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Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula



 
 
This is a list of the Pre-Roman
Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC....
 peoples of 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....
 (the Roman 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....
 - modern Andorra
Andorra

Andorra , officially the Principality of Andorra , also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra, is a small landlocked country in western Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France....
, 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....
 and 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....
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This is a list of the Pre-Roman
Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC....
 peoples of 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....
 (the Roman 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....
 - modern Andorra
Andorra

Andorra , officially the Principality of Andorra , also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra, is a small landlocked country in western Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France....
, 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....
 and 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....
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Non-Indo-European

  • Aquitanians
    Aquitanian language

    The Aquitanian language was spoken in ancient Novempopulania before the Roman conquest and, probably much later, until the Early Middle Ages....
    • 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"....
    • Autrigones
      Autrigones

      Autrigones were a tribe described by the Ancient Rome historian Orosius as neighbours of the Gallaeci which is located in the northwest of Hispania....
       - some consider them Celtic .
    • Caristii
      Caristii

      The Caristii were a tribe reported by Ancient Rome historians in Northern Hispania west of the Deba and east of the Nervion rivers, in modern Biscay and Alava....
       - some consider them Celtic .
    • Varduli
      Varduli

      The Varduli were a tribe that Ancient Rome historians reported in Northern Hispania, west of the Vascones and east of the Caristii and the Deba river; now the main part of the province of Guipuzcoa, and parts of Alava and Navarre....
       - some consider them Celtic .
    • 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....
       - some consider them Celtic, other related with Aquitanians .
    • Vascones
  • Iberians
    Iberians

    The Iberians were a set of peoples that Ancient Greece and ancient Rome sources identified with that name in the eastern and southern coasts of the Iberian peninsula at least from the 6th century BC....
    • Ausetani
      Ausetani

      The Ausetani were an ancient Iberians people of the Iberian peninsula . They are believed to be of Iberian language. They lived in the eponymous region of Osona and gave their name to the Roman city of Ausa....
    • Bastetani
      Bastetani

      The Bastetani were an ancient Iberians people of the Iberian peninsula . They are believed to be of Iberian language. The territory of the Bastetani was first settled in BC 12th century by Bithynian Thracians of the Bistoni tribe from Turkey....
    • Bastuli
      Bastuli

      The Bastuli were an ancient Iberians people of the Iberian peninsula . They are believed to have spoken an Iberian language and/or Tartessian language....
    • Cassetani
      Cassetani

      The Cessetani were an ancient Iberians people of the Iberian peninsula . They are believed to be of Iberian language.The Cessetani minted their own coins, almost ever only with the name of the main city, kese, but a few bore the inscription kesesken in northeastern Iberian script that is interpreted in Iberian language as a self-re...
    • Contestani
      Contestani

      The Contestani were an ancient Iberians people of the Iberian peninsula . They are believed to have spoken the Iberian language.See also...
    • Edetani
      Edetani

      The Edetani were an ancient Iberians people of the Iberian peninsula . They are believed to be of Iberian language....
    • Ilercavones
      Ilercavones

      The Ilercavones were an ancient Iberians people of the Iberian peninsula . They are believed to have spoken an Iberian language.See also...
    • Ilergetes
      Ilergetes

      The Ilergetes were an ancient Iberians people of the Iberian peninsula . They are believed to be of Iberian language....
    • Indigetes
      Indigetes

      The Indigetes were an ancient Iberians people of the Iberian peninsula . They are believed to be of Iberian language.They occupied the far north east area of the Iberian Peninsula known as Hispania Tarraconensis, in the gulf of Emp?ries and Rhoda, stretching up into the Pyrenees though the regions of Empord?, Selva and perhaps as far as G...
    • Laietani
      Laietani

      The Laietani were an ancient Iberians people of the Iberian peninsula . They are believed to be of Iberian language.The Laietani minted their own coins which bore the inscription laiesken in northeastern Iberian script that is interpreted in Iberian language as a self-reference to the ethnic name of that people: from the Laietani or fr...
    • 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....
       - some consider them Celtic .
  • 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 ....
    • Turdetani
      Turdetani

      File:Turdetanos.pngThe Turdetani were an ancient people of the Iberian peninsula , living in the valley of the Guadalquivir in what was to become the Roman Province of Hispania Baetica ....
  • 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 ....
     - 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....
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Indo-European

  • Indo-European peoples
    • Proto-Celtic & Celtic
      • 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....
      • Arevaci
        Arevaci

        The Arevaci were an ancient Celtiberians tribe who settled in the Geography of Spain#The Meseta Central and Associated Mountains of northern Hispania....
      • 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....
      • Berones
      • Belli
      • 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 ....
      • 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 ....
      • Conii
      • 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....
      • 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....
      • 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....
      • 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 ....
      • 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 ....
      • Gallaeci
      • Germani
      • 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 ....
      • Olcades
      • 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 ....
      • 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....
      • 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 ....
      • 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....
      • 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 ....
      • 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....
      • Lobetani
      • Narbasi
        Narbasi

        The Narbasi were an ancient Celtic tribe of Gallaecia, living in the province of Minho and nearby areas of modern Galicia ....
      • 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....
      • 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....
      • Pellendones
      • 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....
      • 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 ....
      • 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....
      • 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....
      • Titii (Celtiberian)
      • Turboletae
      • 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....
      • 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 ....
      • 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....
      • 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 ....
      • Turmodigi
      • Vaccaei
      • 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...
      • 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....


See also

  • Greco-Iberian alphabet
    Greco-Iberian alphabet

    The Greco-Iberian alphabet is a direct adaptation of an Ionic Greek variant of a Greek alphabet to the specifics of the Iberian language, thus this script is an alphabet and lacks the distinctive characteristic of the rest of paleohispanic scripts that present signs with syllabic value, for the occlusives and signs with monophonemic value for t...
  • Iberian languages
    Iberian languages

    Iberian languages is a generic term for the languages currently or formerly spoken in the Iberian peninsula....
  • Paleohispanic languages
    Paleohispanic languages

    The Paleohispanic languages were the languages of the pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula, excluding languages of foreign colonies, such as Ancient Greek in Emp?ries and Phoenician language in Cartagena, Spain....
  • Paleohispanic scripts
    Paleohispanic scripts

    The Paleohispanic scripts are the writing systems created in the Iberian peninsula before the Latin alphabet became the dominant script....
  • Prehistoric Iberia
    Prehistoric Iberia

    The Prehistory of the Iberian peninsula begins with the arrival of the first hominins 1.2 million years ago and ends with the Punic Wars, when the territory enters the domains of written history....
  • Iberian sculpture
    Iberian sculpture

    Iberian sculpture, a subset of Iberian art, describes the various sculpture styles developed by the Iberians from the Bronze age up to the Roman conquest of Hispania....
  • History of Portugal
    History of Portugal

    Portugal is a European nation whose origins go back to the Early Middle Ages. In the 15th and 16th centuries, it Portugal in the Age of Discovery to the status of a world power during Europe's "Age of Discovery" as it Portuguese Empire including possessions in South America, Africa, and Asia....
  • History of Spain
    History of Spain

    The History of Spain spans the period from Prehistoric Iberia, through the rise and fall of the first Spanish Empire, to Spain's current position as a member of the European Union....
  • 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....
  • Lusitania
    Lusitania

    Lusitania was an ancient Ancient Rome Roman province including approximately all of modern Portugal south of the Douro river, and part of modern Spain ....
  • 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 ....


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