The Celtici (Latin for "Celts") were an ancient Celtic tribe of Lusitania, akin to the Lusitanians and Gallaecians, living in what today are the provinces of Alentejo and the Algarve in Portugal, though some migrated north alongside the Turduli. Their presence was the result of a third or even fourth wave of migrations of Celts (or other speakers of Indo-European languages) into the Iberian peninsula (which the Romans called Hispania). Their migration most likely occurred in the 4th century BC, coming from the La Tène culture.

Their main cities were Lacobriga (probably Lagos in the Algarve), Caepiana (in Alentejo), Braetolaeum, Miróbriga (near Santiago do Cacém), Arcóbriga, Meribriga, Catraleucus, Turres, Albae and Arandis (near Ourique).

References

• José Mattoso (dir.), História de Portugal. Primeiro Volume: Antes de Portugal, Lisboa, Círculo de Leitores, 1992. (in Portuguese)

See also

• History of Portugal
• Prehistoric Portugal
• Pre-Roman Portugal
• Timeline of Portuguese history
  • Pre-Roman Western Iberia (Before the 3rd century BC)
  • Roman Lusitania and Gallaecia (3rd century BC to 4th century AD)

External links

• Detailed map of the Pre-Roman Peoples of Iberia (around 200 BC)

Ancient peoples | Ancient Roman enemies and allies | Ethnic groups in Europe | History of Portugal | Tribes of Lusitania

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