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The '''Urcean people''' are a nation and ethnic group native to [[Urcea]]. The Urcean identity is of early medieval origin. Their ethnonym is derived from peoples living close to the [[Urce River]] in antiquity, referred to in [[Lebhan]] as ''Urciona''. | The '''Urcean people''' are a nation and ethnic group native to [[Urcea]]. The Urcean identity is of early medieval origin. Their ethnonym is derived from peoples living close to the [[Urce River]] in antiquity, referred to in [[Lebhan]] as ''Urciona''. | ||
The Urceans largely descend from two main historical population groups – the earlier [[Latinic people]] of [[Adonerum]] and the native [[Gaelic people]] who inhabited [[Levantia]] prior to the Latinic conquest. While the [[Great Levantia]] period largely saw a degree of segregation between the politically empowered Latinic population as compared to the geographically and politically marginalized Gaelic people, there was nonetheless a degree of admixture and integration. By the time of the fall of Great Levantia, integration of the two cultures began in earnest in the Urce River valley, and by the time of [[Gaius Julius | The Urceans largely descend from two main historical population groups – the earlier [[Latinic people]] of [[Adonerum]] and the native [[Gaelic people]] who inhabited [[Levantia]] prior to the Latinic conquest. While the [[Great Levantia]] period largely saw a degree of segregation between the politically empowered Latinic population as compared to the geographically and politically marginalized Gaelic people, there was nonetheless a degree of admixture and integration. By the time of the fall of Great Levantia, integration of the two cultures began in earnest in the Urce River valley, and by the time of [[Gaius Julius Cicurinus|Saint Julius of the Caeline]], the residents of [[Urceopolis (City)|Urceopolis]] and the [[Urce River]] valley were in the throes of hybridization, beginning a truly unique, Urcean culture. | ||
Besides the "core" Urcean ethnicity, sometimes called "[[The Valley (Urcea)|valley]] Urceans" in relation to their origin in the greater [[Urce River]] valley region known as [[The Valley (Urcea)|the Valley]], other ethnic groups are sometimes considered to be part of the wider Urcean identity. Most prominent among these are the [[Caenish people]] of [[Canaery]] and the southern tip of Levantia. | Besides the "core" Urcean ethnicity, sometimes called "[[The Valley (Urcea)|valley]] Urceans" in relation to their origin in the greater [[Urce River]] valley region known as [[The Valley (Urcea)|the Valley]], other ethnic groups are sometimes considered to be part of the wider Urcean identity. Most prominent among these are the [[Caenish people]] of [[Canaery]] and the southern tip of Levantia. | ||