The Brannovīcēs or Aulerci Brannovīcēs (

Gaulish Gaulish was an ancient Celtic language spoken in parts of Continental Europe before and during the period of the Roman Empire. In the narrow sense, Gaulish was the language of the Celts of Gaul (now France, Luxembourg, Belgium, most of Switze ...

: *''Brannouīcēs/Brannowīcēs'') were a Gallic tribe dwelling in the modern

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department or the

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valley during the

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and the Roman period. They were part of the

Aulerci The Aulerci were a group of Gallic peoples dwelling in the modern region of Normandy, between the Loire (Liger) and the Seine (Sequana) rivers, during the Iron Age and the Roman period. They were divided into the Cenomani, the most powerful of ...

Name

The

ethnonym *''Brannouīcēs/Brannowīcēs'' 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'). In Caesar (''B. G.'' vii. 75) there are also readings "Blannovicibus" and "Blannoviis" (Oudendorp. ed. Caes.)

Geography

Walckenaer proposes to place the "Blannovices" or "Brannovices" in the district of Mâcon, where D'Anville also places the Brannovices or Brannovii. Walckenaer urges, in favor of this supposition, the existence of a place called Blannot in the district of Mâcon. There is another Blannot in the department of Côte d'Or, about 22 km from Arnay, and here Walckenaer places the Blannovii.''Géog.'' vol. i. p. 331 The controversy has not been resolved.

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