🛡️ Iberia before the Phoneticians, Greeks, and Romans: Celts and Celtiberians
Celtic and Celtiberian warrior societies, fortified settlements, and tribal cultures across the Iberian Peninsula, circa 8th–2nd centuries BCE
📌 Fast Facts
- Time period: 8th–2nd centuries BCE, before Roman conquest
- Geography: Northwestern and central Iberian Peninsula, primarily the Meseta
- Settlement type: Fortified hillforts (castros and oppida) housing tribal communities
- Population: Organized into independent Celtic and Celtiberian tribes led by chieftains
Iberia before Mediterranean colonization was inhabited by Celtic and Celtiberian peoples who established complex tribal societies across the ...