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The Castellani or 'Castelani' (, ''Kastellanoi'') were an ancient Iberian or Pre-Roman people of the The Geography of Claudius Ptolemy
/ref> Their main settlements were: * ''Sebendunum'' (Σεβένδοννον), modern day
Detailed map of the Pre-Roman Peoples of Iberia (around 200 BC)
Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula History of Catalonia Ancient peoples of Spain {{Spain-hist-stub
The Castellani or 'Castelani' (, ''Kastellanoi'') were an ancient Iberian or Pre-Roman people of the Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula ( ), also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in south-western Europe. Mostly separated from the rest of the European landmass by the Pyrenees, it includes the territories of peninsular Spain and Continental Portugal, comprisin ...
. They inhabited the bottom of the eastern Pyrenees
The Pyrenees are a mountain range straddling the border of France and Spain. They extend nearly from their union with the Cantabrian Mountains to Cap de Creus on the Mediterranean coast, reaching a maximum elevation of at the peak of Aneto. ...
in the northern Tarraconense.
The Castellani are one of the groups mentioned by Claudius Ptolemy
Claudius Ptolemy (; , ; ; – 160s/170s AD) was a Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist who wrote about a dozen scientific treatises, three of which were important to later Byzantine, Islamic, and ...
in his ''Geographia'', book 2, chapter 5./ref> Their main settlements were: * ''Sebendunum'' (Σεβένδοννον), modern day
Besalú
Besalú () is a town in the ''comarca'' of Garrotxa, in Girona, Catalonia, Spain.
The town's importance was greater in the early Middle Ages, as capital of the county of Besalú, whose territory was roughly the same size as the current ''comarc ...
* ''Beseda'' (Βέσηδα), Sant Joan de les Abadesses
* ''Egosa'' (Ἐγῶσα)
* ''Basi'' (Βάσι)
See also
*Iberians
The Iberians (, from , ''Iberes'') were an ancient people settled in the eastern and southern coasts of the Iberian Peninsula, at least from the 6th century BC. They are described in Greek and Roman sources (among others, by Hecataeus of Mil ...
*Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula
This is a list of the pre- Roman people of the Iberian Peninsula (the Roman Hispania, i.e., modern Portugal, Spain and Andorra). Some closely fit the concept of a people, ethnic group or tribe. Others are confederations or even unions of tribe ...
References
Bibliography
*Ángel Montenegro ''et alii'', ''Historia de España 2 - colonizaciones y formación de los pueblos prerromanos (1200-218 a.C)'', Editorial Gredos, Madrid (1989)External links
Detailed map of the Pre-Roman Peoples of Iberia (around 200 BC)
Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula History of Catalonia Ancient peoples of Spain {{Spain-hist-stub