Carpetania

Carpetania was an ancient region of what is today Spain, located between the Sierra de Guadarrama, the mountains of Toledo, the river Guadiana and the mountain range of Alcaraz, including approximately, the present independent communities of Madrid and Castile-La Mancha.

To the south dwelt the Oretani, on the northeast were Celtiberians whose tribes are not further specified.

This area was easily conquered by the Romans and quickly integrated culturally and politically.

It retained a distinct cultural identity through the Visogothic period.

[2] Its main urban nuclei (Toletum, corresponding to present Toledo; Complutum, the present Alcalá de Henares, Consabura, the present Consuegra, Segóbriga (Saelices, River basin) and Laminio) acquired municipal legal statutes soon after the Roman conquest.