Sedetani

The Iberian Peninsula in the 3rd century BC

The Sedetani were an ancient Iberian (Pre-Roman) people of the Iberian Peninsula (the Roman Hispania). They are believed to have spoken a form of the Iberian language.

Location

Their territory extended from central to southern present-day Aragon, bordering with the lands of the Ilercavones in the east and the Edetani to the south. Some of their main towns were Salduie (Salduba in the ancient Roman sources), located in present-day Zaragoza, and the Cabezo de Alcalá near Azaila.

Culture

Coin from the Sedetani town of Salduie

Like other ancient Hispanic peoples, the Sedetani minted their own coins since the early 2nd century BC.

History

Submitted to Carthaginian rule in the 3rd century BC, the Sedetani were obliged to provide mercenary troops to the Punic armies during the Second Punic War, for Silius Italicus describes a Sedetani contingent in Hannibal's army, being led by two chieftains named Mandonius and Caeso.

See also

• 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) ISBN 84-249-1386-8

External links

• Detailed map of the Pre-Roman Peoples of Iberia (around 200 BC)