Brigantii
The Brigantii (
Name
They are mentioned as Brigántioi (Βριγάντιοι) by Strabo (early 1st c. AD).[1][2] An identification with the Brixentes, a tribe listed on the Tropaeum Alpium, has been proposed.[3]
The ethnic name Brigantii is a Latinized form of
Geography
The Brigantii lived southeast of Lake Constance (Lacus Brigantinus), in Raetia.[5][6] Their territory was located north of the Vennones, west of the Estiones, east of the Lentienses.[7]
Their chief town was known as Brigantium ('high place'; modern Bregenz). The settlement was located on the northeastern bay of Lake Constance, at an intersection of important east–west and north–south traffic routes. Late La Tène finds from the Ölrain plateau suggest the existence of a pre-Roman oppidum in the upper part of town.[6]
References
- ^ Strabo. Geōgraphiká, 4:6:8.
- ^ Falileyev 2010, s.v. Brigantii.
- ^ Ernst Meyer: Die geschichtlichen Nachrichten über die Räter und ihre Wohnsitze. In: Jahrbuch der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Ur- und Frühgeschichte. Vol. 55, 1970, p. 119—125
- ^ Delamarre 2003, p. 87.
- ^ Frei-Stolba 2004.
- ^ a b Dietz 2006.
- ^ Talbert 2000, Map 19: Raetia.
Primary sources
- ISBN 978-0674990562.
Bibliography
- ISBN 9782877723695.
- Dietz, Karlheinz (2006). "Brigantium". Brill's New Pauly. .
- 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.
- Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz.
- ISBN 978-0691031699.
