Iapyges
Sign in to saveThe Iapygians or Apulians () were an Indo-European-speaking people who inhabited Iapygia in southeastern Italy (modern Apulia), from the early first millennium BC until the first century BC. They were traditionally divided into three tribal groups: the Daunians, Peucetians and Messapians.
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- Iapygians
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- Cratere a campana messapico da Roca, Fondo Ospizio, Tomba 12, IV sec. a.C. -FG2.jpg
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- 4th-century BC Messapian bell-krater from Roca, showing three cloaked figures
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- Daunians, Peucetians and Messapians
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- Geography
- Culture
- Language
- Religion
- Dress
- Burial
- History
- Origin
- Pre-Roman period
- Roman conquest
- Social organization
- Early settlements
- Emergence of city-states
- Warfare
- Economy
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
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The Iapygians or Apulians () were an Indo-European-speaking people who inhabited Iapygia in southeastern Italy (modern Apulia), from the early first millennium BC until the first century BC. They were traditionally divided into three tribal groups: the Daunians, Peucetians and Messapians.
Their culture developed following cross-Adriatic migrations of Balkan populations in the early first millennium BC, whose traditions blended with local Apulian communities to form a distinct regional identity. The Iapygians spoke Messapic, a Paleo-Balkan language written in Greek-derived alphabets. Their culture, distinct in dress, religion, and burial customs, underwent significant Hellenizing influences from the 6th century BC onward, largely through contacts with nearby Greek colonies such as Taras.