Cynetes

Iberian Peninsula at about 200 BCE[1]
Main language areas in Iberia c. 300 BC

The Cynetes or Conii were one of the pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula, living in today's Algarve and Lower Alentejo regions of southern Portugal, and the southern part of Badajoz and the northwestern portions of Córdoba and Ciudad Real provinces in Spain before the 6th century BC (in what part of this become the southern part of the Roman province of Lusitania). According to Justin's epitome, the mythical Gargoris and Habis were their founding kings.[2]

  1. ^ "Arkeotavira.com map". Archived from the original on 2011-02-26. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
  2. ^ Justin, Epitome historiarum Trogi Pompeii, 44: 4-5.