Laietani Explained

The Laietani or Laeetani were an ancient Iberian (Pre-Roman) people of the Iberian Peninsula (the Roman Hispania). They inhabited the area occupied by the city of Barcelona. One of the main thoroughfares of the city, Via Laietana, is named after the Laietani. They are believed to have spoken an Iberian language.

Name

Coins with the inscription laiesken in northeastern Iberian script are interpreted as minted by the Laietani, and bearing an endonym of that people in the Iberian language: from the Laietani or from those of Laie. In addition, the name is attested in a few inscriptions. Ancient geographers that have written about the area used a greater variety of names, including Laletani/Laletanum, Lasetani and Lacetani (or at least their manuscript traditions do). Modern editors tend to emend those writings based on the epigraphic evidence, while Lacetani is connected with the other Iberian people of Iacetani.^{[1] [2] [3]}

See also

• Lacetani
• Iberians
• Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula

References

• Ángel Montenegro et alii, Historia de España 2 - colonizaciones y formación de los pueblos prerromanos (1200-218 a.C), Editorial Gredos, Madrid (1989)

External links

• LAEAETA´NI.
• Detailed map of the Pre-Roman Peoples of Iberia (around 200 BC)

Notes and References

1. Book: . 2002 . Leiden ; Boston : Brill . 978-90-04-12259-8 . 164 . Laeetani . registration . https://archive.org/details/brillsnewpaulyen0007unse/page/n135/.
2. Book: Pauly . August Fr . Wissowa . Georg . Kroll . Wilhelm . Adolf . Schulten . Adolf Schulten . Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft

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   . Bd.12 1 . 978-3-476-01044-5 . de . Laeetani . 399 . 1924.
3. Book: W. Heinemann. Pliny the elder. Rackham. Harris. . 2 . book 3.22 . https://archive.org/details/naturalhistory02plinuoft/page/18/mode/2up .,. and Book: Natural history. 4 . book 14.71 . https://archive.org/details/naturalhistory04plinuoft/page/234/mode/2up .