tribal confederation · Iberia

Bergistani

500 BCE – 195 BCE (approx.) · capital Bergium

A small Iberian people of the Catalan pre-Pyrenees whose repeated revolts against Cato in 195 BCE ended in their enslavement.

Origins

The Bergistani lived in the upper Llobregat valley of central Catalonia, a region still called the Berguedà after them. They were an Iberian-speaking hill people whose main stronghold was the fortress of Bergium, perhaps near modern Berga.

Rule and society

Little is known about their society beyond Livy's narrative. They lived from mixed farming and herding in a mountainous district and defended themselves from fortified hilltops.

Decline and legacy

In 195 BCE they rose twice against the consul Cato. After the second revolt he took their strongholds and sold the inhabitants into slavery, and Bergium itself fell when its chief, who said brigands had seized it, helped the Romans inside. The territory was absorbed into Hispania Citerior.

Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.

Lineage

BergistaniHispania Citerior 197 BCE – 27 BCE

More states of Iberia →

Cite this page
APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Bergistani. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/bergistani
MLA
“Bergistani.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/bergistani. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Bergistani.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/bergistani.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Bergistani’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/bergistani (Accessed: ).

Last reviewed October 2026Random state ↻