Nitiobroges
The Nitiobroges (
Name
They are mentioned as Nitiobroges (var. nitiobriges, iciobriges), Nitiobrogum and Nitiobrogibus (var. nit[h]iobrigibus, nithiobrogibus) by Caesar (mid-1st c. BC),[1] Nitiobroges (var. antobroges) by Pliny (1st c. AD),[2] Nitióbriges (Νιτιόβριγες) by Ptolemy (2nd c. AD),[3] and as Nisiobroges by Sidonius Apollinaris (5th c. AD).[4][5] The name is also attested as Nitiobrogeis (νιτιοβρογεις) on an inscription written on a torc with the Greek alphabet, found in Mailly-le-Camp and dated to the mid-1st century BC.[6]
The
Geography
The Nitiobroges dwelled in the modern-day
Their chief town was
History
The Nitiobroges settled in their attested homeland during the 4th century BC.[11] They participated in the Gallic coalition of Vercingetorix against Rome, providing 5,000 men led by the Nitiobrogian king Teutomatos at the Battle of Gergovia in 52 BC.[10]
References
- ^ Caesar. Commentarii de Bello Gallico, 7:7:2, 7:31:5, 7:46:5, 7:75:3.
- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 4:109.
- ^ Ptolemy. Geōgraphikḕ Hyphḗgēsis, 2:7:11.
- ^ Sidonius Apollinaris. Epistles 8:11:1.
- ^ Falileyev 2010, s.v. Nitiobroges.
- ^ a b Fages & Maurin 1991, p. 9.
- ^ a b Lambert 1994, p. 36.
- ^ Kruta 2000, p. 71.
- ^ a b Delamarre 2003, p. 91, 235.
- ^ a b Kruta 2000, p. 754.
- ^ a b c Lafond & Olshausen 2006.
- ^ Talbert 2000, Map 14: Caesarodunum-Burdigala, Map 25: Hispania Tarraconensis.
Bibliography
- ISBN 9782877723695.
- Fages, Brieuc; Maurin, Louis (1991). "Inscriptions latines d'Aquitaines Nitiobroges". Revue de l'Agenais. CXVIII (1).
- 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.
- Lafond, Yves; Olshausen, Eckart (2006). "Nitiobroges". Brill's New Pauly. .
- ISBN 978-2-87772-089-2.
- ISBN 978-0691031699.