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Belgae
Belgae. A British civitas. The Romans applied the name Belgae to a whole group of tribes in north-west Gaul, but the appearance of a civitas of this name in Britain is something of a mystery. According to Ptolemy its territory included not only Winchester but Bath and a nearby, but as yet unidentified, settlement called Ischalis. It seems likely that Ptolemy has made an error here (he made others) since the resulting shape of the territory of the Belgae would bear little resemblance to pre-Roman tribal geography and would be something of an administrative nightmare. If the civitas was actually focused around Winchester there is still a problem, since this area seems to have been part of the old kingdom of the Atrebates. The civitas of the Belgae was therefore most probably an artificial creation of the Roman administration, like the neighbouring civitas of the Regni, and was created at about the same time in c. ad 80 following the death of King Cogidubnus. Its administrative capital at Winchester was known as Venta Belgarum. The town walls enclosed about 140 acres, and though there were extra-mural suburbs, its population was probably no more than 3,000–4,000.
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JOHN CANNON. "Belgae." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Belgae." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-Belgae.html JOHN CANNON. "Belgae." The Oxford Companion to British History. 2002. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-Belgae.html |
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Belgae
Belgae. An ancient P-Celtic people of northern Gaul whom Julius Caesar (1st cent. BC) described as the fiercest of all. Caesar also tells us that portions of these people settled in Britain in areas most accessible to the sea before the end of the 1st century BC. Irish commentators as early as Roderick O'Flaherty (1685) assumed that the Belgae could be identified with the Fir Bolg of Irish pesudo-history. Caesar's assertion that the Belgae were the Germanic origin is now understood to be geographical (i.e. from east of the Rhine) rather than ethnic (i.e. Teutonic). Their settlement in Britain included what is now Hampshire and Wiltshire. T. F. O'Rahilly's argument (1946) that the Belgae were identical with the Builg and Érainn, early invaders of Ireland, is now rejected.
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JAMES MacKILLOP. "Belgae." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES MacKILLOP. "Belgae." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-Belgae.html JAMES MacKILLOP. "Belgae." A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. 2004. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O70-Belgae.html |
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Belgae
Belgae A British civitas. The Romans applied the name Belgae to a whole group of tribes in north‐west Gaul, but the appearance of a civitas of this name in Britain is a mystery. The civitas of the Belgae was most probably an artificial creation of the Roman administration, and was established in c.AD 80 following the death of King Cogidubnus. Its administrative capital at Winchester was known as Venta Belgarum.
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JOHN CANNON. "Belgae." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN CANNON. "Belgae." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-Belgae.html JOHN CANNON. "Belgae." A Dictionary of British History. 2004. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O43-Belgae.html |
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Belgae
Belgae an ancient Celtic people inhabiting Gaul north of the Seine and Marne Rivers, eventually defeated by Julius Caesar in the Gallic Wars of 58–51 bc. At the beginning of the 1st century bc some of the Belgae had crossed to southern England, where they established kingdoms around Colchester, Winchester, and Silchester.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Belgae." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Belgae." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Belgae.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Belgae." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Belgae.html |
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"Belgae." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Belgae." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-Belgae.html "Belgae." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-Belgae.html |
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Belgae see Gaul . |
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"Belgae." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Belgae." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-Belgae.html "Belgae." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-Belgae.html |
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Belgae
•Haggai • Belgae • gilgai • fungi
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"Belgae." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Belgae." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Belgae.html "Belgae." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Belgae.html |
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