List of Celtic tribes

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This is a list of Celtic tribes and associated Celtic peoples with their geographical localization.

Britain and Ireland

Ancalites (Hampshire and Wiltshire, England)
Attacotti (Scotland or Ireland)
Atrebates (Hampshire and Berkshire, England)
Autini (Ireland)
Belgae (Wiltshire and Hampshire) - according to some may have been Germanic.
Bibroci (Berkshire, England)
Brigantes (Most of Northern England) and in (Ireland)
Burnett (Scotland)
Caereni (Sutherland?)
Caledonii (Great Glen)
Cantiaci (Kent)
Carnonacae (Western Highlands of Scotland)
Carvetii (Cumberland)
Cassi (England)
Cateni (North and West Sutherland)
Catuvellauni (Hertfordshire)
Cauci (Ireland)
Corieltauvi (Leicestershire)
Coriondi (Ireland)
Corionototae (Northumberland)
Cornavii (Caithness)
Cornovii (Midlands)
Cornovii (Cornwall)
Creones (Argyll)
Damnonii (Strathclyde)
Darini (Ireland)
Deceangli (Flintshire)
Decantae (Easter Ross?)
Demetae (Dyfed)
Dobunni (Gloucestershire and north Somerset)
Dumnonii (Cornwall, Devon and west Somerset)
Durotriges (Dorset and south Somerset)
Eblani (Ireland)
Epidii (Kintyre)
Gangani (Ireland)
Gangani (Llŷn Peninsula)
Herpeditani (Ireland)
Iberni (Ireland)
Iceni (East Anglia)
Lugi (Southern Sutherland)
Magnate (Ireland)
Manapii (Ireland)
Novantae (Galloway)
Ordovices (Gwynedd)
Parisii (East Riding)
Regini (Sussex)
Robogdii (Ireland)
Segontiaci (England)
Selgovae (upper Tweed basin)
Setantii (Lancashire)
Silures (Gwent)
Smertae (Central Sutherland?)
Taxali (Grampian)
Trinovantes (Essex)
Vacomagi (Cairngorms)
Velabri (Ireland)
Venicones (Fife, Tayside)
Vennicnii (Ireland)
Vodie (Ireland)
Votadini (Lothian)

Gaul (Transalpine)

Gaul is approximately modern Belgium, France,and Switzerland. At various times it also covered parts of Northern Italy and North central Spain. Gaul included bothe Celtic speaking and non-Celtic speaking tribes.

List of peoples of Gaul (with their capitals/major settlements):

Cisalpine Gaul (Northern Italy)

Cisalpine Gaul, meaning literally "Gaul on this side of the Alps", was the Roman name for a region of Italy inhabited by Gauls, roughly corresponding with modern northern Italy.

Salassi - Aosta Valley and Canavese (Northern Piedmont) (Ivrea)
Graioceles - Northwestern Piedmont in the Graian Alps
Seguses (or Cotties) - Western Piedmont on Cottian Alps (Susa)
Taurini - Piedmont (Turin)
Vertamocorii - Eastern Piedmont (Novara)
Insubres - Western Lombardy (Milan)
Orobii or Orumbovii - Central Lombardy (Bergamo)
Cenomani - Eastern Lombardy (Brixia, Cremona)
Boii - Central Emilia-Romagna (Bologna)
Lingones - North-eastern Emilia-Romagna (Ferrara), Po Valley
Senones - South-eastern Emilia-Romagna (Rimini) and Northern Marche (Senigallia)

Central Europe

Boii - Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Germany, Austria
Cotini - Slovakia
Osi - Slovakia
Lugii - Poland
Eravisci - Hungary
Scordisci - Serbia, Croatia, Austria
Vindelici - Germany
Latobici - Slovenia, Croatia
Varciani - Slovenia, Croatia

Iberian Peninsula

The Celts in the Iberian peninsula were traditionally thought of as living on the edge of the Celtic world of the Hallstatt and La Tène cultures that defined Iron Age Celts. Celtic or (Indo-European) Pre-Celtic cultures and populations did exist, even if their cultures do set them somewhat apart from the rest of the Celtic world in Antiquity.

Astures - Asturias and northern León (Spain), and west of Trás os Montes (Portugal).
Bletonesii - Salamanca (Spain).
Bracari - Braga (Portugal).
Gallaecians or Callaici - Gallaecia (Spain & Portugal).
Cantabri - Cantabria, part of Asturias and part of Castile-Leon (Spain); some consider them not Celtic or Pre-Celtic
Carpetani - Central Iberian meseta (Spain).
Celtiberians - Central Iberian meseta (Spain).
Celtici - Alentejo and Algarve (Portugal).
Coelerni - Braga (Portugal and Ourense (Spain).
Cynetes or Conii - Algarve and Low Alentejo (Portugal); originally probably Tartessians or similar, later celtized by the Celtici
Equaesi - Minho and Trás-os-Montes (Portugal).
Grovii - Minho (Portugal) and Galicia (Spain).
Interamici - Trás-os-Montes (Portugal).
Leuni - Minho (Portugal).
Limici - Minho (Portugal) and Galicia (Spain).
Luanqui - Trás-os-Montes (Portugal).
Lusitanians - Portugal south of the Douro River and Extremadura (Spain); usually considered Pre-Celtic.
Lusones - Guadalajara (Spain).
Narbasi -Minho (Portugal) and Galicia (Spain).
Nemetati - Minho (Portugal).
Oretani - La Mancha, eastern Andalusia and Múrcia (Spain); Some consider them not Celtic
Paesuri - Douro and Vouga (Portugal).
Quaquerni - Minho (Portugal).
Seurbi - Minho (Portugal).
Tamagani - Chaves (Portugal).
Tapoli - River Tagus, around the border area of Portugal and Spain.
Turduli Veteres - Douro (Portugal).
Turduli - Guadiana valley (Portugal) and Extremadura (Spain).
Turdulorum Oppida - Estremadura (Portugal).
Turodi - Trás-os-Montes (Portugal) and Galicia (Spain).
Vaccaei - Central Iberian meseta (Spain).
Vettones - Ávila and Salamanca (Spain).
Zoelae - Trás-os-Montes (Portugal).

Asia Minor/Anatolia

In the third century BC, Gauls immigrated from Thrace into the highlands of central Anatolia (modern Turkey). These people, called Galatians, later merged with the local population but retained many of their own traditions.

Notes

References

Alberro, Manuel and Arnold, Bettina (eds.), e-Keltoi: Journal of Interdisciplinary Celtic Studies, Volume 6: The Celts in the Iberian Peninsula, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Center for Celtic Studies, 2005.

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