Babylon is the name of an ancient city in Mesopotamia located on the Euphrates about 200 kilometers southeast of present-day Baghdad (Iraq), near the modern city of Hilla. The name Babylon is sometimes used to refer to the entire Babylonian Empire. Etymology The name of the city of Babylon undoubte
Argos (in ancient Greek) is a Greek city in the Peloponnese, located near Nafplio. Its name comes from the Greek root arg-, which means something shiny (cf. argyros meaning silver). The region of Argos is still called Argolis today. Mythology The city has for mythical founder Argos, son of Zeus. Th
The Veneti are two homonymous ancient peoples. One is one of the Gallic peoples. He resided in present-day Morbihan and gave his name to the city of Vannes. The other lived in Veneto and gave his name to Venice. He spoke an Italic language, Veneto. They are frequently considered to be of the same o
The Treverians or Treverians are one of the Celtic peoples. Gallic people of Belgian Gaul whose vast territory extended over part of Belgian Luxembourg, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, and the German Lower Moselle. Their king Indutiomare made life difficult for Julius Caesar for several years and th
The Silures were a powerful warrior Brittonic Celtic people of the Isle of Britain, in present-day South Wales, occupying the regions of Gwent, Brecon, and Morgannwg. Their neighbors were the Ordovices and the Demetae. Their habitat consisted of small fortresses. The Roman historian Tacitus, in his
The Remes - Latin Remi - were a Gallic people. Their name means the first. Opida Their capital was Vieux Reims in Variscourt before moving to Reims. Several oppida are identified:Vieux Reims in Variscourt, Reims, Attilas camp in La Cheppe and the oppidum of Vieux-Laon located in Saint-Thomas (Aisne
The Pictons (Pictones) are a people of Gaul. Depending on the sources and the times, they were first called Picts, which is also the name of a people of ancient Scotland, or even after the Pictavi conquest (Pictavi). The period of independence Territory The limits of the territory of the Pictons ar
There is also a contracted Latin form Parisi and in French the forms “Parisiens” and Parises are also used. The Parisii were a Gallic people living in the current Paris region. Their name may come from the Gaulish kwarisi (perhaps in connection with the quarries of Montmartre?). According to Caesa
The Morins are one of the Belgian tribes. They were first mentioned by Julius Caesar, who had some difficulty with them. Their origin (and language) was probably Germanic. Caesar and Tacitus often cite them together with the Menapians, whose Germanic origin is not disputed. Boulogne-sur-Mer was thei
The Menapians (menapii) were a Germanic people from Belgium. They are mentioned by Caesar in the De Bello galico and he locates their territory in swamps along the coastal strip of the North Sea. It is possible that it was confused with the Scheldt estuary. Caesar and Tacitus mention the Menapians a
This article is a draft for completion concerning the story, you can share your knowledge by modifying it. The Iceni were a Celtic Brython people present in the region that is now Norfolk in north-eastern Brittany, between the 1st century BC. AD and the 1st century AD Roman invasion Under the Roma
The Helvetians are a group of Celtic or Germano-Celtic peoples, established on the territory of present-day Switzerland and bordering the Sub-Rhenish Germans. Cimbrian War The Romans Passing Under the Yoke by Charles Gleyre, 1858. Triumph of the Helvetians over the Romans at the Battle of Agen. O
The Aedui (Haedui in Latin) were a people of Celtic Gaul. The Aedui were established in the current French departments of Saône-et-Loire and Nièvre, and Bibracte was their capital. They have the rich lands of the Saône valley, and are neighbors (and enemies) of the Séquanes to the east and the Arve
! The Eburones were a tribe belonging to the association of Belgian peoples, established in the northeast of (Great) Gaul in the 1st century BC. J.-C.. Julius Caesar describes them as being of Germanic origin. Their territory corresponds to the modern provinces, in Belgium Limburg, in Holland Dutc
! The Carnutes are a people of Celtic Gaul. Chartres was the capital of the Gallic Carnutes tribe from which it took its name Carnutum. The Carnutes occupied a vast province in the south-west of the Paris Basin, with two main towns, Chartres - Latin *Autricum - and Orléans - Cenabum. Farmers explo
The Brigantes were a powerful Celtic people from the island of Britain. Their territory, at the time of the Roman conquest, was located approximately in the current counties of Northumberland and Yorkshire in the northeast of England, between the rivers Humber and Tyne. Their capital seems to have b
The Atrebates or Atrébates are one of the Gallic peoples, their name literally means the inhabitants. They lived in Atrébatie corresponding approximately to Artois. Their capital Nemetocenna became Arras, the country, the land belonging to the sanctuary. The Atrebates according to Julius Caesar In
The Arvernes (Arverni in Latin) were a Gallic people from the Massif Central. They were one of the most powerful peoples of central Gaul, opposing Roman power on several occasions. The “Arvernes” bequeathed their name to Auvergne. Their name would mean those who are superior. Their capital, during
Gallic people, the Allobroges were Celts and originally spoke the Celtic language whose patois has kept a few words. They were a people of proud and tough warriors, grouping together many tribes, who became sedentary and devoted themselves to agriculture. The name Allobroge would come from the roots
Vercingetorix (-72 - date which we are now certain is false [ref. needed] - at -46) is the son of the Gallic chief of the Arverni tribe, Celtillos. It unites Gallic peoples and their leaders to try to reject the Roman invader, Julius Caesar, outside the borders, at the end of the Gallic Wars (-58 to
Lan Xang , also Lan Chang , Laotian kingdom that flourished from the 14th century until in the 18th century divided into two separate kingdoms, Vien Chang and Luang Prabang . The conflict with its neighbors in Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand (Siamese) forced the rulers of the kingdom
Who was going to tell Quintus Flavius Postumius Quietus that he would go down in history and, eighteen centuries after his death, his name would continue to be remembered. He was a simple prefect and probably no one would remember him if it werent for the fact that he was the last Roman official t
The nuclear missiles of the five French submarines in service or under construction externally resemble the Polaris. Their range is 1,900 miles.Russia, to begin with, took quite a different policy from the United States in that its first ballistic missile submarines were diesel -electric which had t
Jean François Champollion called Champollion the Younger ( 1790-1832 ), was a French archaeologist and Egyptologist. He said of himself: I am all of Egypt and Egypt is everything to me . He became famous for deciphering the Rosetta Stone , a slab of dark granite (often identified as basalt) o