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Iacetani

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

A Pyrenean people of the Jaca valley in Aragon, whose town Iaca is the ancestor of modern Jaca.

Origins

The Iacetani lived in the upper valley of the Aragón river in the central Pyrenees, around modern Jaca, from at least the 5th century BCE. Their affiliation is uncertain: they may have been related to the Vascones or to the Iberian peoples to the south.

Rule and society

Strabo places them in the foothills of the Pyrenees, and their town Iaca later minted coins with an Iberian legend. They lived from herding and farming in the mountain valleys. Nothing reliable is known of their rulers or institutions.

Decline and legacy

They appear among the peoples subdued during Cato's campaign of 195 BCE, though the reference is disputed. Later they lay within Hispania Citerior, and during the Sertorian war their region was fought over; Iaca survived as a Roman town and gave its name to Jaca.

Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.

Lineage

IacetaniHispania Citerior 197 BCE – 27 BCE

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Iacetani. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/iacetani
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“Iacetani.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/iacetani. Accessed .
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