Sequani, the Glossary
The Sequani were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the upper river basin of the Arar river (Saône), the valley of the Doubs and the Jura Mountains during the Iron Age and the Roman period.[1]
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57 relations: Aedui, Ammianus Marcellinus, Ancient Greek coinage, Ariovistus, Arverni, Augustus, Battle of Alesia, Battle of Magetobriga, Besançon, Broye-Aubigney-Montseugny, Burgundy, Commentarii de Bello Gallico, Diocletian, Doubs, Ethnonym, Franche-Comté, Gaius Julius Civilis, Gallia Belgica, Gaul, Gauls, Helvetii, Julian (emperor), Julius Caesar, Julius Sabinus, Jura Mountains, Kingdom of Burgundy, La Tène culture, Lake Geneva, Lingones, Livy, Luxeuil-les-Bains, Luxiol, Mandeure, Mâcon, Notitia Dignitatum, Pliny the Elder, Pontarlier, Pontoux, Port-sur-Saône, Revolt of the Batavi, Rhône, Rhine, Roman Empire, Saône, Sapaudia, Savoy, Seine, Sequana, Seveux, Strabo, ... Expand index (7 more) »
- Auxilia palatina
- Praetorian prefecture of Gaul
Aedui
The Aedui or Haedui (Gaulish: *Aiduoi, 'the Ardent'; Aἴδουοι) were a Gallic tribe dwelling in what is now the region of Burgundy during the Iron Age and the Roman period. Sequani and Aedui are Gauls, historical Celtic peoples and tribes involved in the Gallic Wars.
Ammianus Marcellinus
Ammianus Marcellinus, occasionally anglicised as Ammian (Greek: Αμμιανός Μαρκελλίνος; born, died 400), was a Roman soldier and historian who wrote the penultimate major historical account surviving from antiquity (preceding Procopius).
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Ancient Greek coinage
The history of ancient Greek coinage can be divided (along with most other Greek art forms) into four periods: the Archaic, the Classical, the Hellenistic and the Roman.
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Ariovistus
Ariovistus was a leader of the Suebi and other allied Germanic peoples in the second quarter of the 1st century BC.
Arverni
The Arverni (Gaulish: *Aruernoi) were a Gallic people dwelling in the modern Auvergne region during the Iron Age and the Roman period. Sequani and Arverni are Gauls, historical Celtic peoples and tribes involved in the Gallic Wars.
Augustus
Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian (Octavianus), was the founder of the Roman Empire.
Battle of Alesia
The Battle of Alesia or siege of Alesia (September 52 BC) was the climactic military engagement of the Gallic Wars, fought around the Gallic oppidum (fortified settlement) of Alesia in modern France, a major centre of the Mandubii tribe.
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Battle of Magetobriga
The Battle of Magetobriga (Amagetobria, Magetobria, Mageto'Bria, Admageto'Bria) was fought in 63 BC between rival tribes in Gaul.
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Besançon
Besançon (archaic Bisanz; Vesontio) is the prefecture of the department of Doubs in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Broye-Aubigney-Montseugny
Broye-Aubigney-Montseugny is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
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Burgundy
Burgundy (Bourgogne; Burgundian: bourguignon) is a historical territory and former administrative region and province of east-central France.
Commentarii de Bello Gallico (italic), also Bellum Gallicum (italic), is Julius Caesar's firsthand account of the Gallic Wars, written as a third-person narrative.
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Diocletian
Diocletian (Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus, Diokletianós; 242/245 – 311/312), nicknamed Jovius, was Roman emperor from 284 until his abdication in 305.
Doubs
Doubs (Dubs) is a department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in Eastern France.
Ethnonym
An ethnonym is a name applied to a given ethnic group.
Franche-Comté
Franche-Comté (Frainc-Comtou: Fraintche-Comtè; Franche-Comtât; also Freigrafschaft; Franco Condado; all) is a cultural and historical region of eastern France.
Gaius Julius Civilis
Gaius Julius Civilis (AD 25 –) was the leader of the Batavian rebellion against the Romans in 69 AD.
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Gallia Belgica
Gallia Belgica ("Belgic Gaul") was a province of the Roman Empire located in the north-eastern part of Roman Gaul, in what is today primarily northern France, Belgium, and Luxembourg, along with parts of the Netherlands and Germany.
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Gaul
Gaul (Gallia) was a region of Western Europe first clearly described by the Romans, encompassing present-day France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and parts of Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, and Northern Italy.
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Gauls
The Gauls (Galli; Γαλάται, Galátai) were a group of Celtic peoples of mainland Europe in the Iron Age and the Roman period (roughly 5th century BC to 5th century AD). Sequani and Gauls are historical Celtic peoples.
Helvetii
The Helvetii (Gaulish: *Heluētī), anglicized as Helvetians, were a Celtic tribe or tribal confederation occupying most of the Swiss plateau at the time of their contact with the Roman Republic in the 1st century BC. Sequani and Helvetii are Gauls, historical Celtic peoples and tribes involved in the Gallic Wars.
Julian (emperor)
Julian (Flavius Claudius Julianus; Ἰουλιανός; 331 – 26 June 363) was the Caesar of the West from 355 to 360 and Roman emperor from 361 to 363, as well as a notable philosopher and author in Greek.
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Julius Caesar
Gaius Julius Caesar (12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman.
Julius Sabinus
Julius Sabinus was an aristocratic Gaul of the Lingones at the time of the Batavian rebellion of AD 69.
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Jura Mountains
The Jura Mountains are a sub-alpine mountain range a short distance north of the Western Alps and mainly demarcate a long part of the French–Swiss border.
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Kingdom of Burgundy
Kingdom of Burgundy was a name given to various states located in Western Europe during the Middle Ages.
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La Tène culture
The La Tène culture was a European Iron Age culture.
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Lake Geneva
Lake Geneva (Léman, lac Léman, rarely lac de Genève; Lago Lemano; Genfersee; Lai da Genevra) is a deep lake on the north side of the Alps, shared between Switzerland and France.
Lingones
The Lingones (Gaulish: 'the jumpers') were a Gallic tribe of the Iron Age and Roman periods. Sequani and Lingones are Gauls and historical Celtic peoples.
Livy
Titus Livius (59 BC – AD 17), known in English as Livy, was a Roman historian.
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Luxeuil-les-Bains
Luxeuil-les-Bains is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
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Luxiol
Luxiol is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
Mandeure
Mandeure is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
Mâcon
Mâcon, historically anglicised as Mascon, is a city in east-central France.
Notitia Dignitatum
The Notitia dignitatum et administrationum omnium tam civilium quam militarium (Latin for 'List of all dignities and administrations both civil and military') is a document of the Late Roman Empire that details the administrative organization of the Western and the Eastern Roman Empire.
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Pliny the Elder
Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/24 AD 79), called Pliny the Elder, was a Roman author, naturalist, natural philosopher, naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the emperor Vespasian.
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Pontarlier
Pontarlier (Latin: Ariolica) is a commune and one of the two sub-prefectures of the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France near the Swiss border.
Pontoux
Pontoux is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
Port-sur-Saône
Port-sur-Saône is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
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Revolt of the Batavi
The Revolt of the Batavi took place in the Roman province of Germania Inferior ("Lower Germania") between AD 69 and 70.
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Rhône
The Rhône is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and Southeastern France before discharging into the Mediterranean Sea.
Rhine
--> The Rhine is one of the major European rivers.
Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was the state ruled by the Romans following Octavian's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC, the post-Republican state of ancient Rome.
Saône
The Saône (Sona; Arar) is a river in eastern France.
Sapaudia
Sapaudia or Sabaudia was an Alpine territory of Late antiquity and the Dark Ages.
Savoy
Savoy (Savouè; Savoie; Italian: Savoia) is a cultural-historical region in the Western Alps.
Seine
The Seine is a river in northern France.
Sequana
In Gallo-Roman religion, Sequana is the goddess of the river Seine, particularly the springs at the source of the Seine, and the Gaulish tribe the Sequani.
Seveux
Seveux is a former commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.
Strabo
StraboStrabo (meaning "squinty", as in strabismus) was a term employed by the Romans for anyone whose eyes were distorted or deformed.
Suebi
The Suebi (also spelled Suevi) or Suebians were a large group of Germanic peoples originally from the Elbe river region in what is now Germany and the Czech Republic.
T. Rice Holmes
Thomas Rice Edward Holmes, FBA (24 May 1855 – 4 August 1933), who usually published his works under the names T. Rice Holmes or T.R.E. Holmes, was a scholar best known for his extensive and "fundamental" work on Julius Caesar and his Gallic War commentaries.
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Theodor Mommsen
Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen (30 November 1817 – 1 November 1903) was a German classical scholar, historian, jurist, journalist, politician and archaeologist.
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Vandals
The Vandals were a Germanic people who first inhabited what is now southern Poland.
Vercingetorix
Vercingetorix (Οὐερκιγγετόριξ; – 46 BC) was a Gallic king and chieftain of the Arverni tribe who united the Gauls in a failed revolt against Roman forces during the last phase of Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars.
Vesoul
Vesoul is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté located in eastern France.
Vitellius
Aulus Vitellius (24 September 1520 December 69) was Roman emperor for eight months, from 19 April to 20 December AD 69.
See also
Auxilia palatina
- Ampsivarii
- Auxilia palatina
- Batavi (military unit)
- Cornuti
- Heruli (military unit)
- Mattiaci
- Petulantes
- Regii
- Sequani
Praetorian prefecture of Gaul
- Alpes Graiae et Poeninae
- Council of the Seven Provinces
- Diocese of Gaul
- Praetorian prefecture of Gaul
- Roman Gaul
- Septem Provinciae
- Sequani
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequani
Also known as Maxima Sequanorum, Provincia Maxima Sequanorum, Sequania.
, Suebi, T. Rice Holmes, Theodor Mommsen, Vandals, Vercingetorix, Vesoul, Vitellius.