The Bellovaci (Gaulish: Bellouacoi) were a Belgic tribe dwelling in the modern Picardy region, near the present-day city of Beauvais, during the Iron...
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In Caesar's usage, Belgium is a geographical subregion comprising the Bellovaci, Ambiani, Atrebates, and Veromandui. These four communities are widely...
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Beauvais (category Bellovaci)
post-Renaissance Latin rendering is Bellovacum from the Belgic tribe the Bellovaci, whose capital it was. In the ninth century, it became a county (comté)...
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complete; it evidently was incomplete as Caesar was that year fighting the Bellovaci and regardless the proposal was vetoed. That year, it seemed that the...
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Vindunom (Le Mans) Bodiocasses Augustodurum (Bayeux) Boii Bononia (Bologna) Bellovaci (*Bellowacī) Bratuspantion (Beauvais) Bituriges Cubi Avaricum (Bourges)...
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uprisings followed the 57 BC conquest. The largest revolt was led by the Bellovaci in 52 BC, after the defeat of Vercingetorix. During this rebellion, it...
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battle and the Younger Pompey captured and executed. 46 BC: Revolt of the Bellovaci in North-Eastern Gaul – revolt suppressed 44 BC: Revolt of the Allobroges...
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noticeable from 250 to 200 BC onward on the territories of the Ambi or Bellovaci, incineration did not occur before 200–150 in the Aisne valley. As such...
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the Gauls to surrender promptly. This had a ripple effect: the nearby Bellovaci and Ambiones surrendered immediately afterward, realizing the Romans had...
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situated between that of the Caletes and Bellovaci. Wooded heights constituted a natural frontier with the Bellovaci, where the latter dominated. During the...
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sometimes described misleadingly as "tribes," such as the Aedui, Allobroges, Bellovaci, and Sequani (see List of Celtic tribes) but the civitates were too large...
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forest, defeating one of the larger tribes of north-eastern Gaul, the Bellovaci. A multitude of the forest's classical-era artifacts are on display at...
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collectively promised to send around 40,000 men. These were to join 60,000 Bellovaci, 50,000 Suessiones, 50,000 Nervii, 15,000 Atrebates, 10,000 Ambiani, 25...
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possible Roman interference in their affairs. The union included the Bellovaci, Suessiones, Nervii, Atrebates, Ambiani, Morini, Menapii, Caleti, Veliocasses...
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and it was certainly involved in the mopping-up operations among the Bellovaci. Legio VII was one of the two legions used in Caesar's invasions of Britain...
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Alesia. After Vercingetorix was defeated Commius joined a revolt by the Bellovaci and persuaded some 500 Germans to support them, but this too was defeated...
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(in Belgica) Ambiani – Amiens Ambivareti Atrebates (in Belgica) – Arras Bellovaci – Beauvais Caleti/Caletes – Harfleur (Caracotinum), later Lillebonne (Juliobona)...
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Seine to attack the Gallic coalition near Lutetia. Threatened by the Bellovaci (a powerful Belgae tribe), he decided to re-cross the Seine to rejoin...
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(Somme) watershed. They were located near the Caletes in the west, the Bellovaci in the south, the Morini and Atrebates in the north, and the Viromandui...
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Celtic tribes that included: The Ambarri (in Ain) The Brannovices The Bellovaci The Bituriges (in Berry) The Parisii The Segusiavi (Forez, adjacent to...
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and the Bellovaci. Their small territory, a depression surrounded by wooded heights, could be easily dominated by the more powerful Bellovaci, to which...
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cremation) are noticeable from 250–200 BC on the territories of the Ambi or Bellovaci, whereas incineration occurred later in the Aisne valley, from around...
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Vacceti by several early medieval chronicles and authors. Arevaci Belgae Bellovaci Cantabrian Wars Celtiberian Wars Celtiberian script Sertorian Wars Pre-Roman...
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possible Roman interference in their affairs. The union included the Bellovaci, Suessiones, Nervii, Atrebates, Ambiani, Morini, Menapii, Caleti, Veliocasses...
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Germanic language. In the list of Belgic nations given as being in arms are Bellovaci, Suessiones, Nervii, Atrebates, Ambiani, Morini, Menapii, Caleti, Velocasses...
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mixed Illyrian and Celtic (Belgic) origin and probably related with the Bellovaci, who were said to have migrated to the Iberian Peninsula around the 4th...
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courses of the Somme and Oise rivers. They dwelled between the Ambiani and Bellovaci in the west, the Nervii and Atrebates in the north, the Remi in the east...
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Suessiones surrendered, whereupon Caesar turned his attention to the Bellovaci, who had retreated into the fortress of Bratuspantium (between modern...
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