The Bastetani or Bastuli were an ancient Iberian (pre- Roman) people of the Iberian peninsula (the Roman Hispania). They are believed to have spoken the Iberian language. [1] The relationship between the Iberian Bastetani and the Tartessian Mastieni (who lived in Mastia, on the southeastern coast of the peninsula) is not entirely clear. [2] [3]
Their territory Bastetania [1] extended through the southeastern Iberian Peninsula, which currently encompasses southern Albacete, Almería, Granada, eastern Málaga, southeastern Jaén and western Murcia. Their main towns were located between Baria (present-day Villaricos) and Bailo ( Cádiz), also including Malaka, Abdera, Sexi and Carteia. [3] Their capital was probably the city known as Basti by the Romans, which corresponds to present-day Baza. [3] The Lady of Baza, a famous Bastetani sculpture, was recovered from the necropolis of Basti in 1971.
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