Bigerriones
The Bigerriones or Begerri were an Aquitani tribe dwelling in present-day Bigorre during the Iron Age.
They were subjugated in 56 BC by the Roman forces of Caesar's legatus P. Licinius Crassus.
Name[]
They are mentioned as Bigerriones by Caesar (mid-1st c. BC),[1] and as Begerri (var. Begerbi, Bebergi, Bergebi) by Pliny (1st c. AD).[2][3]
The Bigorre region, attested as Begorra ca. 400 AD, is named after the tribe.[4]
Geography[]
The Bigerriones lived in the Bigorre region, in the northern foreland of the Pyrenees.[5][6] Their territory was located north of the , south of the , Elusates and Auscii, east of the , and west of the Volcae Tectosages.
Their chief town was known as Bigorra Castrum (modern Saint-Lézer).[5]
Culture[]
It is believed the Bigerriones spoke a form or dialect of the Aquitanian language, a precursor of the Basque language.[7]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Caesar. Commentarii de Bello Gallico, 3:27.
- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia, 4:108.
- ^ Duval 1989, pp. 724–725, 736.
- ^ Nègre 1990, p. 1202.
- ^ a b Duval 1989, pp. 724–725.
- ^ Frezouls 2006.
- ^ Jacques Lemoine, Toponymie du Pays Basque Français et des Pays de l'Adour, Picard 1977, ISBN 2-7084-0003-7
Bibliography[]
- Duval, Paul-Marie (1989). "Les peuples de l'Aquitaine d'après la liste de Pline". Travaux sur la Gaule (1946-1986). Vol. 116. École Française de Rome. pp. 721–737. ISBN 9782728301676.
- Frezouls, Edmond (2006). "Bigerriones". Brill's New Pauly. doi:10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e217060.
- Nègre, Ernest (1990). Toponymie générale de la France. Librairie Droz. ISBN 978-2-600-02883-7.
- Talbert, Richard J. A. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691031699.
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