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257:, and the Belgae in the north. Each of these three parts, he says, differed in terms of customs, laws and language. He noted that the Belgae, were "the bravest, because they are furthest from the civilization and refinement of Province, and merchants least frequently resort to them, and import those things which tend to effeminate the mind; and they are the nearest to the Germans, who dwell beyond the Rhine, with whom they are continually waging war". Ancient sources such as Caesar are not always clear about the things used to define ethnicity today. While Caesar or his sources described the Belgae as distinctly different from the Gauls, 2633: 970: 457:, the country of the Belgae extended along the coast where 15 tribes were living from the Rhenus (Rhine) to the Liger (Loire). Strabo also says that "Augustus Caesar, when dividing the country into four parts, united the Keltae to the Narbonnaise; the Aquitani he preserved the same as Julius Caesar, but added thereto fourteen other nations of those who dwelt between the Garonne and the river Loire, and dividing the rest into two parts, the one extending to the upper districts of the Rhine ( 22: 274:
account of the fertility of the country, and had driven out the Gauls who inhabited those regions; and that they were the only people who, in the memory of our fathers , when all Gaul was overrun, had prevented the Teutones and the Cimbri from entering their territories; the effect of which was, that, from the recollection of those events, they assumed to themselves great authority and haughtiness in military matters.
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and quickly organised his forces. The two Roman legions guarding the baggage train at the rear finally arrived and helped to turn the tide of the battle. Caesar says the Nervii were almost annihilated in the battle, and is effusive in his tribute to their bravery, calling them "heroes" (for more details see
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advised him that whichever tribe Caesar attacked first, the others would come to their defence. They broke camp shortly before midnight. At daybreak, satisfied the retreat was not a trap, Caesar sent cavalry to harass the rear guard, followed by three legions. Many of the Belgae were killed in battle.
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The Atuatuci, who were marching to their aid, turned back on hearing of the defeat and retreated to one stronghold, were put under siege, and soon surrendered and handed over their arms. However, the surrender was a ploy, and the Atuatuci, armed with weapons they had hidden, tried to break out during
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is thought to be more probable). Their attack was quick and unexpected. The element of surprise briefly left the Romans exposed. Some of the Romans did not have time to take the covers off their shields or to even put on their helmets. However, Caesar grabbed a shield, made his way to the front line,
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begins: "All Gaul is divided into three parts, one of which the Belgae inhabit, the Aquitani another, those who in their own language are called Celts, in ours Gauls, the third. All these differ from each other in language, customs and laws." However, many modern scholars believe that the Belgae were
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From 250 BC onward, the disposal of the dead was primarily through cremation, with some inhumation practiced. Ceramics and brooches are typical grave goods, while items of feasting appear in wealthier graves. The absence of weapons distinguishes these burials from the funerary practice of communities
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T. F. O'Rahilly, whose historical conclusions have been questioned by archaeologists and historians. In particular, O'Rahilly's thesis on the chronology of the invasion has been subject to serious revision and, consequently, as explained in more detail below, his views on the ethnic makeup of early
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Apart from the Germani, the report of Caesar seems to indicate that more of the Belgae had some Germanic ethnicity, but this is not necessarily what defines a tribe as Belgic. Edith Wightman proposed that Caesar can be read as treating only the southwestern Belgic tribes, the Suessiones, Viromandui
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In other words, Tacitus understood that the collective name Germani had first been used in Gaul, for a specific people there with connections beyond the Rhine, the Tungri being the name of the people living where the Eburones had lived in later imperial times, and was later adopted as a collective
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It seems that, whatever their ancestry, at least some of the Belgic tribes spoke a variety of Gaulish as their main language by Caesar's time, and all of them used such languages in at least some contexts. Luc van Durme summarizes competing evidence of Celtic and Germanic influence at the time of
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When Caesar inquired of them what states were in arms, how powerful they were, and what they could do, in war, he received the following information: that the greater part of the Belgae were sprung, from the Germans, and that having crossed the Rhine at an early period, they had settled there, on
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stated that the differences between the Celts (Gauls) and Belgae in countenance, language, politics and way of life was a small one, unlike the difference between the Aquitanians and Celts. The fact that the Belgae were living in Gaul means that in one sense they were Gauls. This may be Caesar's
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The Belgae attacked over the river, but were repulsed after a fierce battle. Realising they could not dislodge the Romans and aware of the approach of the Aedui into the lands of the Bellovaci, the Belgae decided to disband their combined force and return to their own lands. Caesar's informants
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into southern Britain in Caesar's time. Caesar asserts they had first crossed the channel as raiders, only later establishing themselves on the island. The precise extent of their conquests is unknown. After the Roman conquest of Great Britain, the
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had lived, and he also stated that they had once been called the Germani (although Caesar had claimed to have wiped out the name of the main tribe, the Eburones). Other tribes that may have been included among the Belgae in some contexts were the
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So Caesar used the word "Germani" in two ways. He described a group of tribes within the Belgic alliance as the "Germani", distinguishing them from their neighbours. The most important of these tribes in relation to Caesar's campaigns were the
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Around this same time, a characteristic form of enclosed sanctuary began to be built, and from the late 2nd through the mid 1st centuries BC, fortifications with a high earthen rampart and a wide, flat-bottomed ditch are concentrated there.
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and Ambiani and perhaps some of their neighbours, as the true ethnic Belgae, as opposed to those in a political and military alliance with them. She reads Caesar as implying a "transition zone" of mixed ethnicity and ancestry for the
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Caesar by saying that "one has to accept the rather remarkable conclusion that Caesar must have witnessed a situation opposing Celtic and Germanic in Belgium, in a territory slightly more to the south than the early medieval
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Caesar conquered the Belgae, beginning in 57 BC. He writes that the Belgae were conspiring and arming themselves in response to his earlier conquests; to counter this threat, he raised two new
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dating to the mid-second century BC have been found in southern Britain and the remains of a possible Belgic fort have been unearthed in Kent. Within memory of Caesar's time, a king of the
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skirmishes to probe their strengths and weaknesses. Once he was satisfied his troops were a match for them, he made camp on a low hill protected by a marsh at the front and the river
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group. On the other hand, at least part of the Belgae may also have had significant cultural and historical connections to peoples east of the Rhine, including
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was named after the continental Belgae. The term continued to be used in the region until the present day and is reflected in the name of the modern country of
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After their final subjugation, Caesar combined the three parts of Gaul, the territory of the Belgae, Celtae and Aquitani, into a single unwieldy province (
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Swan, Toril, Endre Mørck, Olaf Jansen Westvik. 1994. Language change and language structure: older Germanic languages in a Comparative Perspective. P.294
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is evidence for the movement of people into Ireland following upheaval and displacement, triggered by the Belgae arriving into Britain as refugees.
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Iron Age Communities in Britain, Fourth Edition: An Account of England, Scotland and Wales from the Seventh Century BC, Until the Roman Conquest
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The coinage of the Belgae in Gaul shows commonalities in design and distribution patterns from the 4th through the 1st centuries BC.
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Map with the approximate location of pre-Roman Belgic Gaul shortly before Roman conquest, according to an interpretation of Caesar
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suggested that prior to Celtic and Germanic influences the Belgae may have comprised a distinct Indo-European branch, termed
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Les Celtes: Rites funeraires en Gaule du Nord entre le VI et I siècle avant Jésus Christ. Recherches récentes en Wallonie
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Lamb, "The Belgae of Gaul and Britain", p. 336, citing J.R. Collis, "Pre-Roman burial rites in north-western Europe," in
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Lamb, "The Belgae of Gaul and Britain", p. 336, citing C.F.C. Hawkes and G.G. Dunning, "The Belgae of Gaul and Britain,"
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the night. The Romans had the advantage of position and killed 4,000. The rest, about 53,000, were sold into slavery.
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Actes e la table ronde. "Les Gestuelles Funéraires au Second Âge du Fer” tenue à Soissons les 6 et 7 novembre 2008,
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as Caesar sketched it is suggested by the maintaining of these borders, more or less, in administrative divisions (
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Julius Caesar describes Gaul at the time of his conquests (58–51 BC) as divided into three parts, inhabited by the
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Andrew W. Lamb, "The Belgae of Gaul and Britain: Revisiting Cross-Channel Contacts in the Later Iron Age," in
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in the northeast. (Caesar also mentions his allies the Remi being closest to the Celts amongst the Belgae.)
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speakers at this time. It has been remarked that Germanic speakers might have been no closer than the river
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in 1890, which was then thought to show "the demonstrable reality of a Belgic invasion", according to Sir
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Lamb, "The Belgae of Gaul and Britain", p. 337, citing D. Bayard and N. Buchez, "Les tombes gauloises du
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name for the non-Celtic peoples beyond the Rhine, the other, better-known way that Caesar used the term.
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meaning when he says "The Belgae have the same method of attacking a fortress as the rest of the Gauls".
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Lamb, "The Belgae of Gaul and Britain", p. 337, citing Bayard and Buchez, "Les tombes gauloises du
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Lamb, "The Belgae of Gaul and Britain", p. 336, citing Haselgrove, "The age of enclosure," 493–494.
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Caesar next marched into the territory of the Suessiones and besieged the town of Noviodunum (
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Bell, Andrew Villen. 2000. The role of migration in the history of the Eurasian steppe. P.112
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González Villaescusa; Jacquemin (2011), "Gallia Belgica: An Entity with No National Claim",
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González Villaescusa; Jacquemin (2011), "Gallia Belgica: An Entity with No National Claim",
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Caesar names the following as Belgic tribes, which can be related to later Roman provinces:
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was not only the most powerful king of Belgic Gaul, but also ruled territory in Britain.
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across the southeastern corner of Britain has been related to the Belgic invasion since
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could be interpreted as "the people who swell (particularly with anger/battle fury)".
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was bounded on its east by the Rhine and extended all the way from the North Sea to
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However, most of the Belgic tribal and personal names recorded are identifiably
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meaning "to swell (particularly with anger/battle fury/etc.)", cognate with the
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Caesar sometimes calls them Belgae, sometimes contrasts them with Belgae.
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was informed that the name Germania was known to have changed in meaning:
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in the time of Caesar. However, studies of place names, such as those of
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The first people to cross the Rhine and oust the Gauls, those now called
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believed that some had moved further west and he equated them with the
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were also called Belgae and had apparently moved from the continent.
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to this day. In addition to Venta Belgarum, the ancient geographer
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According to Strabo: the Belgian tribes (in orange), including the
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in the biggest central part, who in their own language were called
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Southeast: not mentioned as Belgae, but part of imperial Roman
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Tribal Societies in North Gaul: An Anthropological Perspective
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The Belgae of this period do not appear to have drunk beer.
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of the Belgae was bordered to the north by the British
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sometimes described by Caesar as if not in "Belgium"
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Roymans, 1402:Les Gaulois de Nord de la Gaule 1059:A large number of coins of the 893:In 53 BC, the Eburones, led by 330:parishes of the Carolingian era 202:), derived ultimately from the 2228:. ABC-CLIO. pp. 195–200. 2159:Ulster: An Illustrated History 1407: 1386: 1370: 1354: 1338: 1322: 1310: 1276: 1254: 873:(previously thought to be the 1: 1247: 1093:(administrative division) of 936:(capital Augusta Trevirorum, 774:mentioned a tribe called the 2006:Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1592:, décourvertes récentes, in 1516:Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1441:(Oxford, 2007), pp. 492–493. 1048:published his excavation of 367:Commentarii de Bello Gallico 146: 7: 1210: 1168: 349: 10: 4084: 2308:Iron Age tribes in Britain 2117:"The Geography of Ptolemy" 1992:10.4000/etudesrurales.9499 1867:10.4000/etudesrurales.9499 1289:. 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Julius Caesar
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