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  Encyclopedia: Ligures
The Ligures (Ligurians) were an ancient people who gave their name to Liguria, which once stretched from Northern Italy into southern Gaul.
The Ligures inhabited what now corresponds to Liguria, northern Tuscany, Piedmont, part of Lombardy, and parts of southeastern France.
The Ligures were assimilated by the Romans, some perhaps even by Gauls.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ligures   (523 words)

  
 Phoenicia, Phoenicians Founded Genoa
The Ligures were divided in three social classes, the Druids or Priests, the Military equipped with chariots, bows, spears, shields and mystical necklaces, and the Working class.
Around 500 b.c., Ligures colonized the city of Lunis and the isle of Elba as a point of trading with the Etruscan culture.
Ligures and other Celtic tribes led by 'Brennu' defeat Romans in the city of Clusium ("catu Clusiu"=battle of Clusium), and in 387 b.c.
www.phoenicia.org /genoa.html   (5935 words)

  
 History of Monaco - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Rock of Monaco served as a shelter for the area's early inhabitants from the end of the Paleolithic period, approximately 300000 BC, evidence of whom has been found in a cave in St.
According to the accounts of historian Diodorus Siculus and geographer Strabon, the area's first permanent settlers were the mountain-dwelling Ligures, who emigrated from their native city of Genoa, Italy.
However, the ancient Ligurian language, which was apparently not Indo-European, is not connected to the Italian dialect spoken by the modern inhabitants of Liguria, nor to the modern Monegasque language.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Monaco   (1034 words)

  
 LIGURES BAEBIANI - LoveToKnow Article on LIGURES BAEBIANI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The towns of Taurasia and Cisauna in Samnium had been captured in 298 B.C. by the consul L. Cornelius Scipio Barbatus, and the territory of the former remained Roman state domain.
In i8o B.C. 47,000 Ligurians from the neighborhood of Luna (Ligures Apuani), with women and children, were transferred to this district, and two settlements were formed taking their names from the consuls of 181 B.C., the Ligures Baebiani and the Ligures Corneliani.
The site of the other settlementthat of the Ligures Cornelianiis unknown.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /L/LI/LIGURES_BAEBIANI.htm   (239 words)

  
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The origin of the Ligures is lost in the obscurity of that antiquity, which veils the beginning of nearly all the subdivisions of the human race.
Ligures was the general name of this people; but various ad- ditional appellations, derived from circumstances connected either with their history or with their situation, distinguished the numerous branches into which they were subdivided.
But while the Ligures fought divided and singly, their adversaries brought against them disciplined battalions, and the firm and vigorous action of a central power.
lcweb2.loc.gov /ndlpcoop/nicmoas/nora/nora0048.sgm   (19009 words)

  
 Monaco Histoire
From the Paleolithic Age to the Grimaldi's The region of Monaco was inhabited by man since the end of the Paleolithic age, some 300 000 years B.C..
The region of the Ligures was established around year 2000 B.C..
The emperors Frederic Bareberousse and Henri VI successively recognized the Genovese power stretching from Porto Venere to Monaco, where in 1215, the Genovese began the construction of the four towers and the ramparts which still today delineate the perimeters of the Princes Palace.
www.riviera-magazine.com /tourisme/monaco/MonacoHist-us.html   (800 words)

  
 Ligures   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Vado Ligure -- or 'Vado' as it is called -- is a rarity in Europe, being a small port with a modern terminal infrastructure and great location that is, nevertheless, pleasantly underutilized.
Although annual capacity ligures have not been previously released, the company says the unit will be increased to 60 million pounds.
En el IV milenio a.C. los antepasados de los ligures participaron del rico complejo cultural Chassey-Cortaillod-La Lagozza, que durante un tiempo unió culturalmente el sudeste francés, Suiza occidental y el norte de Italia, para luego dividirse de nuevo en grupos menores.
enciclopedia.cc /Ligures   (463 words)

  
 Splash - Cultura - Latino - Livio - Ab Urbe Condita - Liber XL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Ligures saepe per legatos deprecati, ne penates, sedem in qua geniti essent, sepulcra maiorum cogerentur relinquere, arma obsides pollicebantur.
--> [41] Consules ambo in Ligures exercitus induxerunt diuersis partibus.
Fuluius secunda et quarta legione adortus a Pisis Apuanos Ligures, qui eorum circa Macram fluuium incolebant, in deditionem acceptos, ad septem milia hominum, in naues impositos praeter oram Etrusci maris Neapolim transmisit.
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 Prehistory...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
As soon as 1600 Before Christ, humans (called the Ligures) lived on the banks of the lakes (Lac du Bourget - lac d'Annecy - lac de Chevelu...) or in Grottos.
In about 600 Before Christ (Bc) a group of people composed of keltic warriors called the Allobroges invaded the area and pushed back the Ligures deep into the Maurienne and Tarentaise Valleys.
In 121 Bc, the Romans took advantage of Hannibal and the Carthaginian army who had crossed the mountains before them and annexed the area called Allobrogie and started the colonisation of the area.
www.ac-grenoble.fr /larmand/leonardo/pages/ang/a-5-1.htm   (159 words)

  
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Attilio) (developpement 81 m), creusée, sur le versant septentrional de la Rocca Pennina (Alpes Ligures) dans les calcaires du Malm.
The comparaison with high altitude springs of the Carnic Alps, with chemical characters very homogeneous, points out the priority of the lithochemical function and the fragmentary vegetable cover on the karst evolution.
The witches greatly influenced the popular imagination of karst areas of the Imperiese, expecially those poor in hallows.
web.tiscali.it /GSI/spiegazione2.htm   (435 words)

  
 Forez - Knowledge Base, HouseofNames.com
Forez is a former administrative region of France found on the west bank of the Rhone river and extending to the Alps.
The ancient tribes of the area were the Ligures, Celts, and Massaliotes.
Forez began as a province of the Roman Empire in the 1st century BC.
www.houseofnames.com /xq/asp/kbId.124/sId./qx/knowledgebase.htm   (254 words)

  
 CLUB 41
Their relationship with the Celts from south of France who were called Celto-Ligures or Ligures were so good that they founded the city of Massalia.
The bagpipe, which is still played on the island of Kalimnos, is said to have been brought to the Celts at this period.
From the 6° century till year 450 before J. the Ligures used to fires at night near the Cap d’Antibes so as to indicate to the sailors on the Greeks ships
antibesgee41.webstore.fr /eng/celts.html   (267 words)

  
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Though the Ligures were over a hundred strong they weren't agressive.
The Kasemattes and Ligures were able to live together in harmony and their leaders signed a pact in blood.
The few remaining Kasemattes quickly learned the dialect and metallurgy from the Ligures and gave them their knowledge of fishing and boat-building.
user.cs.tu-berlin.de /~rossi/miragmain.txt   (20476 words)

  
 LIGURES BAEBIANI - Online Information article about LIGURES BAEBIANI
LIGURES BAEBIANI - Online Information article about LIGURES BAEBIANI
district, and two settlements were formed taking their names from the consuls of 181 B.c., the Ligures Baebiani and the Ligures Corneliani.
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 Istria on the Internet - History - Livy's History of Rome - Book 40   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Though L. Aemilius knew that they would come, and though he could have led out his men in line of battle, he kept them within their rampart in order that he might delay a battle till such time as Baebius could come with his army from Pisae.
Dum haec in Macedonia geruntur, L. Aemilius Paulus, prorogato ex consulatu imperio, principio ueris in Ligures Ingaunos introduxit.
Matienus, who was to command it in the Gulf of Gaul, was also ordered to bring his fleet as soon as possible down to the coast of Liguria in case it could be of any assistance to L. Aemilius and his army.
www.istrianet.org /istria/history/histri-romans/livy40.htm   (17808 words)

  
 Liber XL
[25] Dum haec in Macedonia geruntur, L. Aemilius Paulus, prorogato ex consulatu imperio, principio ueris in Ligures Ingaunos introduxit.
[38] Ligures, qui ante aduentum in prouinciam consulum non exspectassent bellum, improuiso oppressi ad duodecim milia hominum dediderunt se.
[41] Consules ambo in Ligures exercitus induxerunt diuersis partibus.
www.readme.it /libri/2/202201240.html   (13184 words)

  
 FLITE SITE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Genoa was an old establishment of the Ligures that was ruled by the Roman empire until about the 10th century, when it was governed by consuls.
With a gradual increase in maritime power, the city became one of the five Italian maritime republics by the thirteenth century, according to The Rough Guide to Europe, 2001.
Portofino is one of the more pricey resorts with Paraggi as a “sparking cove” for swimming.
www.flitesite.co.uk /city_data.php?citycode=106   (838 words)

  
 Imperium News QUINTILIS DLXII   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
With the return of the chiefs to their respective tribes, The Ligures appear to be calm once again.
Based on the first incoming reports, it seems the Ligures are very appreciative that Gavius Agelastus has disbanded one of his legions showing his trust and belief in their loyalty.
Rumours are reported of a battle fought in Illyricum.
www.ancientworlds.net /aw/Post/465541   (1567 words)

  
 Amazon.com: All Products Search Results: ligures   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Gli Archivi Pallavicini di Genova (Atti della Società ligure di storia patria)
Il Cervo e la repubblica: Il modello ligure di antico regime (Microstorie)
Non-monotonic Extensions Of Logic Programming: Iclp '94 Workshop, Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy, June 17, 1994.
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 Amazon.com: A History of Rome: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
This item is not eligible for Amazon Prime, but over a million other items are.
This magisterial survey, spanning over 1,300 years, is widely acclaimed as the best single-volume history of Rome.
Of the pre-Indo-European, Mediterranean inhabitants of Italy, composed of aboriginals and of immigrants from overseas, several elements survived, such as the Ligures, primitive mountain-dwellers, settled north of Etruria on the shores of the Gulf of Genoa and in the Maritime Alps.
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 Kiniginige, Knickinick and Canuckanuck -- Tom Bacig -- University of Minnesota Duluth
Amongst the legionnaires who subdued the Santonis were Romanized Celticized Ligures.
I am of these people and the Celticized Ligures and the Santoni.
Cisalpine Gaul, Breton, Huron warrior/hunters overrun in turn by Roman, French, British, Canadian, American city dwellers and farmers, in the name of progress.
www.d.umn.edu /~tbacig/writing/Metis/canuck.html   (3214 words)

  
 Ligures   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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'Ligure' occurs in the Bible, in the book of Exodus 28:19 and 39:12, as the name of a stone in the third row on the high priest's breastplate, the Hoshen.
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 Boudet - Numbers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
For example at the very start of the book he asserts that the Gals are the direct descendants of Gomer son of Japheth and, as though to prove this, he writes:-
In referring to the date 647 he states:-
"La conquete de l'Espagne par les Gals forca les Ligures à se deplacer, et vers l'an 1400 avant Jesus-Christ, apres avoir franchi les alpes, ces derniers fonderent en Italie la domination des Ambras ou Ombres, 647 ans avant la fondation de Rome".
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 Vacation rental Provence Alps French Riviera French Riviera: St Tropez St Raphaël Les Issambres holiday home ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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