Peucetii

The Peucetians (Greek: Πευκέτιοι, translit. Peukétioi; Latin: Peucetii, later also Greek: Ποίδικλοι, translit. Poidikloi; Latin: Poediculi) were a Iapygian tribe which inhabited western and central Apulia in classical antiquity. Two other Iapygian tribes, the Daunians and the Messapians, inhabited northern and southern Apulia respectively. All three tribes spoke the Messapian language, but had developed separate archaeological cultures by the seventh century BC. The Peucetians lived in the eponymous region Peucetia, which was bordered by the Ofanto river and the Murge in the north, the Bradano river in the west and the territories of the Greek colony of Taras and the Messapians in the south. This region is mostly coincident with the Metropolitan City of Bari and a part of the Province of Taranto today.

They had three important towns: Canosa, Silvium and Bitonto; the present capital of Apulia, Bari, had not much importance.

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