the South West England of England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire....
    )
  • Epidii
    Epidii

    The Epidii were a Celtic tribe that inhabited the modern-day regions of Argyll and Kintyre, as well as the islands of Islay and Jura, Scotland....
     (Kintyre
    Kintyre

    Kintyre is a peninsula in western Scotland, in the south-west of Argyll and Bute. The region stretches approximately 30 miles , from the Mull of Kintyre in the south, to East Loch Tarbert, Kintyre in the north....
     and neighboring islands)
  • Gangani (Llyn Peninsula
    Llyn Peninsula

    The Llyn Peninsula extends thirty miles into the Irish Sea from north west Wales, southwest of the island of Anglesey. It is part of the modern county and historic region of Gwynedd....
    )
  • Horestiani (Fife, Scotland)
  • Iceni
    Iceni

    The Iceni or Eceni were a Brythonic tribe who inhabited an area of Roman Britain corresponding roughly to the modern-day county of Norfolk between the 1st century BC and 1st century AD....
     (East Anglia
    East Anglia

    East Anglia is a region of eastern England. It was named after one of the ancient Heptarchy, the Kingdom of the East Angles, which was in turn named after the homeland of the Angles, Angeln, in northern Germany....
    ) - under Boudica
    Boudica

    Boudica was a queen of the Iceni tribe of what is now known as East Anglia in England, who led an uprising of the tribes against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire....
    , they rebelled against Roman
    Roman Empire

    The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
     rule
  • Lugi
    Lugi

    Lugi may refer to the following places in Poland:*Lugi, Lower Silesian Voivodeship *Lugi, Sieradz County in L?dz Voivodeship *Lugi, Zgierz County in L?dz Voivodeship ...
     (southern Sutherland
    Sutherland

    Sutherland is a registration county, Lieutenancy areas of Scotland and historic administrative Counties of Scotland of Scotland. It is now within the Highland Council areas of Scotland....
    )
  • Scotti
    Dál Riata

    D?l Riata was a Gaels overkingdom on the western seaboard of Scotland with some territory on the northern coasts of Ireland. In the late 6th and early 7th century it encompassed roughly what is now Argyll and Bute and Lochaber in Scotland and also County Antrim in Northern Ireland....
     (western portion of Scotland
    Scotland

    conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
    )
  • Segontiaci
    Segontiaci

    The Segontiaci were a tribe of British Iron Age encountered by Julius Caesar during his second expedition to Britain in 55 BC. They surrendered to him as he was campaigning against Cassivellaunus in the Thames Valley, which suggests they were also based in the south-east....
     (England
    England

    native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
    )
  • Selgovae
    Novantae and Selgovae

    The Novantae and Selgovae were peoples of the early second century who lived in what is now Galloway, in southwestern-most Scotland. They are mentioned briefly in Ptolemy's Geographia , and there is no other historical record of them....
     (north of Dumfries and Galloway
    Dumfries and Galloway

    Dumfries and Galloway is one of 32 Council areas of Scotland of Scotland. To the north, it borders onto South Ayrshire, East Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire; in the east the Scottish Borders; and to the south the county of Cumbria in England....
    )
  • Ordovices
    Ordovices

    The Ordovices were one of the Celtic tribes living in the British Islands, before the Roman invasion of Britain. Its tribal lands were located in Wales between the Silures to the south and the Deceangli to the north-east....
     (Gwynedd
    Gwynedd

    Gwynedd is a Administrative divisions of Wales in north-west Wales, named after the old Kingdom of Gwynedd. Although one of the biggest in terms of geographical area, it is also one of the most sparsely populated....
    ) - they waged guerrilla warfare from the north Wales
    Wales

    native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...
     hills
  • Parisii
    Parisii (Yorkshire)

    The Parisii were a List of Celtic tribes who in British Iron Age times controlled almost all of the area which is now known as the East Riding of Yorkshire....
     (East Riding of Yorkshire
    East Riding of Yorkshire

    The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan district with unitary authority status, and is a ceremonial counties of England of England....
     and Humberside
    Humberside

    Humberside was a non-metropolitan county of England from 1 April 1974 until 1 April 1996. It was composed of two halves either side of the Humber estuary, created using part of the East Riding of Yorkshire and West Riding of Yorkshires of Yorkshire and Lindsey....
    )
  • Regnenses
    Regnenses

    The Regnenses, Regni or Regini were the subjects of a British Celtic kingdom and later a civitas of Roman Britain. Their capital was Noviomagus Reginorum, "New Field of the Regneses",known today as Chichester in modern West Sussex....
     (Hampshire
    Hampshire

    Hampshire , sometimes historically Southamptonshire, Hamptonshire, , or the County of Southampton, is a Counties of England on the south coast of England....
    )
  • Setantii
    Setantii

    The Setantii were a pre-Roman Britain Brython tribe who apparently lived in the western and southern Littoral zone of Lancashire in England. It is likely the tribe were a sept or sub-tribe of the Brigantes, who, at the time of the Roman conquest of Britain, dominated much of what is now northern England....
     (Lancashire
    Lancashire

    Lancashire is a Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of Historic counties of England in the North West England of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea....
    )
  • Silures
    Silures

    The Silures were a powerful and warlike tribe of ancient Great Britain, occupying approximately the counties of Monmouthshire, Breconshire and Glamorganshire in south Wales....
     (Gwent
    Gwent (county)

    Gwent is a preserved counties of Wales and a former local government county in south-east Wales. It was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, and was named after the ancient Kingdom of Gwent....
    ) - also resisted the Romans in present-day south Wales
    Wales

    native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...
  • Smertae (central Sutherland
    Sutherland

    Sutherland is a registration county, Lieutenancy areas of Scotland and historic administrative Counties of Scotland of Scotland. It is now within the Highland Council areas of Scotland....
    )
  • Taexali
    Taexali

    Taexali was a major Celts tribe in Great Britain, in the Scotland region of Grampian.See also*List of Celtic tribes...
     (Grampian
    Grampian

    Grampian was a Local government of Scotland Regions and districts of Scotland of Scotland from 1975 to 1996. It is now divided into the Council areas of Scotland of:...
    )
  • Trinovantes
    Trinovantes

    The Trinovantes or Trinobantes were one of the Celtic tribes that lived in pre-Roman Britain. Their territory was on the north side of the Thames estuary in current Essex, England and Suffolk, and included lands now located in Greater London....
     (Essex
    Essex

    Essex is a counties of England in the East of England England. The county town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common near the village of Langley, Essex, close to the Hertfordshire border, which reaches ....
    ) - neighbours of the Iceni
    Iceni

    The Iceni or Eceni were a Brythonic tribe who inhabited an area of Roman Britain corresponding roughly to the modern-day county of Norfolk between the 1st century BC and 1st century AD....
    , they joined in their rebellion
  • Uluti or Volunti (north-east of Ireland
    Ireland

    Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
     and Lancashire
    Lancashire

    Lancashire is a Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of Historic counties of England in the North West England of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea....
     - they gave their name to Ulster
    Ulster

    Ulster is one of the four Provinces of Ireland of Ireland, in addition to Connacht, Munster and Leinster. The name is sometimes informally used as a synonym for Northern Ireland, one of the countries of the United Kingdom, although Northern Ireland covers only two thirds of Ulster....
  • Vacomagi (in and around the Cairngorms
    Cairngorms

    The Cairngorms are a mountain range in the eastern Scottish Highlands of Scotland closely associated with the mountain of the same name - Cairn Gorm....
    )
  • Venicones
    Venicones

    The Venicones were an ancient Celtic tribe of UK. In the first century, around the time of the Roman conquest of Britain, they lived in what is today Tayside....
     (Fife
    Fife

    Fife is a council area of Scotland, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire....
     and south-east Tayside
    Tayside

    Tayside was a local government Region of Scotland from May 15 1975 to March 31 1996. It was created by the Local Government Act 1973 following recommendations made by the 1969 Wheatley Report which attempted to replace the mishmash of counties, cities, burghs and districts, with a uniform two-tier system of regional and district councils...
     in Scotland
    Scotland

    conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
  • Votadini
    Votadini

    The Votadini were a people of the British Iron Age in Great Britain, and their territory was briefly part of the Roman province Roman Britain....
     (north-east England
    England

    native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
     and south-east Scotland
    Scotland

    conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
     - they later formed Gododdin
    Gododdin

    The Gododdin were a Britons people of north-eastern Roman Britain in the sub-Roman Britain period, the area known as the Hen Ogledd or Old North....


Ireland


According to Ptolemy

  • Autini/Auteini
  • Blanii
  • Brigantes
    Brigantes

    The Brigantes were a List of Celtic tribes who in British Iron Age times controlled the largest section of Northern England and a significant part of the Midlands#The English Midlands....
     (also present in Britain)
  • Cauci
  • Concani
  • Coriondi
  • Cruthin (also present in Britain)
  • Darini
  • Ebdani/Eblani/Blani
  • Erdini
    Erdini

    The Erdini were one of the earliest known Kingdoms of ancient Irelands in Ireland and are referred to in Ptolemy's Geographia , written in the 2nd century....
  • Gangani
  • Herpeditani
  • Iverni
    Iverni

    The Iverni or Hiberni were an ancient Celtic people of Ireland mentioned in Ptolemy's 2nd century work Geographia ....
  • Luceni
  • Menapii
    Menapii

    Category:Tribes involved in Caesar's Gallic WarsThe Menapii were a Belgae tribe of northern Gaul in pre-Roman and Roman Empire times....
    /Manapii
  • Nagnatae
    Nagnatae

    The Nagnatae or Nagnate were a people listed as living in the west of Ireland according to Ptolemy's map of c. 150 A.D. They are thought to be identical with the Fir Ol nEchmacht....
    /Nagnate
  • Robogdii
  • Usdiae/Udiae
  • Uterni
  • Velabri/Vellabori
  • Vennicnii
  • Vodie/Vodiae
  • Volunti


According to later writers

Www
  • Abstanagh
  • Airthir
  • Armhaighe
  • Cairpre
  • Calraige
  • Ciannacht
  • Ciarraige/Ciarraí
    Ciarrai

    Ciarra? is the original Irish language name of Kerry, a county in the southwest corner of Ireland , in the province of Munster . It has come to be used as a first name, and is thought to be unisex....
  • Conmaicne
    Conmaicne

    The Conmaicne or Conmhaicne were an ancient tribal grouping that were divided into a number of distinct branches that were found scattered around Ireland in the early medieval period....
    • Conmaicne Dun Mor
    • Conmaicne Mara
      Conmaicne Mara

      The Conmhaicne were an ancient tribal grouping that were divided into a number of distinct branches that were found scattered around Ireland in the early medieval period....
    • Conmaicne Toland
  • Corca Baiscind
  • Corca Mruad
  • Corca Ochae
  • Corco Dhuibhne
  • Corco Moga
  • Corcu Loígde
  • Cualu
  • Cuib
  • Dál Fiatach
    Dál Fiatach

    The D?l Fiatach were a group of related tribes located in north-east Ulster in the Early Christian Ireland and Early Medieval Ireland 800?1166 periods of the history of Ireland....
  • Dál gCais
    Dál gCais

    The D?l gCais were a dynastic group of related septs located in north Munster who rose to political prominence in the early medieval era in Ireland....
  • Dál Messin Corb
  • Dál nAraidi
    Dál nAraidi

    D?l nAraidi was a kingdom of the Cruithne in the north-east of Ireland in the first millennium. The lands of the D?l nAraidi appear to correspond with the Robogdii of Ptolemy's Geographia , a region shared with D?l Riata....
  • Dál Riata
    Dál Riata

    D?l Riata was a Gaels overkingdom on the western seaboard of Scotland with some territory on the northern coasts of Ireland. In the late 6th and early 7th century it encompassed roughly what is now Argyll and Bute and Lochaber in Scotland and also County Antrim in Northern Ireland....
  • Dartraighe
    Dartraighe

    Dartraighe, also known as n-Dartraighi, Dartraige Coinn innsi, Dartraige Con-innsi,Dairtre, Dartree, Dartry or Dartrey was a kingdom in ancient Ireland which stretched north to Clones and south to beyond the Dromore river, once belonging to the O'Boylans and McMahons....
    /Dartraige
    Dartraige

    Dartraige was a Medieval territory in north-west Ireland.Dartraige was a sub-Kingdom of Br?ifne located in North Leitrim. As part of Breifne Dartraige was under the control of the U? Bri?in Br?ifne and later the Ua Ruairc in the Medieval period....
  • Delbhna
    Delbhna

    The Delbhna were an ethnic group in Ireland. They had a number of branches in central and western Ireland.The Delbhna Tir Dha Locha were the most westerly branch, based in Iar Connacht....
    • Delbhna Bethra
    • Delbhna Nuadat
      Delbhna Nuadat

      The Delbhna Nuadat were lords of a large section of what is now County Roscommon, situated between the Suca and River Shannon rivers. From the early historic era they were a subject people of the Ui Maine....
    • Delbhna Tir Dha Locha
      Delbhna Tir Dha Locha

      Dealbhne Th?re Dh? Loch was a tuath of medieval Ireland, located in Iar Connacht in the west of Co. Galway in the province of Connacht, Ireland....
  • Desi Muman
  • Dubthaigh
    Dubthaigh

    Dubthaigh or O'Dubthaigh is the name of an Ireland Tribe providing the origins of the name Duffy or Duffie. The name means either "Dark Man" or "the one from the dark House", and embraces many of the famous clerics linked to Cong, many of them called Saint Dubtach....
  • Éilne
  • Eóganachta
    Eóganachta

    The E?ganachta , by tradition founded by ?ogan, king of Munster, the firstborn son of the semi-mythological third-century king Ailill Aulom, was an Irish dynasty centred around Cashel, Tipperary which dominated southern Ireland from the 5th to the 16th century....
    • Eóganacht Áine
      Eóganacht Áine

      E?ganacht ?ine or E?ganacht ?ine Cliach were a branch of the E?ganachta, the ruling dynasty of Munster during the 5th-10th centuries. They took their name from Cnoc ?ine in the region of Cli? not far from Emly, the main ecclesiastical center of Munster....
    • Eóganacht Airthir Cliach
      Eóganacht Airthir Cliach

      E?ganacht Airthir Cliach were a branch of the E?ganachta, the ruling dynasty of Munster during the 5th-10th centuries. They took their name from Cli?, a territory in eastern Co.Limerick and parts of Tipperary....
    • Eóganacht Chaisil
      Eóganacht Chaisil

      E?ganacht Chaisil were a branch of the E?ganachta, the ruling dynasty of Munster during the 5th-10th centuries. They took their name from Cashel, County Tipperary which was the capital of the early Christian kingdom of Munster....
    • Eóganacht Glendamnach
      Eóganacht Glendamnach

      E?ganacht Glendamnach were a branch of the E?ganachta, the ruling dynasty of Munster during the 5th-10th centuries. They took their name from Glendamnach ....
    • Eóganacht Locha Léin
      Eóganacht Locha Léin

      E?ganacht Locha L?in or Ui Caipre Luachra were a branch of the ruling Eoganachta of Munster. Their territory was in Iarmuman or West Munster. Luachair is the old name of a large district on the borders of Co Cork, Kerry and Limerick....
    • Eóganacht Raithlind
      Eóganacht Raithlind

      E?ganacht Raithlind or U? Echach Muman were a branch of the E?ganachta, the ruling dynasty of Munster during the 5th-10th centuries. They took their name from Raithlinn or Raithleann described around the area of Bandon, in the same area....
  • Feorainn Flann
  • Fir Chera
  • Fir Domnann
    Fir Domnann

    Fir Domnann was an ancient Ireland tribe or people located in the west of Connacht, in what is now the Erris Peninsula in County Mayo. In Irish mythology they make up one third of the Fir Bolg....
     (not to be confused with the Dumnonii
    Dumnonii

    The Dumnonii or Dumnones were a Celtic tribe who inhabited the farther parts of the West Country peninsula of Britain, during the British Iron Age and the early Roman Britain....
     and Damnonii
    Damnonii

    The Damnonii were a people of the early second century who lived in what is now southern Scotland. They are mentioned briefly in Ptolemy's Geographia , and there is no other historical record of them....
     of Britain)
  • Fir Manach
  • Fir Ol nEchmacht
    Fir Ol nEchmacht

    Fir Ol nEchmacht was the name of a group or race of people living in pre-historic Ireland. The name may be translated as Fir=men; Ol =race, people; nEchmacht=the given name of the people....
    • Fir Craibe
      Fir Craibe

      Fir Craibe is a branch of the Fir Ol nEchmacht, one of the ancient peoples of Ireland.The kingdom of the Fir Craibe extended from Limerick to the Palace of Fidach, a place thought to be located in north-eastern Aidhne....
    • Gamanraige
      Gamanraige

      The Gamanraige were the main branch of the Fir Ol nEchmacht, a people who ruled much of Ireland west of the River Shannon in the pre-historic era....
    • Tuatha Taiden
      Tuatha Taiden

      The Tuatha Taiden were a branch of the Fir Ol nEchmacht, one of the ancient peoples of Ireland.The kingdom of Tuatha Taiden extended from Fidach eastwards to and across the River Shannon towards Hill of Tara, and was probably co-extensive with Hy-Many at its greatest extent....
  • Fir Rois/Crioch Rois
  • Fir Tulach
  • Fotharta/Fothairt
  • Gailenga
  • Gallraighe
  • Glasraighe
  • Loigis
  • Luigne
    Luigné

    Luign? is a Communes of France in the Maine-et-Loire Departments of France in western France....
  • Mairtine
  • Manaig
  • Masraige/Muscraige
  • Mug Dorna
  • Muintir Murchada
  • Obraigne
  • Osraige
    Kingdom of Osraige

    The Kingdom of Ossory was an ancient monarchy of Ireland. It formed the easternmost part of the kingdom and province of Munster until the middle of the 9th century, after which it was attached to Leinster....
  • Saithne
  • Soghain
    Soghain

    The Soghain were a people of ancient Ireland. Their main homeland was in Tir Soghain, later annexed into the kingdom of U? Maine in what is now County Galway....
  • Uaithne
    Uaithne

    In Irish mythology, Uaithne is the harpist who plays the magical harp of The Dagda.References...
  • Uí Ailello
  • Uí Bairrche
  • Uí Briúin
    Uí Briúin

    The U? Bri?in were an Ireland kin-group. Their eponymous apical ancestor was Brion , son of Eochaid Mugmedon, an elder brother of Niall of the Nine Hostages....
    • Uí Briúin Ai
    • Uí Briúin Bréifne
    • Uí Briúin Seóla
    • Uí Briúin Umaill
  • Uí Cheinnselaig
    Uí Cheinnselaig

    The U? Cheinnselaig, from the Old Irish language "grandsons of Cennsalach", were an Ireland dynasty of Leinster who traced their descent from ?nnae Cennsalach, a supposed contemporary of Niall of the Nine Hostages....
  • Uí Drona
  • Uí Dúnlainge
    Uí Dúnlainge

    The U? D?nlainge, from the Old Irish "grandsons of D?nlaing", were an Irish dynasty of Leinster kings who traced their descent from D?nlaing mac ?nda Niada....
    • Uí Dúnchada
    • Uí Faelain
    • Uí Muiredaig
  • Uí Enachglais
  • Uí Failge
  • Uí Fiachrach
    Uí Fiachrach

    The U? Fiachrach were a dynasty who originated in, and whose descendants later ruled, the coicead or fifth of Connacht at different times from the mid-first millennium onwards....
    • Uí Fiachrach Aidhne
      Uí Fiachrach Aidhne

      U? Fhiachrach Aidhne was a kingdom located in what is now the south of Co. Galway. In the centuries prior to the historical era, the Aidhne branch of the Ui Fiachrach dynasty emerged as the ruling tuath in this part of Connacht....
    • Uí Fiachrach Muaidhe
      Uí Fiachrach Muaidhe

      U? Fiachrach Muaidhe were a branch of the Ui Fiachrach dynasty of the Connachta. They were centered in the Moy River valley of Co. Mayo. The U? Fiachrach Muaide territory at its widest reach included the baronies of Erris and Tirawley in Co....
  • Uí Fidgeinti
  • Uí Gabla
  • Uí Garrchon
    Uí Garrchon

    The U? Garrchon were the principal sub-sept of the D?l Messin Corb, who were the ruling dynasty of Leinster, Ireland for much of the fifth century....
  • Uí Liathain
  • Uí Mail
    Uí Máil

    U? M?il were an Irish dynasty of Leinster. They were descended from Maine M?l, the brother of the legendary high king Cathair M?r. The U? M?il were a dominate dynasty in Leinster competing for the kingship in the 7th century before being eventually ousted by the U? Dunlainge and retreating east from the River Liffey plain in the 8th century....
  • Uí Maine/Hy Many
  • Uí Meith
  • Uí Néill
    Uí Néill

    The U? N?ill were Ireland and Scottish dynasties who claimed descent from Niall Noigiallach , an historical High King of Ireland who died about 405....
    • Cenél Coirpri/Tethbae
      Tethbae

      Tethbae, also Tethba and other variants, was a region of Ireland in the Middle Ages. It was divided into two distinct kingdoms, north Tethba, ruled by the Cen?l Coirpri, and south Tethba, ruled by the Cen?l Maini....
    • Cenél Conaill
      Cenél Conaill

      The Cen?l Conaill is the name of the "kindred" or descendants of Conall Gulban, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages defined by oral and recorded history.The were also known in Scotland as the Kindred of St....
    • Cenél Cremthainne
    • Cenél Enda
    • Cenél Fiachach
    • Cenél Lóegaire
    • Cenél nEógain
      Cenél nEógain

      Cen?l nE?gain is the name of the "kindred" or descendants of E?gan mac N?ill , son of Niall of the Nine Hostages who founded the kingdom of T?r E?gain in the 5th century....
    • Clann Cholmáin
      Clann Cholmáin

      Clann Cholm?in is the name of the "kindred" or descendants of Colm?n M?r , son of Diarmait mac Cerbaill. Part of the Southern U? N?ill — they were the kings of Mide — they traced their descent to Niall of the Nine Hostages and his son Conall Cremthainne....
    • Síl nÁedo Sláine
      Síl nÁedo Sláine

      S?l n?edo Sl?ine is the name of the descendants of ?ed Sl?ine , son of Diarmait mac Cerbaill. Part of the Southern U? N?ill—they were the kings of Brega—they claimed descent from Niall No?giallach and his son Conall Cremthainne....
      /Brega
      Brega

      Brega may refer to the following things:* Brega Marketing Company a Libyan company for marketing oil.* Mario Brega was an Italian actor.* The Kings of Brega were Irish kings....
  • Uí Seaghdha
  • Uí Tuirtri


The large tribal groups (or speculative tribal groups) from which most of the others descended include:
  • The Ulaid
    Ulaid

    The Ulaid were a people of early north-eastern Ireland, who gave their name to the modern Provinces of Ireland of Ulster: modern Irish C?ige Uladh , "Province" "of the Ulaid"; English language "Ulster" derives from Ulaid plus Old Norse stadr, "place" or "territory"....
  • The Connachta
    Connachta

    The Connachta were a group of Irish dynasty who claimed descent from Conn of the Hundred Battles. Their most famous members were the five sons of Eochaid Mugmedon: Brion , Ailill Fiachrae, Niall of the Nine Hostages and Fergus Caech....
  • The Laigin
  • The Cruthin


Asia Minor/Anatolia


In the third century BC, Gauls immigrated from Thrace
Thrace

Thrace is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe. Today the name Thrace designates a region spread over southern Bulgaria , northeastern Greece , and European Turkey ....
 into the highlands of central Anatolia (modern Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
). These people, called Galatia
Galatia

Ancient Galatia was an area in the highlands of central Anatolia in modern Turkey. Galatia, an ancient region of Asia Minor, was named for the immigrant Gauls from Thrace , who settled here and became its ruling caste in the 3rd century BC....
ns, later merged with the local population but retained many of their own traditions.

See also

  • Illyrians
    Illyrians

    Illyrians has come to refer to a broad, ill-defined "Indo-European languages" group of peoples who inhabited the western Balkans and even possibly Messapia in Southern Italy ....
  • Thracians
    Thracians

    The ancient Thracians were a group of Indo-European peoples who spoke the Thracian language - a scarcely attested branch of the Indo-European language family....
  • Britannia
    Britannia

    Britannia was the term originally used by the Roman Empire to refer to the island of Great Britain. The term was later used to describe a Roman province covering much of the island, apart from the area beyond the Antonine Wall belonging to the Picts in the north, which was known as Caledonia....
  • Caledonia
    Caledonia

    Caledonia is the Latin name given by the Ancient Rome to the land in today's Scotland north of their Roman provinces of Roman Britain, beyond the Frontiers of the Roman Empire of their Roman Empire....
  • Hibernia
    Hibernia

    Hibernia is the Classical Latin name for the island of Ireland....
  • Scotia
    Scotia

    Scotia was originally a Latin geographical expression of the territory inhabited by the people Latin writers called Scoti, the early Gaels. As such it became a common name for Ireland, the island also written, as it was known to the Romans, Hibernia....
  • Iberia
    Iberian Peninsula

    The Iberian Peninsula, or Iberia, is located in the extreme southwest of Europe and includes modern-day Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar and a very small area of France....
    • Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula
      Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula

      This is a list of the Pre-Ancient Rome peoples of the Iberian peninsula ....
    • Hispania
      Hispania

      Hispania was the name given by the Ancient Rome to the whole of the Iberian Peninsula . When Rome was a Roman Republic, Hispania was divided into Roman provinces: Hispania Citerior and Hispania Ulterior....