Clermont-Ferrand (redirect from Arvernis)
of the Arverni people). It originated on the central knoll where the cathedral is situated today, overlooking the capital of Gaulish Arvernis (fr). The...
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The Arverni (Gaulish: *Aruernoi) were a Gallic people dwelling in the modern Auvergne region during the Iron Age and the Roman period. They were one of...
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erkiŋɡeˈtoriks]; c. 80 – 46 BC) was a Gallic king and chieftain of the Arverni tribe who united the Gauls in a failed revolt against Roman forces during...
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in 52 BC in Gaul at Gergovia, the chief oppidum (fortified town) of the Arverni. The battle was fought between a Roman Republican army, led by proconsul...
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to Strabo, the Aquitani were a wealthy people. Luerius, the King of the Arverni and the father of Bituitus who warred against Maximus Aemilianus and Dometius...
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Auvergne (section Land of the Arverni)
winters and short summers. The region of Auvergne was named after the Arverni, one of the most powerful Gallic tribes. It was composed of the Gabali...
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Campaign Belgium, France Victory ⁂ 52 BC 52 BC Avaricum Avaricum .Bituriges, Arverni Siege France Victory ⁂ 52 BC 52 BC Battle of Gergovia Battle of Gergovia...
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was worshipped in the Rhineland, possibly as a particular deity of the Arverni tribe, though no dedications to Mercurius Arvernus occur in their territory...
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vocant, incendit, diruit, atque subvertit. And coming to Clermont [to the Arverni] he set on fire, overthrew and destroyed that shrine which they call Vasso...
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(*Andecawī) Juliomagos Andecavorum (Angers) Arecomici Nemausus (Nîmes) Arverni (*Arwernī) Gergovia (La Roche-Blanche) Atrebates Nemetocenna (Arras) Aulerci...
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in the ensuing year Quintus Fabius Maximus "destroyed" an army of the Arverni led by their king Bituitus, who had come to the aid of the Allobroges....
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the son of Avitus, Roman Emperor 455–56, from the Celtic tribe of the Arverni, who fought at the Battle of Châlons with the Goths against the Huns, introduced...
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the Allobroges and the Arverni under king Bituitus in the Battle of the Isère River. This defeat substantially weakened the Arverni and ensured the further...
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département. It took its name from the Gabali, a Gallic tribe subordinate to the Arverni. After the conquest of Gaul, the Romans preserved the capital city of the...
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province of France deriving its name from the Arverni, a Gallic tribe who once occupied the area. In 52 BC, Arverni chieftain Vercingetorix mounted a fierce...
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Numidian Jugurtha, the Pontic king Mithridates VI, Vercingetorix of the Arverni tribe of Gaul, and the Egyptian queen Cleopatra. At home, during the Conflict...
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Successor Majorian Eastern emperor Marcian Born late 4th century Arvernis, Gaul Died 456/7 Arvernis, Gaul Burial Brivas Issue Agricola Ecdicius Papianilla Father...
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defeated the Allobroges followed by Quintus Fabius Maximus against the Arverni under King Bituitus in 121 BC. The Romans respected and feared the Gallic...
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settled for some time in Gaul already, at the invitation of the Gaulish Arverni and Sequani as part of their war against the Aedui. He had already been...
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that time existing in Gaul (arverni, turoni, lemovici, turnacenses, bituriges, franci, etc.), considering himself a Arverni and not a Gallo-Roman; being...
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Battle of Alesia (category Arverni)
confederation of Gallic tribes united under the leadership of Vercingetorix of the Arverni. It was the last major engagement between Gauls and Romans, and is considered...
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Arverni aristocrat, senator, and magister militum praesentalis from 474 until 475. As a son of the Emperor Avitus, Ecdicius was educated at Arvernis (modern...
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well as other Gallic tribes. In 121 BC, they appealed to Rome against the Arverni and Allobroges. During the Gallic Wars (58–50 BC), they gave valuable though...
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vocant, incendit, diruit, atque subvertit. And coming to Clermont [to the Arverni] he set on fire, overthrew and destroyed that shrine which they call Vasso...
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of the 2nd century BC, before the pan-Gallic confederation led by the Arverni was smashed in 121 BC, followed by the invasions of Teutones and Cimbri...
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and costly battles. Around 63 BC, when a Roman client state, the Gallic Arverni, conspired with the Gallic Sequani and the Germanic Suebi nations east...
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identified with the Celtic Lepontii. According to Livy (v. 34), the Bituriges, Arverni, Senones, Aedui, Ambarri, Carnutes, and Aulerci led by Bellovesus, arrived...
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the Third Servile War. Vercingetorix c. 82-46 BC Gallic Chieftain of the Arverni tribe; he united the Gauls in a revolt against Roman forces under Julius...
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Battle of the Isère River (category Arverni)
Allobrogicus joined their forces, defeating a confederation of Allobroges, Arverni and some Salluvii warriors at the Isère River. Roman consular legions were...
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Orléans) Roman merchants are massacred by the Carnutes. Vercingetorix, an Arverni chieftain, leads a revolt against Caesar in Central Gaul. Winter – Caesar...
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