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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Laietani 2
Laietania canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient region
historical territory
archaeologicalEvidence Iberian inscriptions
Iberian oppida
fortified hilltop settlements
associatedWithCity Baetulo
Barcino
Iluro
borders Cossetani territory
Ilergetes territory
Indigetes territory
coexistedWith other Iberian tribes
conqueredBy Roman Republic
culture Iberian culture
economy agriculture
metalworking
olive cultivation
trade
vine cultivation
ethnonymDerivedFrom Laietani
linked to: Laietania
hasCoastOn Mediterranean Sea
hasTypeOfSettlement coastal settlements
inland hillforts
inhabitedBy Laietani
linked to: Laietania
knownFrom archaeological research
classical sources
language Iberian language
laterPartOf Hispania Citerior
Tarraconensis
locatedIn Hispania
linked to: Hispania (probable)

Iberian Peninsula
northeastern Iberian Peninsula
majorModernCityInRegion Badalona
Barcelona
Mataró
modernCountryTerritory Spain
modernProvinceTerritory Barcelona Province
modernRegionTerritory Catalonia
partOf ancient Iberia
linked to: Ancient Iberia
preRomanPeople Iberians
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
linked to: Roman Republic

pre-Roman era

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Iberians mainArea Laietania
Laietania inhabitedBy Laietani
linked to: Laietania
Laietania ethnonymDerivedFrom Laietani
linked to: Laietania