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  1. Catalans are considered to be originally of Roman origin, coming to the Iberian Peninsula as Rome spread its sphere of influence into the area after its wars with Carthage. Another set of outsider, the Greeks, first arrived in this region even earlier, during the 6th Century BC.

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    People have lived in what is now Catalonia since prehistory, when a society of chieftain-led Iberian tribes emerged. In the sixth century B.C., Greek colonists arrived; around 220 B.C., the Romans took over.
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    Catalonia was first settled during the Middle Palaeolithic era. Like the rest of the Mediterranean side of the Iberian Peninsula, the area was occupied by the Iberians and several Greek colonies were established on the coast before the Roman conquest. It was the first area of Hispania conquered by the Romans.

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    In 800, Charlemagne's troops wrested parts of today's Catalonia from the Muslims of the Iberian Peninsula and gave birth to the Catalan nation. The Carolingian Empire established the Spanish March, which included the counties of Gerona, Ampurias, Barcelona -Ausona and Urgel-Sardagne.
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    The main theory suggests that Catalunya (Latin Gathia Launia) derives from the name Gothia or Gauthia ("Land of the Goths"), since the origins of the Catalan counts, lords and people were found in the March of Gothia, whence Gothland > Gothlandia > Gothalania > Catalonia theoretically derived.
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    In 1500 BCE the area that is now known primarily as Catalonia was, along with the rest of the Iberian Peninsula, inhabited by Proto-Celtic Urnfield people who brought with them the rite of burning the dead. Much of the Pyrenees mountains was inhabited at the time by peoples related to modern Basques, and … See more

    Catalans (Catalan, French and Occitan: catalans; Spanish: catalanes, Italian: catalani, Sardinian: cadelanos) are a Romance ethnic group native to Catalonia, who speak Catalan. The current official category of … See more

    Described by author Walter Starkie in The Road to Santiago as a subtle people, he sums up their national character with a local term seny meaning "common sense" or a pragmatic … See more

    • Balcells, Albert et al. Catalan Nationalism : Past and Present (Palgrave Macmillan, 1995).
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    The vast majority of Catalans reside in the autonomous community of Catalonia, in the northeast part of Spain. At least 100,000 Catalan … See more

     
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    WEBThe origin of the name Catalunya is subject to diverse interpretations because of a lack of evidence. One theory suggests that Catalunya derives from the name Gothia (or Gauthia ) Launia ("Land of the Goths "), since …

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