Ambians
The Ambians ( Latin Ambiani ) were a Celtic tribe in Gaul in the area of today's Amiens .
Settlement area and name
The Ambians settled on the Somme in northeastern France . They lived in the immediate vicinity with the Atrebates , Nervier , Bellovaker and the Caletes . The tribal name of the Ambians meant "those from the two sides", which probably indicates their settlement area on both sides of this river.
Resistance to Rome
The Ambians are first mentioned in writing by the Roman general and author Julius Caesar in De Bello Gallico , his report on his wars in Gaul . You were with 10,000 warriors in 51 BC. Participated in the coalition of the tribes of the Bellovacians, Caletes, Aulercer , Veliocasser and Atrebates under the leadership of Correus and in the resistance against the conquest of the north of what is now France by Caesar. Caesar counts the Ambians among the Belge , tribes of primarily Celtic origin, who differed from the Gauls and Aquitans in language and culture.
Capital
Today's Amiens was the capital of the Ambians . During the Roman occupation, the settlement was named Samarobriva (Latin: bridge over the Somme).
Coins
After the invasion of the Romans under Caesars, the coalition of Belgian tribes had started to strike their coins with almost the same weight and a similar design. These were modeled on the two-sided Ty of the Ambians and were widespread and in use. They were a stable currency in weight and purity and one of the first currencies of allied peoples.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Caesar: De bello gallico 2.4
- ^ Simone Scheers: Traité de numismatique Celtique, II. La Gaule Belgique . Paris 1977, pp. 27-80
literature
- Gaius Iulius Caesar: De bello Gallico. The Gallic War, translated and edited by Marieluise Deißmann, Stuttgart 1980
- Maximilian Ihm : Ambiani . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, column 1797 f.