Lusitanians
Sign in to saveThe Lusitanians were an Indo-European-speaking people living in the far west of the Iberian Peninsula, in present-day central Portugal and the regions of Extremadura and Castilla y León of Spain. It is uncertain whether the Lusitanians were Celts or Celticized Iberians, related to the Lusones. After its conquest by the Romans, the land was subsequently incorporated as a Roman province named after them (Lusitania).
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- History
- Origins
- Wars with Rome
- Romanization of Lusitania
- Culture
- Religion
- Language
- Tribes
- Warfare
- Contemporary meaning
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
The Lusitanians were an Indo-European-speaking people living in the far west of the Iberian Peninsula, in present-day central Portugal and the regions of Extremadura and Castilla y León of Spain. It is uncertain whether the Lusitanians were Celts or Celticized Iberians, related to the Lusones. After its conquest by the Romans, the land was subsequently incorporated as a Roman province named after them (Lusitania).
== History == === Origins === thumb|right|250px|Ethnographic and linguistic map of the Iberian Peninsula at about 300 BCE (before the Carthaginian conquests)