▁of ▁the ▁Ph oc ae ans ▁that ▁" it ▁was ▁they ▁who ▁made ▁the ▁Gree ks ▁acquaint ed ▁with ... ▁I ber ia ." ▁According ▁to ▁Stra bo , ▁prior ▁histor ians ▁used ▁I ber ia ▁to ▁mean ▁the ▁country ▁" this ▁side ▁of ▁the ▁ <0xE1> <0xBC> <0xBE> β η ρ ος ▁() " ▁as ▁far ▁north ▁as ▁the ▁river ▁Rh ône ▁in ▁France , ▁but ▁currently ▁they ▁set ▁the ▁Py ren ees ▁as ▁the ▁limit . ▁Poly b ius ▁respect s ▁that ▁limit , ▁but ▁ident ifies ▁I ber ia ▁as ▁the ▁Mediter rane an ▁side ▁as ▁far ▁south ▁as ▁Gib ral tar , ▁with ▁the ▁Atlantic ▁side ▁having ▁no ▁name . ▁Else where ▁he ▁says ▁that ▁S ag unt um ▁is ▁" on ▁the ▁sea ward ▁foot ▁of ▁the ▁range ▁of ▁hills ▁connecting ▁I ber ia ▁and ▁Cel ti ber ia ." ▁ ▁Stra bo ▁refers ▁to ▁the ▁Car ret ani ans ▁as ▁people ▁" of ▁the ▁I ber ian ▁stock " ▁living ▁in ▁the ▁Py ren ees , ▁who ▁are ▁distinct ▁from ▁either ▁Cel ts ▁or ▁Cel ti ber ians . ▁ ▁Roman ▁names ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁Charles ▁E bel , ▁the ▁ancient ▁sources ▁in ▁both ▁Latin ▁and ▁Greek ▁use ▁His p ania ▁and ▁Hi ber ia ▁( G reek : ▁I ber ia ) ▁as ▁syn onym s . ▁The ▁confusion ▁of ▁the ▁words ▁was ▁because ▁of ▁an ▁over la pping ▁in ▁political ▁and ▁ge ographic ▁pers pect ives . ▁The ▁Latin ▁word ▁Hi ber ia , ▁similar