Curiosolites

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Map with details of the tribal area of ​​the Coriosolites
Coriosolite coins struck before the 1st century BC

The Curiosolites ( Latin Curiosolites, French Curiosolites or Coriosolites) were a Celtic tribe that was resident on the Breton peninsula in western France.

Tribal area

The tribal area of ​​the Curiosolites was in the region around the present-day Breton towns of Kankaven , Kersaout , Sant-Brieg and Saint-Malo . The Curiosolites are first mentioned in writing by the Roman general and author Julius Caesar in De Bello Gallico , his report on his wars in Gaul . With the Venetern , Namneten , Redonen and Osismiern they were one of the five leading tribes on the Breton peninsula since the Bronze Age .

Part of the province of Gaul

After the conquest by the Roman Empire , the tribal area of ​​the Curiosolites became part of the province of Gaul. It belonged to the north-western coast of Gaul, called Aremorica by the Romans .

The important cities of the Curiosolites after the Roman conquest were probably near Kersaout and in the area around St. Malo with its access to the sea.

Trade routes

The Curiosolites engaged in intensive trade and exchanged goods with all of Gaul, the British Isles and Spain.

More than 20,000 coins of the Curiosolites have been found to date, including a large find with 11,000 coins at La Marquanderie, Jersey.

Neighboring tribes

Neighboring tribes of the Curiosolites on Armorica were the Osismier , Veneter , Redonen , Namneten , Eburoviken , Lexovier , Veneller and Aulerker from the Bronze Age until the Roman conquest .

Resident of Corseul

The inhabitants of the Breton town of Kersaout (French Corseul ) are still referred to in French as Coriosolites or Curiosolites .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Caesar, De Bello Gallico 2, 34; 3, 7; 3, 11; 7, 75; corrupted form of the name Coriosultes (with handwritten variants) in Pliny , Naturalis historia 4, 107; not mentioned by Ptolemy .
  2. ^ John Hooker: Celtic Improvisations: An Art Historical Analysis of Coriosolite Coins . Archaeopress 2002

literature

Primary literature

  • Gaius Iulius Caesar: De bello Gallico. The Gallic War . (translated and edited by Marieluise Deißmann). Stuttgart 1980

Secondary literature

  • Loïc Langouet: Le site gaulois des Ebihens en Saint-Jacut (Côtes-d'Armor) . In: Bulletin de la Société d'histoire et d'archéologie de l'Arrondissement de Saint-Malo, 1985, pp. 283-295
  • John Hooker: Celtic Improvisations: An Art Historical Analysis of Coriosolite Coins . Archaeopress 2002
  • John Haywood: The Historical Atlas of the Celtic World . Thames & Hudson 2009