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Indigetes

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

The Iberian people of the Empordà, neighbours of Greek Emporion, whose hill town at Ullastret is the largest Iberian site in Catalonia.

Origins

The Indigetes occupied the Empordà plain of north-east Catalonia from about the 6th century BCE. Their growth was closely linked with the founding of Emporion by Greeks around 575 BCE, and part of their community lived beside the Greek town, which Livy describes as a double city.

Rule and society

Their largest settlement, at Ullastret, was a walled hill town with towers, temples and grain silos, showing strong Greek influence in its architecture and imports. The Indigetes exchanged grain and other goods for Greek pottery and wine, and minted coins with the Iberian legend Untikesken. Their political organisation was probably based on town elites.

Decline and legacy

They took part in the north-eastern revolt against Rome and were subdued by Cato in 195 BCE. Ullastret was abandoned soon afterwards, and the Indigetes merged with the population of Roman Emporiae and Hispania Citerior.

Lineage

IndigetesHispania Citerior 197 BCE – 27 BCE

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