Scotti(80 words)
[German version]
(Scoti, 'Scots'). A Celtic people - wild and bellicose according to Roman reports - which originally settled in the north of Hibernia (Ireland) (Oros. 1,2,81 f.). In the late 4th cent. AD, groups of them ferried across to Britannia (Amm. 18,2,3; 26,4,5; 27,8,1; 29,4,7). The S. had been Christianised before AD 431 in Hibernia by the deacon Palladius (Prosp. 1301) and came to develop a very active monastery culture.
Todd, Malcolm (Exeter)
Bibliography
G. and A. Ritchie, Scotland, 1985.
Cite this page
Todd, Malcolm (Exeter),
“Scotti”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
Consulted online on 12 April 2021 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e1105670>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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