Nitiobrogen
The Nitiobrogen or Nitiobigen ( Latin Nitiobroges ; ancient Greek Νιτιόβριγες ; Nitióbriges ) were a Celtic tribe who lived in the region around Aginnum ( Agen ), the Agenais in western southern France . The name describes the Nitiobrogen as a people who live “in their own area” (in contrast to the Allobrogen , the people who live “in foreign areas”, see also Kymrisch allfro , “foreigner”). In contrast to many other Gallic tribes, where after Caesar kings were replaced by the noble rule of the Vergobreten (“legal workers ”), the Nitiobrogen retained the traditional royal dignity.
On the war expedition against the Romans, the Tigurin tribal duke Divico marched through the land of the Nitiobrogen with an army of Germanic and Gallic troops. In the battle of Agen (107 BC) the Romans were defeated and sent under the yoke.
During the Gallic War , Caesar conquered between 58 and 51 BC. Also the land of the Nitiobrogen. They fought under their king Teutomatus in 52 BC. On the side of other Gallic tribes with Vercingetorix before Gergovia against Caesar. Surprised by the legionnaires asleep in his camp, Teutomatus is said to have jumped naked on a horse and fled.
In 27 BC Their territory was assigned to the Roman province of Gallia Aquitania .
literature
- Helmut Birkhan : Celts. Attempt at a complete representation of their culture. Publishing house of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-7001-2609-3 , p. 224.
- Ludwig Heinrich Dyck: The Roman Barbarian Wars: The Era of Roman Conquest. Trafford Publishing, 2011, ISBN 978-1-4269-8182-1 .
- Dáithí Ó hÓgáin: The Celts: A History . Boydell Press, 2002, ISBN 0-85115-923-0 , pp. 163 ( preview in Google Book search).
- Bernhard Maier : Lexicon of Celtic Religion and Culture (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 466). Kröner, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-520-46601-5 , p. 250.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bernhard Maier: Small lexicon of names and words of Celtic origin. CH Beck OHG, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-406-49470-6 ; P. 85.
- ↑ Helmut Birkhan: Celts. Attempt at a complete representation of their culture. Pp. 998-999.
- ^ Dáithí Ó hÓgáin: The Celts: A History. P. 163.
- ^ Ludwig Heinrich Dyck: The Roman Barbarian Wars: The Era of Roman Conquest. Pp. 187-188.