Japyger
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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.
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- Ethnic group.group
- Iapygians
- Ethnic group.native_name
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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
- Ethnic group.related
- Daunians, Peucetians and Messapians
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Die Japyger (vom lateinischen Iapyges griech. Japyx) waren ein Volk, wahrscheinlich illyrischer Herkunft, das im 1. Jahrtausend v. Chr. die heutige italienische Region Apulien besiedelte.
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