The Vellavii (Gaulish: *Uellauī/Wellawī) were a Gallic tribe dwelling around the modern city of Le Puy-en-Velay, in the region of the Auvergne, during...
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Vetula in pago Vellavorum, the city "called Vetula in the pays of the Vellavii" was how a document of 1004 termed it. This was what the settlement of...
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1,744 meters. The Mont Mézenc massif separated two Celtic peoples: the Vellavii and the Helvii. This situation is undoubtedly at the origin of its name...
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as a hostage. Gontran Boson recruited a small troop of Auvergnats and Vellavii and set off for Avignon via the road to Uzès. When the matter reached the...
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"The Roman Small Town' in the Massif Central (civitates of the Arverni, Vellavii, Gabali, Ruteni, Cadurci and Lemovices): Methodology and Main Results"...
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-auios) is found in other Gaulish tribal names, such as Carnavii and Vellavii. It could mean 'desire, envy'. The Tebavii may have dwelled in the Ubaye...
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Cévennes, where their lands were contiguous with those of the Gabali and the Vellavii; to the east, the Rhône offers a natural boundary, despite some indications...
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