The Peucetians were an Iapygian tribe which inhabited western and central Apulia in classical antiquity.
Fresco of dancing Peucetian women in the Tomb of the Dancers in Rubi (now Ruvo di Puglia), fifth or fourth century BC
The Iapygians or Apulians were an Indo-European-speaking people, dwelling in an eponymous region of the southeastern Italian Peninsula named Iapygia between the beginning of the first millennium BC and the first century BC. They were divided into three tribal groups: the Daunians, Peucetians and Messapians.
Anthropomorphic stelae from Daunia (610–550 BC).
Roman coin portraying Hercules from Oria, the most ancient Iapygian city.