Bellovesus

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Bellovesus (

Etruscans and founded the city of Mediolanum (Milan).[1]

Etymology

The

Gaulish personal name Bello-uesus literally means 'Worthy of Power'. It is formed with the stem bello- ('strong, powerful') attached to uesus, meaning 'worthy, good, deserving', itself from Proto-Celtic *wesus ('excellent, noble'; cf. Old Irish feib 'in excellence', OIr. fó 'goodness', OIr. fíu, Welsh gwiw 'worthy, valuable').[2][3]

Origin

Although the background of the story is anachronistic, for the historical Celtic invasion of the Italian Peninsula occurred between the end of the 5th century and the middle of the 4th century BC, in the context of the

Massaliote and Etrusco-Italian."[7] The Gallic tribes mentioned in the legend were probably arranged freely out of names current at the time of Livy in the late 1st century BC.[8]

Story

The Roman historian

Livy mentioned that he was the son of the sister of the king Ambicatus. His family belonged to the tribe of Bituriges, then the most powerful Gallic people. At that time, the Bituriges were suffering from overpopulation, so it became necessary to open new settlement areas.[9]
Bellovesus and his brother Segovesus were entrusted with this task:

Whereupon to Segovesus were by lot assigned the Hercynian highlands; but to Bellovesus the gods proposed a far pleasanter road, into Italy. Taking out with him the surplus population of his tribes, the Bituriges,

Haedui, Ambarri, Carnutes, and Aulerci, he marched with vast numbers of infantry and cavalry into the country of the Tricastini.

— Livy 2019. Ab Urbe Condita Libri, 5.34
.

The Alps represented an insurmountable hurdle since no road had been built across them yet. Only after they gave support to the Greeks, who in the area of the

Umbrians away from their lands.[9]

References

Citations
  1. ^ Euskirchen 2006.
  2. ^ Delamarre 2003, p. 72, 318.
  3. ^ Matasović 2009, p. 418.
  4. ^ Kruta 2000, pp. 212: "L'événement aurait toutefois précédé de deux siècles l'invasion historique, puisqu'il remonterait à l'époque du règne de Tarquin l'Ancien et de la fondation de Marseille."
  5. ^ Kruta 2000, p. 145: "L'archéologie a ainsi donné raison à la tradition rapportée par Tite-Live qui évoque la puissance du peuple de la région, les Bituriges, dans les temps lointains qui avaient précédé l'invasion de l'Italie par l'armée de Bellovèse, neveu de l'Ambigat qui aurait régné alors sur les « Rois du monde» (c'est la signification du nom des Bituriges) dont Avaricum (Bourges) était encore le chef-lieu au temps de César."
  6. ^ Euskirchen 2006: "The essence of this migratory legend is regarded as authentic."
  7. ^ Kruta 2000, p. 408.
  8. ISBN 978-3-11-016315-5
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  9. ^ a b Livy 2019. Ab Urbe Condita Libri, 5.34–35.
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