Viromanduer
The Viromanduer ( Latin : Viromandui , French : Viromanduens or Viromand (ue) s ) were members of a Celtic tribe who lived in the northeast of what is now France in ancient times . They belonged to the Belgians .
Settlement area
The main settlement area of the Viromanduer was in northeastern France in today's Vermandois . Their capital was called Augusta Viromanduorum and is now called Saint-Quentin . A second settlement that was inhabited by Viromandu in ancient times was Arras . Their neighboring tribes included the Atrebates , the Eburones and the powerful Nervians .
history
In ancient times, the Viromandu lived on the European mainland in close economic and military cooperation with the much larger Nervier tribe. 57 BC The Celtic tribe felt threatened by the legions of the governor Julius Caesar and formed an alliance with the Nervians and the Atrebates. The Viromandu tribe were able to provide 10,000 armed warriors to resist Caesar, but were defeated by the Romans in the Battle of the Sambre . Some fled to Britain with the Atrebates , others submitted to the Roman occupiers. With the end of the Gallic War , the Viromandu were no longer an independent people.
swell
- Gaius Iulius Caesar : De Bello Gallico , 2, 16-28
literature
- Duncan Norton-Taylor: The Celts , Series: Time-life Books, 1974, ISBN 9-06-182-057-X
- Franz Schön: Viromandui. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 12/2, Metzler, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-476-01487-8 , Sp.?.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.zeno.org/Meyers-1905/A/Viromand%C5%ADer?hl=viromanduer
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated December 23, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
