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Iapyges

Extracted from the Wikipedia article Iapygians.

The Iapygians or Apulians (Latin: Iapyges, Iapygii) were an Indo-European-speaking people who inhabited Iapygia in southeastern Italy (modern Apulia), from the early first millennium BC until the first century BC. They were traditionally divided into three tribal groups: the Daunians, Peucetians and Messapians.