Laietania

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Laietania was an ancient Iberian region along the northeastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula, roughly corresponding to part of modern Catalonia around present-day Barcelona.

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Label Occurrences
Laietania canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient region
historical territory
archaeologicalEvidence Iberian inscriptions
Iberian oppida
fortified hilltop settlements
associatedWithCity Baetulo NERFINISHED
Barcino NERFINISHED
Iluro NERFINISHED
borders Cossetani territory
Ilergetes territory NERFINISHED
Indigetes territory
coexistedWith other Iberian tribes
conqueredBy Roman Republic NERFINISHED
culture Iberian culture
economy agriculture
metalworking
olive cultivation
trade
vine cultivation
ethnonymDerivedFrom Laietani NERFINISHED
hasCoastOn Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED
hasTypeOfSettlement coastal settlements
inland hillforts
inhabitedBy Laietani NERFINISHED
knownFrom archaeological research
classical sources
language Iberian language NERFINISHED
laterPartOf Hispania Citerior NERFINISHED
Tarraconensis NERFINISHED
locatedIn Hispania NERFINISHED
Iberian Peninsula
northeastern Iberian Peninsula
majorModernCityInRegion Badalona NERFINISHED
Barcelona NERFINISHED
Mataró NERFINISHED
modernCountryTerritory Spain NERFINISHED
modernProvinceTerritory Barcelona Province NERFINISHED
modernRegionTerritory Catalonia NERFINISHED
partOf ancient Iberia NERFINISHED
preRomanPeople Iberians NERFINISHED
religion Iberian polytheism
roughlyCorrespondsTo area around present-day Barcelona
part of modern Catalonia
strategicImportance access to Mediterranean trade networks
control of coastal routes
timePeriod Roman Republican era NERFINISHED
pre-Roman era

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Iberians mainArea Laietania