Gallaeci

E405380

The Gallaeci were an ancient Celtic people who inhabited the northwestern Iberian Peninsula, in what is now mainly Galicia and northern Portugal, known for their distinctive tribal organization and resistance to Roman conquest.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Gallaecia 21
Gallaeci canonical 3
Galicians 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Celtic people ⓘ
ancient people ⓘ
archaeologicalCulture Castro culture ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidence castros (hillforts) ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
material culture with Celtic traits ⓘ
conflict Cantabrian Wars ⓘ
conqueredBy Roman Republic ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
culturalInfluence Hispano-Celtic culture ⓘ
culturalRegion Gallaecia ⓘ
linked to: Galicia
economy agriculture ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ
mining ⓘ
ethnicity Celtic ⓘ
incorporatedInto Roman province of Gallaecia ⓘ
knownFor distinctive tribal organization ⓘ
resistance to Roman conquest ⓘ
languageFamily Celtic languages ⓘ
legacy name of Galicia ⓘ
name of Gallaecia ⓘ
locatedIn Galicia ⓘ
northern Portugal ⓘ
northwestern Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
militaryCharacteristic fierce resistance to Roman expansion ⓘ
modernTerritoryOverlap Portugal ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
neighbouringPeople Astures ⓘ
Cantabri ⓘ
Lusitani ⓘ
partOf pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
politicalOrganization tribal society ⓘ
preRomanStatus independent tribal confederations ⓘ
regionType Atlantic façade of Iberia ⓘ
religion Celtic polytheism ⓘ
romanization gradual integration into Roman culture ⓘ
settlementType fortified villages ⓘ
hillforts ⓘ
subdividedInto tribes ⓘ
timePeriod Iron Age ⓘ
Roman Republican period ⓘ
linked to: Roman Republic

early Roman Imperial period ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lusitanians → neighbor → Gallaeci ⓘ
Leovigild → regionRuled → Gallaecia ⓘ
linked to: Gallaeci
Kingdom of the Suebi → locatedIn → Gallaecia ⓘ
linked to: Gallaeci
Egeria → possibleOrigin → Gallaecia ⓘ
linked to: Gallaeci
Portuguese → relatedEthnicGroup → Galicians ⓘ
linked to: Gallaeci
Hispania Ulterior → includedRegion → Gallaecia (partly) ⓘ
linked to: Gallaeci
Chronicle of Hydatius → associatedWithRegion → Gallaecia ⓘ
linked to: Gallaeci
Portus Cale → historicalRegion → Gallaecia ⓘ
linked to: Gallaeci
Citânia de Briteiros → culturalContext → Gallaecian culture ⓘ
linked to: Gallaeci
Tarraconensis → dividedInto → Gallaecia ⓘ
linked to: Gallaeci
Diocese of Hispania → includesProvince → Gallaecia ⓘ
linked to: Gallaeci
Chararic → realm → Gallaecia ⓘ
linked to: Gallaeci
Chararic → historicalRegion → Gallaecia ⓘ
linked to: Gallaeci
Audeca → historicalRegion → Gallaecia ⓘ
linked to: Gallaeci
King of the Suebi in Gallaecia → appliesToJurisdiction → Gallaecia ⓘ
linked to: Gallaeci
Rechila of the Suebi → associatedRegion → Gallaecia ⓘ
linked to: Gallaeci
Rechila → ruledTerritory → Gallaecia ⓘ
subject linked to: Rekhila
linked to: Gallaeci
Rex Suevorum → associatedWith → Gallaecia ⓘ
linked to: Gallaeci
Frumar → regionRuled → Gallaecia ⓘ
linked to: Gallaeci
Frumar → placeOfActivity → Gallaecia ⓘ
linked to: Gallaeci
Hydatius of Aquae Flaviae → birthPlace → Gallaecia ⓘ
linked to: Gallaeci
Hydatius of Aquae Flaviae → AquaeFlaviaeLocatedIn → Gallaecia ⓘ
linked to: Gallaeci
Astures → neighboringPeople → Gallaeci ⓘ
Astures → laterRomanProvince → Gallaecia ⓘ
linked to: Gallaeci
Hispania Tarraconensis → includedRegion → Gallaecia ⓘ
linked to: Gallaeci
Hispania Tarraconensis → laterSubdividedInto → Gallaecia ⓘ
linked to: Gallaeci
Rex Galleciae → etymologyComponent → Galleciae ⓘ
linked to: Gallaeci