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BRIGANTES (Celtic for " mountaineers " or " free, privileged ")

BRIGANTES (See also:
CELTIC
Celtic for " mountaineers " or " See also:
FREE
free, privileged ") , a See also:

PEOPLE

people of See also:

NORTHERN

northern See also:

BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain, who inhabited the See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country from the mouth of the Abus (See also:

HUMBER

Humber) on the See also:

east and the Belisama (See also:

MERSEY

Mersey; according to others, Ribble) on the See also:

west as far northwards as the See also:

Wall of See also:

ANTONINUS, SAINT ANTONIO PIEROZZI

Antoninus. Their territory thus included most of See also:

YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire, the whole of See also:

LANCASHIRE

Lancashire, See also:

Durham, See also:

Westmorland, See also:

Cumberland and See also:

PART

part of See also:

Northumberland. Their See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

TOWN

town was See also:

EBURACUM, or EBORACUM (probably a later variant)

Eburacum (or Eboracum; See also:

York). They first came into contact with the See also:

Romans during the reign of See also:

Claudius, when they were defeated by Publius Ostorius Scapula. Under See also:

VESPASIAN

Vespasian they submitted to Petillius See also:

CEREALIS (CERIALIS), PETILLIUS (1st century A.D.)

Cerealis, but were not finally subdued till the See also:

time of Antoninus See also:

PIUS

Pius (Tac. See also:

Agricola, 17; Pausan. viii. 43. 4). The name of their See also:

EPONYMOUS

eponymous goddess Brigantia is found on See also:

INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions (Corp. Inscr. See also:

LAT

Lat. vii. 200, 875, 1062; F.

Haverfield in Archaeological See also:

Journal, xlix., 1892), and also that of a See also:

GOD

god Bergans=Brigans (See also:

EPHEMERIS (Greek for a " diary ")

Ephemeris Epigraphica, vii. No. 920). A See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the Brigantes also settled in the See also:

south-east corner of See also:

Ireland, near the See also:

RIVER

river Birgus (See also:

Barrow). See A. Holder, Altceltischer Sprachschatz, i. (1896), for See also:

ancient authorities; J. Rhys, Celtic Britain (3rd ed., 1904); Pauly-Wissowa, Realencyclopadie, iii. pt. i. (1897).

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