 The modern Corsicans are named after an ancient people known by the Romans as "Corsi".The "Corsi", who gave their name to the island, actually originated from the Northeastern part of Nuragic Sardinia (Gallura).According to Ptolemy, the Corsi were formed by a composite number of tribes that dwelt in Corsica (namely the "Belatones" or "Belatoni", the "Cervini", the "Cilebenses" or "Cilibensi", the "Cumanenses" or "Cumanesi", the "Licinini", the "Macrini", the "Opini", the "Subasani", the "Sumbri", the "Tarabeni", the "Titiani" and the "Venacini") as well as in the far north-east of Sardinia (the "Lestricones", "Lestrigones" or "Lestriconi / Lestrigoni", the "Longonenses" or "Longonensi").