Gallaeci

E405380
Celtic people ancient people

The Gallaeci were an ancient Celtic people who inhabited the northwestern Iberian Peninsula, in what is now mainly Galicia and northern Portugal, known for their distinctive tribal organization and resistance to Roman conquest.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Gallaecia 4
Gallaeci canonical 2
Galicians 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Celtic people ⓘ
ancient people ⓘ
archaeologicalCulture Castro culture ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidence castros (hillforts) ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
material culture with Celtic traits ⓘ
conflict Cantabrian Wars ⓘ
conqueredBy Roman Republic ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
culturalInfluence Hispano-Celtic culture ⓘ
culturalRegion Galicia ⓘ
surface form: Gallaecia
economy agriculture ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ
mining ⓘ
ethnicity Celtic ⓘ
incorporatedInto Roman province of Gallaecia ⓘ
knownFor distinctive tribal organization ⓘ
resistance to Roman conquest ⓘ
languageFamily Celtic languages ⓘ
legacy name of Galicia ⓘ
name of Gallaecia ⓘ
locatedIn Galicia ⓘ
northern Portugal ⓘ
northwestern Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
militaryCharacteristic fierce resistance to Roman expansion ⓘ
modernTerritoryOverlap Portugal ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
neighbouringPeople Astures ⓘ
Cantabri ⓘ
Lusitani ⓘ
partOf pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
politicalOrganization tribal society ⓘ
preRomanStatus independent tribal confederations ⓘ
regionType Atlantic façade of Iberia ⓘ
religion Celtic polytheism ⓘ
romanization gradual integration into Roman culture ⓘ
settlementType fortified villages ⓘ
hillforts ⓘ
subdividedInto tribes ⓘ
timePeriod Iron Age ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
surface form: Roman Republican period

early Roman Imperial period ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lusitanians → neighbor → Gallaeci ⓘ
Portuguese people → historicalOrigin → Gallaeci ⓘ
Leovigild → regionRuled → Gallaeci ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gallaecia
Kingdom of the Suebi → locatedIn → Gallaeci ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gallaecia
Egeria → possibleOrigin → Gallaeci ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gallaecia
Portuguese → relatedEthnicGroup → Gallaeci ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galicians
Hispania Ulterior → includedRegion → Gallaeci ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gallaecia (partly)
Chronicle of Hydatius → associatedWithRegion → Gallaeci ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gallaecia