Cerretani
Κερρητανοί
Eth. Cerretani (Κερρητανοί, Strab. iii. p.162; Ath. xiv. p. 657; Κερροιτανοί, Ptol. 2.6.69), a small people of Hispania Tarraconensis, in the valleys on the S. side of the Pyrenees, especially the upper valley of the river SICORIS (Segre), which still retains the name of Cerdagne. They were of Iberian race, and were celebrated for the curing of hams, which rivalled those of Cantabria, and brought them large profits. (Strab., Ath. ll. cc.; Mart. 13.54; Sil. Ital. 3.358.) They were situated W. of the AUSETANI and N. of the ILERGETES (Ptol.). In Pliny's time, they were divided into the Juliani and Augustani (Plin. Nat. 3.3. s. 4). The only city mentioned as in their country (except perhaps the Brachyle of Stephanus Byz. s. v. Βραχύλη) is Julia Libyca (Ἰουλία Λίβυκα), near Puigcerda. (Marc. Hisp. p. 59; Florez, Esp. S. vol. v. p. 10, Append. vol. xxiv. p. 27; Ukert, vol. ii. pt. i. p. 427.)
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.