Catari was the name of a tribe belonging to the
Venetic peoples that are sometimes confused with
Illyrians
The Illyrians ( grc, Ἰλλυριοί, ''Illyrioi''; la, Illyrii) were a group of Indo-European-speaking peoples who inhabited the western Balkan Peninsula in ancient times. They constituted one of the three main Paleo-Balkan populations, a ...
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[Wilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992, , page 81, "... In Roman Pannonia the Latobici and ]Varciani The Varciani were a CelticWilkes, J. J. The Illyrians, 1992,,page 256,
"... established among the predominantly Celtic communities of the Latobici and Varciani. Only later, in the reign of Trajan (AD 98-117), does the Roman citizenship begin to appe ...
who dwelt east of the Venetic Catari in the upper Sava valley were Celtic but the Colapiani of the Colapis (Kulpa) valley were Illyrians ..."
See also
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Veneti (disambiguation)
Veneti may refer to:
* Veneti (Gaul), an ancient Celtic tribe described by classical sources as living in what is now Brittany, France
* Adriatic Veneti, an ancient historical people of northeastern Italy, who spoke an Indo-European language
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Veneti (Gaul)
The Venetī (, Gaulish: ''Uenetoi'') were a Gallic tribe dwelling in Armorica, in the northern part of the Brittany Peninsula, during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
A seafaring people, the Veneti strongly influenced southwestern Brittoni ...
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Reitia
Reitia (Venetic: 𐌓𐌄:𐌉:𐌕𐌉:𐌀) is a goddess, one of the best known deities of the Adriatic Veneti of northeastern Italy.
While her place in the Venetic pantheon cannot be known for certain, the importance of her cult to Venetic s ...
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Ancient peoples of Italy
This list of ancient peoples living in Italy summarises groupings existing before and during the Roman expansion and conquest of Italy. Many of the names are either scholarly inventions or exonyms assigned by the ancient writers of works in an ...
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Prehistoric Italy
The prehistory of Italy began in the Paleolithic period, when species of ''Homo'' colonized the Italian territory for the first time, and ended in the Iron Age, when the first written records appeared in Italy.
Paleolithic
In prehistoric times ...
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Adriatic Veneti
Ancient peoples of Italy