Gallaeci
Sign in to savethumb|right|350px|The Iberian Peninsula in the 3rd century BC. thumb|right|Galician-Roman Stele from Crecente (Galicia). Held at the end of the century, was dedicated to a deceased aristocrat called Apana, from the Callaecian tribe of Celtici Supertamarici, as can be read at the bottom of the stele itself.
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13 sectionsContents
- Archaeology
- Political-territorial organization
- Callaeci tribes
- Etymology
- Callaecian language
- Callaecian deities
- History
- Romanization
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|right|350px|The Iberian Peninsula in the 3rd century BC. thumb|right|Galician-Roman Stele from Crecente (Galicia). Held at the end of the century, was dedicated to a deceased aristocrat called Apana, from the Callaecian tribe of Celtici Supertamarici, as can be read at the bottom of the stele itself.
The Callaeci (also Callaici in the earliest sources and Callaeci in later sources; ) were a Late Iron Age tribal complex who inhabited the north-western corner of Iberia, a region roughly corresponding to what is now Galicia, the Norte Region in northern Portugal and the Spanish regions of western Asturias and western León before and during the Roman period. They spoke Indo-European dialects with Celtic and non-Celtic features, although their actual kinship is under discussion (see Callaecian language). The region was annexed by the Romans from the Lusitanian to the Cantabrian Wars, which paved the way for Romanization of the Callaeci over the following centuries.