Carpetani

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Tribes and settlement areas on the Iberian Peninsula (around 300 BC)

The Carpetani ( Greek Karpetanoi ) were a Celtiberian tribe that was native to the Roman province of Hispania . Their territory was south of the Iberian Divide Mountains . The main town of the Carpetani was located near the present-day city of Toledo , but there were several sub-centers that were ruled by minor kings (reguli) .

etymology

The tribal name is derived from Iberian .

history

In 218 BC During the Second Punic War on the banks of the Tagus River , the Carpetani were involved in fighting and defeated by Hannibal . The Roman general M. Fulvius Nobilior subjugated in 192 BC The tribe and founded the settlement Toletum (today Toledo) on the site of the sacked main town . After the fall of the Roman Empire, they were subjugated by the Visigoths in the 5th century . Toledo was temporarily (507 to the Islamic invasion 711) the capital of the Visigoth Empire . Gregory of Tours reports that the Carpetani region was hit by a plague of locusts around 579-584 .

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