The Valentini were an ancient people of

Sardinia Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label= Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label= Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, af ...

, noted by

Ptolemy Claudius Ptolemy (; grc-gre, Πτολεμαῖος, ; la, Claudius Ptolemaeus; AD) was a mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist, who wrote about a dozen scientific treatises, three of which were of import ...

(III, 3). They dwelt south of the

Scapitani The Scapitani were an ancient people of Sardinia, noted by Ptolemy (III, 3). They dwelt south of the Celsitani and the Corpicenses and north of the Neapolitani The Neapolitani were an ancient people of Sardinia, noted by Ptolemy (III, 3). They dwe ...

and the

Siculensi The Siculensi were an ancient people of Sardinia, noted by Ptolemy (III, 3). They dwelt south of the Celsitani and the Corpicenses and north of the Neapolitani The Neapolitani were an ancient people of Sardinia, noted by Ptolemy (III, 3). They ...

and north of the

Solcitani The Solcitani (also called the Sulcitani), were an ancient people of Sardinia, noted by Ptolemy (III, 3). They dwelt at the extreme south part of the island, immediately south of the Neapolitani and the Valentini. Their chief city was Sulci, adja ...

and the

Noritani The Noritani also called Norenses were an ancient people of Sardinia, noted by Ptolemy (III, 3). They dwelt at the extreme south part of the island, immediately south of the Neapolitani and the Valentini. Their chief town was Nora (modern Pula ...

. Their chief city was ''Valentia'' (modern Nuragus).

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