Ptianians

Campaign in Aquitaine 56 BC Chr.

The Ptianians ( Latin Ptianii ) were a probably Celtic tribe whose residence was in the later Roman province of Gallia Aquitania .

During the Gallic War , a sub-general of Caesar , the Legate Publius Licinius Crassus , marched in 56 BC. In Aquitaine (the later Roman province of Novempopulana ). After some victories of the Romans, most of the Aquitaine tribes surrendered ; the to be named Tarbeller , bigerriones , Ptianier, Vasaten (also Vocaten ) Tarusaten , elusates , Gater , ausci , Garumner , Sibulaten and Cocosaten ( De Bello Gallico III 27). Whether the names, including those of the Ptianii , are clearly Celtic cannot be stated with certainty. Some modern authors include some of the Celtiberians . Except at this point Caesar the tribe is Ptianier not mentioned in ancient literature.

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 .
• Harry Mountain: The Celtic Encyclopedia. Universal-Publishers, 1998, ISBN 1-58112-890-8 , p. 208. (books.google.ch , accessed on November 27, 2013)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gaius Iulius Caesar: Commentarii de bello Gallico III 27: Maxima Pars Aqutaniae sese Crasso dedit: Tarbelli, Bigerriones, Ptianii, Vocates, Tarusates, Elusates, gates, Ausci, Garumni, Sibulates, Cocosates: paucae ultimae nationes su , hoc facere neglexerunt.
2. ↑ Helmut Birkhan: Celts. Attempt at a complete representation of their culture. 1997, p. 204.