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The name Brigantes (Βρίγαντες in Ancient Greek) shares the same Proto-Celtic root as the goddess Brigantia, *brigantī, brigant-meaning 'high, elevated', and it is unclear whether settlements called Brigantium were so named as 'high ones' in a metaphorical sense of nobility, or literally as 'highlanders', or inhabitants of physically elevated fortifications.
Brigantia is the land inhabited by the Brigantes, [1] [2] [3] a British Celtic tribe which occupied the largest territory in ancient Britain. The territory of Brigantia which now forms Northern England and part of The Midlands covered the majority of the land between the River Tyne and the Humber estuary forming the largest Brythonic Kingdom in ...
Towards the end of wars, irreconcilables may refuse to accept the loss of their cause, and may continue hostilities using irregular tactics. Upon capture by the victorious side, whether the capturing power has to recognize them as soldiers (who must be treated as prisoners of war) or as brigands (who can be tried under civilian law as common criminals) depends on whether the detainees "respect ...
A statuette in the Museum of Brittany, Rennes, probably depicting Brigantia: c. 2nd century BCE. [1]Brigantia or Brigindo [2] was a goddess in Celtic (Gallo-Roman and Romano-British) religion of Late Antiquity.
It derives from the stem briganti-, meaning 'high, elevated', which can be compared with the name of their chief town Brigantion ('eminence'; Latin Brigantium), also attested in other toponyms at the origin of the modern Briançon, Brégançon and Briantes. The same stem can also be found in name of the Celtic goddess Brigantia. [4]
Roman histories name the Celtic tribe that occupied the majority of Northern England as the Brigantes, likely meaning "Highlanders". Whether the Brigantes were a unified group or a looser federation of tribes around the Pennines is debated, but the name appears to have been adopted by the inhabitants of the region, which was known by the Romans ...
Brigandage in Southern Italy (Italian: brigantaggio) had existed in some form since ancient times.However, its origins as outlaws targeting random travellers would evolve vastly later on to become a form of a political resistance movement, especially from the 19th century onward.
Cartimandua or Cartismandua (reigned c. AD 43 – c. 69) was a 1st-century queen of the Brigantes, a Celtic people living in what is now northern England.She is known through the writings of Roman historian Tacitus.