Namneten
The Namneten ( lat. Namnetes) were a Celtic - Gallic tribe . They are first mentioned in writing by the Roman general Julius Caesar in his report De Bello Gallico about his wars in Gaul .
Settlement area
The Namneten settled between Angers and the Loire estuary. Since 500 BC There were Celts in this area. Around the year 70 BC The Namneten expelled the local native Celts. Already in the year 56 BC The Roman army of Julius Caesar defeated the Namneten.
Part of the province of Gaul
After the conquest by the Roman Empire , the tribal area was Namneten part of the province of Gaul. It belonged to the north-western coast of Gaul, called Aremorica by the Romans .
The Romans founded the field of Namneten the Roman city "Portus Namnetus" which the present Nantes was.
Individual evidence
- ^ Caesar, De Bello Gallico Gaius Julius Caesar, De bello Gallico 3, 9