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[German version] This item can be found on the following maps: | Gallia/Gaul Capital of the  Arverni in Aquitania (Ptol. 2,7,12), built towards the end of the 1st cent. BC on an uninhabited hillside around a cult site, modern Clermont-Ferrand. Referred to as Arverni (Amm. Marc. 15,11,13) or civitas Arvernorum (Notitia Galliarum 12,3), A. encompassed an area of three ha. within its town walls. Aqueduct, sacred spring (thousands of oblations, especially wooden statuettes). Epigraphical evidence: CIL XIII, 1460-93; Inscriptions latines des trois Gaules, 1963, 194, 197-201. Frezouls…

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[German version] This item can be found on the following maps: Theatre | Capital of the  Lemovices in Aquitania, on the Vienne (Ptol. 2,7), founded in about 16 to 12 BC, later called Lemovica, modern Limoges. Archaeological monuments: aqueducts, forum, theatre, amphitheatre, thermae. In the late imperial age, a castrum of reduced size, churches extra muros. Epigraphical evide…

[German version] Celtic tribe of  Aquitania, neighbours of the Ruteni and the Nitobriges, renowned for their linen (Str. 4,2,2; Plin. HN 19,8) and their cushions ( cadurcum: Juv. 6,537; 7,221; Plin. HN 19,13). The C. gave their name to the modern Quercy. Various settlements of the C. include Uxellodunum, Diolindum, Divona (capital: Ptol. 2,7,9). Monuments: aqueduct, thermae, theatre. Epigraphical evidence: CIL XIII, 1539-48. Frezouls, Edmond (Strasbourg) Bibliography E. Desjardins, Géographie historique et administrative de la Gaule romaine, 1878, 422 G. Gonsalvès, in: D. S…

[German version] Celtic tribe in the Auvergne, neighbouring the Segusiavi and the Haedui, separated from the Helvetii by the Cebenna mons (Caes. B Gall. 1,31; Str. 4,2,2; Ptol. 2,8,17). In the 6th cent. BC, the A. participated in the raids of Italy (Liv. 5,34,5). Their king  Bituitus was defeated and captured by Domitius and Fabius in 122/21 BC (Liv. per. 61). In 52 BC, the Avernian king  Vercingetorix led all of Gaul in revolt. After their subjugation, Rome treated the A. with leniency; Plin. HN 4,109 classified them as liberi. Their capital was the newly founded Augustonemetum, th…

[German version] This item can be found on the following maps: Theatre | Caesar | Caesar | | Gallia/Gaul | Celts | Oppidum | Rome Capital of the  Bituriges Cubi (according to Caesar: 30,000 inhabitants; c. 100 ha.) at the confluence of Auron and Yèvre, two tributaries of the Cher, also the location of an earlier settlement between the 8th and the 6th cent. BC, modern Bourges. In 52 BC, it was captured and destroy…

[German version] This item can be found on the following maps: Caesar | Christianity | Wine | | Gallia/Gaul | Commerce | Limes | Pilgrimage | Rome | Rome Capital of the  Bituriges Vivisci in  Aquitania, located on a terrace above the river Devèze on the left bank of …

[German version] Celtic tribe, once the most important in Gallia (Liv. 5,34); their name means ‘eternal rulers’. Neighbours to the Haedui and Carnutes, subjugated by Caesar (Caes. B Gall. 7,12-28: capture of Noviodunum and  Avaricum, pillage of more than 20 towns). A distinction is made between the B. Cubi (Str. 4,2,1; Plin. HN 4,109; Ptol. 2,7,10; CIL XIII 1316-88; 1159-83; [1. 160-172]), who settled between the Loire and the Vienne, the Sologne and Monts du Forez with Avaricum as their capital, …

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[German version] The A. lived between  Pyrenaei,  Oceanus and  Garumna (Caes. B Gall. 1,1; Str. 4,1,1); a community of more than 20 small Iberian (not Celtic) tribes (Str. 4,2,1). Subjugated in 56 BC by P. Licinius Crassus (Caes. B Gall. 3,27), then, after many uprisings, by Agrippa (38 BC) and finally by Messala Corvinus. Only the Ausci, Convenae,  Tarbelli and  Vasates were among the 64 localities to take part in the   concilium provinciae in  Lugdunum after the imperial reforms of Augustus. Also known to us (cf. Notitia Galliarum 12-14) are the …

[German version] Tribe in the northern foreland of the Pyrenees (Caes. B Gall. 3,27), province of Aquitania, later Novempopulana; called Begerri in Plin. HN 4,108, later Bigerri. Their most important centre was Bigorra or Begorra (Notitia Galliarum 14,11), possibly modern Cieutat, thus the modern name Bigorre. Epigraphical e…

[German version] This item can be found on the following maps: Commerce City of the  Ruteni in Aquitania at the confluence of the Tarn and the Dourbie, called Aemiliavum since the 3rd cent. AD (therefore modern Millau), modern La Graufesenque. Significant pottery production, especially terra sigillata, exported in the 1st cent. AD, gradually superseded by Lezoux ( Arverni). Monuments: many workshops, two fana, nymphaeum. Inscriptions (‘kiln registers ’) from C. are an important source of the economic history of the ancient pottery industry.…

[English version] Kelt. Stamm in der Auvergne, den Segusiavi und den Haedui benachbart, von den Helvetii durch den Cebenna mons getrennt (Caes. Gall. 1,31; Strab. 4,2,2; Ptol. 2,8,17). Die A. nahmen im 6.Jh. v.Chr. an den Zügen nach It. (Liv. 5,34,5) teil. Ihr König Bituitus wurde 122/21 v.Chr. durch Domitius und Fabius besiegt und gefangengenommen (Liv. per. 61). Der A.-König Vercingetorix führte 52 v.Chr. einen gesamtgallischen Aufstand. Nach der Unterwerfung wurden die A. von Rom schonend behandelt; Plin. nat. 4,109 stuft sie als liberi ein. Ihre Hauptstadt war das neugegr.…

[English version] Keltisches Volk, einst das bedeutendste in Gallien (Liv. 5,34); der Name bedeutet “ewige Herrscher”. Nachbarn der Haedui und Carnutes, von Caesar unterworfen (Caes. Gall. 7,12-28: Eroberung von Noviodunum und Avaricum, Brandschatzung von me…

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[English version] Dieser Ort ist auf folgenden Karten verzeichnet: Theater | Straßen Hauptort der Lemovices in Aquitania an der Vienne (Ptol. 2,7), gegr. ca. 16-12 v.Chr., später Lemovica, h. Limoges. Arch. Monumente: Aquädukte, Forum, Theater, Amphitheater, Thermen. In der späten Kaiserzeit verkleinertes castrum, Kirchen extra muros. Inschr. Belege: CIL XIII 1390-1420; Inscriptions latines des trois Gaules, 1963, 174-181. Frezouls, Edmond † (Strasbourg) Bibliography J. Perrier, Carte archéologique Haute-Vienne, 1993, 79-142  J.-M. Sauget et al., in: D. Schaad, M. Vidal (…

[English version] Bei der Reichsreform 27 v. Chr. vereinigte Augustus unter der Bezeichnung A. 14 kelt. Stämme zw. Garumna und Liger (Strab. 4,1,1; Plin. nat. 4 107-109; Ptol. 2,7) mit den eigentlichen Aquitani: Arverni, Bituriges Cubi, Cadurci, Gabali, Lemovices, Ruteni, Vellavii, Nitiobriges, Petrocorii, Pictones, Santoni, Bituriges Vivisci und 2 von den 3 weiteren, die Plin. und Ptol. ll.cc. anführen. Der Statthalter residierte erst in Me…

[English version] Volk im nördl. Vorland der Pyrenäen (Caes. Gall. 3,27), Prov. Aquitania, später Novempopulana; Begerri bei Plin. nat. 4,108, später Bigerri. Bedeutendstes Zentrum war Bigorra bzw. Begorra (Notitia Galliarum 14,11), evtl. h. Cieutat. Daher der h. Name Bigorre. Inschr. Belege: CIL XIII, 383-396, 11014-11017. Frezouls, Edmond † (Strasbourg) Bibliography Desjardins, 2, 363, 368.

[English version] Dieser Ort ist auf folgenden Karten verzeichnet: Gallia | Straßen Hauptort der Arverni in Aquitania (Ptol. 2,7,12), erbaut Ende 1.Jh. v.Chr. auf unbewohntem Hügel um einen Kultplatz, h. Clermont-Ferrand. Als Arverni (Amm. 15,11,13) oder civitas Arvernorum bezeichnet (Notitia Galliarum 12,3), umfaßte A. 3 ha innerhalb einer Stadtmauer. Aquädukt, hl. Quelle (Tausende von Opfergaben, bes. Holzstatuetten). Inschr.…

[English version] Keltisches Volk der Aquitania, Nachbarn der Ruteni und der Nitobriges, bekannt für ihr Leinen (Strab. 4,2,2; Plin. nat. 19,8) und ihre Kissen ( cadurcum: Iuv. 6,537; 7,221; Plin. nat. 19,13). Die C. gaben dem h. Quercy den Namen. Verschied…