Brannovices

The Brannovices or Aulerci Brannovices (Gaulish: *Brannouīcēs) were a Gallic tribe living in the Saône valley or south of the modern Yonne department before the Roman period. They were part of the Aulerci.

Name

They are mentioned as Aulercis Brannovicibus by Caesar (mid-1st c. BC).[1] They may be the same people as the Blannovii mentioned in the same passage by Caesar.[2] According to Andreas Hofeneder, the name Blannovii is probably a corrupted form of Brannovices, inadvertently introduced twice into Caesar's text by later scribes as a lectio duplex (dittography).[3]

The Gaulish tribal name *Brannouīcēs means 'those who vanquish by (or like) the crow'. It stems from the root brano- ('crow', cf. OIr., Welsh bran) attached to the suffix -uices ('victors').[4][5]

Other peoples named Aulerci are also mentioned by ancient sources: the Aulerci Cenomani, Aulerci Diablintes, and Aulerci Eburovices. The relationship that linked them together remains uncertain. According to historian Venceslas Kruta, they could have been pagi that got separated from a larger ethnic group during the pre-Roman period.[6]

Geography

Both the Aulerci Brannovices and Blannovii are traditionally located in areas bordering the territory of the Aedui, often in the Saône valley, in the Beaunois or the Mâconnais region.[7] Kruta also mentions a possible location south of the modern Yonne department.[6]

History

During the Gallic Wars (58–50 BC), they are mentioned by Caesar among the clients of the Aedui.[6]

References

  1. ^ Caesae, VII 2.
  2. ^ Kruta 2000, p. 472.
  3. ^ Hofeneder 2005, p. 228 n. 1447, citing Deissmann, Marieluise (2000). Gaius Iulius Caesar. Der Gallische Krieg. pp. 327 n. 451.
  4. ^ Sergent 1991, p. 10.
  5. ^ Delamarre 2003, pp. 85, 318.
  6. ^ a b c Kruta 2000, p. 440.
  7. ^ Fichtl 2013, p. 298.

Primary sources

  • Caesar (1917). The Gallic War. Loeb Classical Library. Translated by Edwards, H. J. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-99080-7. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)

Bibliography

  • Delamarre, Xavier (2003). Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental. Errance. ISBN 9782877723695.
  • Fichtl, Stephan (2013). "Rome en Gaule: organisation territoriale de la Gaule de l'époque de l'indépendance au début de la période romaine". In Hansen, Svend; Meyer, Michael (eds.). Parallele Raumkonzepte. De Gruyter. pp. 293–306. ISBN 978-3110290943.
  • Hofeneder, Andreas (2005). Die Religion Der Kelten in Den Antiken Literarischen Zeugnissen. Vol. 1. Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. ISBN 978-3700134718.
  • Kruta, Venceslas (2000). Les Celtes, histoire et dictionnaire : des origines à la romanisation et au christianisme. Robert Laffont. ISBN 2-221-05690-6.
  • Sergent, Bernard (1991). "Ethnozoonymes indo-européens". Dialogues d'histoire ancienne. 17 (2): 9–55. doi:10.3406/dha.1991.1932.
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