Bituriges Vivisci
The Bituriges Vivisci (
Name
They are mentioned as Bitourígōn te tō͂n Ou̓iouískōn (Βιτουρίγων τε τῶν Οὐιουίσκων) by Strabo (early 1st c. AD),[2] Bituriges liberi cognomine Vivisci by Pliny (1st c. AD),[3] and as Bitoúrges oi̔ Ou̓ibískoi (Βιτούργες οἱ Οὐιβίσκοι) by Ptolemy (2nd c. AD).[4][5]
The
Geography
The Bituriges Vivisci dwelled in the modern
Their port (emporium) and chief town was
Writing in the early 1st century AD,
The Garumna, after being increased by the waters of three rivers, discharges its waters into the region that is between those Bituriges that are surnamed "Vivisci" and the Santoni—both of them Galatic tribes; for the tribe of these Bituriges is the only tribe of different race that is situated among the Aquitani; and it does not pay tribute to them, though it has an emporium, Burdigala, which is situated on a lagoon that is formed by the outlets of the river.
— Strabo 1923, Geōgraphiká 4:2:1.
See also
- Bituriges Cubi
- List of peoples of Gaul
References
- ^ a b c d Kruta 2000, p. 471.
- ^ Strabo. Geōgraphiká, 4:2:1.
- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 4:108.
- ^ Ptolemy. Geōgraphikḕ Hyphḗgēsis, 2:7:7.
- ^ Falileyev 2010, s.v. Bituriges Vivisci.
- ^ Lambert 1994, p. 36.
- ^ Delamarre 2003, p. 76.
- ^ Matasović 2009, p. 67.
- ^ Talbert 2000, Map 14: Caesarodunum-Burdigala.
Primary sources
- ISBN 9780674993648.
- ISBN 978-0674990562.
Bibliography
- ISBN 9782877723695.
- Falileyev, Alexander (2010). Dictionary of Continental Celtic Place-names: A Celtic Companion to the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. CMCS. ISBN 978-0955718236.
- ISBN 2-221-05690-6.
- ISBN 978-2-87772-089-2.
- ISBN 9789004173361.
- ISBN 978-0691031699.
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