Cenomaniac

The Cenomani (lat. Cenomani ) were a Celtic - Gallic tribe from the area of ​​the lower Seine and Loire . As part of the tribe, they belonged to the larger Aulerker network .

Some of the cenomaniacs settled near Le Mans , others moved to northern Italy ( Gallia cisalpina ). They probably lived there in an area that was bordered by the rivers Padus ( Po ), Ollius ( Oglio ) and Athesis ( Etsch ). Their main town there was Brixia (now Brescia ).

In the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC They were allied with the Romans against other Gallic tribes. They initially joined the uprising under the Carthaginian Hamilcar against the Romans. 196 BC In the battle of Larius Lacus (on Lake Como ) they left the Insubrians and made a separate peace with the Romans.

literature

• Max Ihm , Christian Hülsen : Cenomanni 1–3 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III, 2, Stuttgart 1899, Sp. 1899 f.