]The Cynetes or Conii were a one of the Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula, living in today's Algarve and Low Alentejo regions of southern Portugal before the 6th century BCE (in what was to become the southern part of the Roman province of Lusitania). Origin Whether they were Celts or pre-Celtic Iberians hasn't been established. A third possibility's that they represented a pre-Celtic population who'd adopted many elements of Celtic culture (namely from the Celtici of Alentejo), with n… (More on Cynetes)