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The Laietans
The Laietans inhabited the lands that stretch from Montnegre to the Garraf region, now known as el Baix Llobregat, el Barcelonès, el Vallès Occidental, el Vallès Oriental and el Maresme.
The Classical authors, such as Strabo, Caius Plinius and Claudius Ptolemaeus, paint us a fairly detailed picture of this people’s geographic situation. However, as opposed to the other Iberian populations, these accounts do not provide elements that allow us to further understand the Laietan people: their relationship with the Romans, martial conflicts, military chiefs, etc.
In Laietania there were large settlements such as Burriac at Cabrera de Mar, and there were also many fortified towns -often on the tops of hills of coastal ranges-, and fields on the low-lying land. The remaining archaeological material attests to an aristocratic, war-like and hierarchical society. We do not know where they established their capital. However, prosperous Roman cities, such as Barcino, Baetulo and Iluro, would later emerge near important Iberian nuclei in the region.
The route through the Land of the Laietans includes the visit to the Iberian settlements of
