Group
Celtiberians
The Celtiberians are Celtic-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, in particular the Iberians.
Archaeologically, the Celtiberians participated in the Hallstatt culture in what is now north-central Spain.
The term Celtiberi appears in accounts by Diodorus Siculus, Appian and Martial who recognized a mixed Celtic and Iberian people; Strabo saw the Celts as the more dominant group in this blend.
Extant tribal names include the Arevaci, Belli, Titti, and Lusones.The Celtiberian language is attested from the 1st century BCE.
Other possibly Celtic languages, like Lusitanian, were spoken in pre-Roman Iberia.
The Lusitani gave their name to Lusitania, the Roman province name covering current Portugal and Extremadura.
Member Cities
- Ampurias Cataluña Spain Location
- Astorga Castilla y Leon Spain Location
- Augusta Emeritus > Mérida Extremadura Spain Location
- Beja Beja Portugal Location
- Braga Braga Portugal Location
- Carthage Tunis Tunisia Location
- Carthago Nova > Cartagena Murcia Spain Location
- Cirta > Skikda (Philippeville) Skikda Algeria Location
- Cuenca Castilla-La Mancha Spain Location
- Córdoba Andalucia Spain Location
- Faro Faro Portugal Location
- Huesca Aragon Spain Location
- Loriga Guarda Portugal Location
- Numantia Castile y Leon Spain Location
- Pamplona Navarra Spain Location
- River Metauro Marche Italy Location
- Rome > Roma Lazio Italy Location
- Salamanca Castilla y Leon Spain Location
- Tarraco > Tarraconensis > Tarragona Cataluña Spain Location
- Toledo > Tolentum Castilla-La Mancha Spain Location
- Utica > Utique Binzert Tunisia Location
- Valladolid Castilla y Leon Spain Location