Castelani

The Castelani or Castellani ( Greek  Καστελλανοί Kastellanoi ) were an Iberian people of the Hispania Tarraconensis in ancient times who lived at the foot of the Pyrenees .

It is probably not the Iberian name of the people, but a name used by the Romans , which is derived from the Roman fort (Latin castellum ) of Emporiae .

Their main places were:

• Sebendunum ( Σεβένδοννον )
• Beseda ( Βέσηδα ), today Sant Joan de les Abadesses
• Egosa ( Ἐγῶσα )
• Basi ( Βάσι )

swell

• Claudius Ptolemy 2,6,70f.

literature

• Emil Huebner : Castellani 1 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 2, Stuttgart 1899, Sp. 1753.
• Philip Smith:  Castellani . In: William Smith : Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London 1854.

Remarks

1. ^ So Emil Huebner : Castellani 1 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 2, Stuttgart 1899, Sp. 1753.