- Indigetes
The Indigetes (latin: "indigetes" or "indigetae" or "Indiketes") were an ancient Iberian (Pre-Roman) people of the
Iberian peninsula (the RomanHispania ). They are believed to be ofIberian language .They occupied the far north east area of the Iberian Peninsula known as
Hispania Tarraconensis , in the gulf ofEmpúries and Rhoda, stretching up into thePyrenees though the regions ofEmpordà ,Selva and perhaps as far asGironès , where theAusetani could be found who were related ethnically.They were divided into four tribes, and the main towns they centered on the were: "Indika" (only mentioned by
Stephanus of Byzantium , still unidentified, but he was possibly referring to Empúries orUllastret ), [ Sanmartí, J. & Santacana, J. "ELS IBERS DEL NORD". Rafael Dalmau, Ed., Barcelona, 2005. (ISBN 84-232-0691-2) ] "Empodrae" (Empúries, where there was an extremely important Greek,Phocaea n and Massaliotan [ Information taken from the Spanish Version of this article, seems to relate to other, possibly Iberian, Peoples of the area. ] colony, which had their corresponding commercial “emporio”), "Rhoda" (Roses), "Juncaria" (La Jonquera ), "Cinniana" (Cervià ) and "Deciana" (close to La Jonquera). This land was watered by the "Clodianus" (Fluvià ), the "Sambrocas" (Muga ) and the "Tichis" (Ter). This district in the Golf of Empúrias was known as "Juncaris Campus".The Indigetes minted their own coins which bore the inscription "undikesken" in
northeastern Iberian script that is interpreted inIberian language as a self-reference to the ethnic name of that people: from the Indigetes or from those of "undika".In
218 BC they were conquered by Rome. In195 BC they rebelled; theconsul Marcus Porcius Cato quashed the rebellion.The main archaeological sites for the Indigetes are in Ullastret (
Baix Empordà ),Castell Fosca (Palamós , Baix Empordà) andPuig Castellet (Lloret de Mar , Selva).ee also
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Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula References
External links
* [http://www.arqueotavira.com/Mapas/Iberia/Populi.htm Detailed map of the Pre-Roman Peoples of Iberia (around 200 BC)]
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