Carpetani
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 .
swell
- Claudius Ptolemy , Geographia 2,6,56.
- Pliny the Elder , Naturalis historia 3,6; 3.25.
- Strabon , 3,1,6; 3,3,1; 3,4,12.
- Gregor von Tours, Franconian History 6.33; 6.44.
literature
- Robert Grosse : Carpetani. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 1, Stuttgart 1964, Col. 1060.