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In the News (Mon 14 Dec 09)

  
  foundation myth
About the year 200 a people called the Maeatae were named along with the Caledonians as an enemy of Britannia and Hadrian's wall was crossed in the early 180's and Antonine's wall remained out of commission until about 212.
The Maeatae dwelt next to the Antonine wall aned that them and the Caledonians were the two main tribes north of the Forth/Clyde ismuth.
Later the references become Caledonians and Maeatae or Caledonians and Verturiones (Fortrenn) and finally that both these tribes were Picts.
www.holyrood.org.uk /picts/romans.htm   (583 words)

  
  Maeatae Information
The Maeatae were a confederation of tribes who lived probably between Hadrian's Wall and the Antonine Wall or possibly just on either side of Hadrian's Wall in Roman Britain.
Near the summit of Dumyat hill in the Ochils, overlooking Stirling, there are remains of a fort and the name of the hill is believed to be a corruption of "Dun Maeatae" - the hill of the Maeatae.
They appear to have come together as a result of treaties struck between the Roman Empire and the various frontier tribes in the 180s AD under the governorship of Ulpius Marcellus.
www.bookrags.com /wiki/Maeatae   (130 words)

  
 Septimius Severus: The Caledonian Campaign - Caracalla
The Maeatae live next to the cross-wall which cuts the island in half, and the Caledonians are beyond them.
Both tribes inhabit wild and waterless mountains and desolate and swampy plains, and possess neither walls, cities, nor tilled fields, but live on their flocks, wild game, and certain fruits; for they do not touch the fish which are there found in immense and inexhaustible quantities.
Those who favour the former suggest that the Maeatae are the people living 'between the walls', whilst the Caledonians are the inhabitants of the lands north of the Forth-Clyde line, i.e.
www.dot-domesday.me.uk /division.htm   (1988 words)

  
 Dumyat (Dunmyat) | Fieldnotes by BigSweetie | The Modern Antiquarian | Dumyat (Dunmyat) | Fieldnotes by BigSweetie
The fort of Dumyat, which sits on a spur of the larger hill of the same name behind it, is in an excellent defensive position commanding wide-ranging views across the Carse of Forth to the south, and on the western edge of the Ochils.
The name Dumyat is believed to derive from Dun Maeatae - the fort of the Maeatae.
The Maeatae or Miathi were a tribe in central Scotland.
www.themodernantiquarian.com /post/30451   (385 words)

  
  Septimius Severus: The Caledonian Campaign - Caracalla   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Maeatae live next to the cross-wall which cuts the island in half, and the Caledonians are beyond them.
Both tribes inhabit wild and waterless mountains and desolate and swampy plains, and possess neither walls, cities, nor tilled fields, but live on their flocks, wild game, and certain fruits; for they do not touch the fish which are there found in immense and inexhaustible quantities.
Those who favour the former suggest that the Maeatae are the people living 'between the walls', whilst the Caledonians are the inhabitants of the lands north of the Forth-Clyde line, i.e.
www.stephen.j.murray.btinternet.co.uk /division.htm   (1988 words)

  
 Maeatae   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Maeatae were a confederation of tribes who lived probably between Hadrian's Wall and the Antonine Wall or possibly just on either side of Hadrian's Wall in Roman Britain.
Near the summit of Dumyat hill in the Ochils, overlooking Stirling, there are remains of a fort and the name of the hill is believed to be a corruption of "Dun Maeatae" - the hill of the Maeatae.
They appear to have come together as a result of treaties struck between the Roman Empire and the various frontier tribes in the 180s AD under the governorship of Ulpius Marcellus.
www.iask8.info /en/Maeatae.htm   (146 words)

  
 The Heroic Age: Artúr mac Aedan of Dalriada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Maeatae were described by the Roman writer Dio Cassius as a tribe hostile to Rome living next to the wall, presumably the Antonine Wall (Bannerman 1974:84; Duncan 1975:25).
According to Duncan (1975:25–26), Dio Cassius understood the Maeatae and the Caledonii to be composed of various separate peoples whom Roman pressure and policy had forced into a small number of confederations.
It is perhaps safest to consider the Maeatae as a Celtic tribe heavily influenced by both the Picts and Britons, as any tribe on the border would be.
members.aol.com /heroicage1/Issue1/haaad.htm   (3815 words)

  
 The Highlanders of Scotland
It is equally clear from the words of Dio., that these two nations were but two divisions of the same race; and he adds, that the Maeatae lay next to the wall and the Caledonii beyond them, and that to one or other of these two nations might be referred all the other tribes.
The history of the Saxons is too well known to require any examination; their attacks upon the Romans and provincial Britons were merely piratical excursions, and they had no settlement in the island till long after this period.
It appears then that the Picts consisted of two great nations, of which one is identified by Eumenius with the Caledonii; and as the Maeatae were certainly of the same race, and inhabited the same territories with the other division of the Pictish nation, their identity cannot be doubted.
www.electricscotland.com /HISTORY/highlanders/part1chap1.htm   (2203 words)

  
 Siol nan Gaidheal - Scotia Invicta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The failure of Roman arms when borne against the people of the north would otherwise stand as a reproach to those of the south whose forebears' undoubted courage, tenacity and resourcefulness nevertheless proved inadequate to the task of repelling the invader.
The Maeatae occupied as their citadel the hill of Dumyat ("The fortress of the Maeatae") overlooking Stirling.
The rich land of Manau, around modern day Clackmannanshire, provided the Maeatae with plentiful crops but brought them into contact with the eastern extremity of the Antonine wall where the Romans were eager to re-establish their presence at Camelon.
www.siol-nan-gaidheal.com /invicta.htm   (1755 words)

  
 AKA Mary Jones
Inasmuch as the Caledonians did not abide by their promises and had made ready to aid the Meaetae, and in view of the fact that Severus at the time was devoting himself to the neighbouring war, Lupus was compelled to purchase peace from the Maeatae for a large sum; and he received a few captives.
The Maeatae live next to the cross-wall which cuts the island in half, and the Caledonians are beyond them.
Both tribes inhabit wild and waterless mountains and desolate and swampy plains, and possess neither walls, cities, nor tilled fields, but live on their flocks, wild game, and certain fruits; for they do not touch the fish which are there found in immense and inexhaustible quantities.
www.maryjones.us /ctexts/classical_cassius_dio.html   (1561 words)

  
 Historical time line of the Celts
Clodius Albinus, governor, takes troops from Britain to fight for the throne and is defeated by Severus.
Hadrian's Wall, the fortress at Eburacum and many forts over run and destroyed by the Maeatae.
Revolt of the Maeatae and second Scottish campaign.
www.gallica.co.uk /celts/timeline.htm   (1977 words)

  
 Later Second Century
Certainly there were destruction caused by native forces and the new governor Virius Lupus had difficulties to restore the province.
At this time the fort at South Shields on the Tyne mouth was converted to a supply base for the campaiging units with 22 granaries.
In AD 210/1 Caracalla had to put down a revolt of the recently defeated Maeatae, Severus himself was to ill by that time.
www.hatii.arts.gla.ac.uk /multimediastudentprojects/98-99/9808220d/pro/roman/hadrian/hadrian6.htm   (998 words)

  
 Romans and Frontiers - Later Centuries
Of course there was destruction caused by native forces and the new governor Virius Lupus had difficulties in restoring the province of Britannia.
At this time the fort at South Shields on the Tyne mouth was converted to a supply base for the campaiging units with more than 22 granaries.
In AD 210/1 Caracalla had to put down a revolt of the recently defeated Maeatae, Septimius Severus himself was to ill by that time.
www.britanniafilm.de /hadrian07.html   (957 words)

  
 Siol nan Gaidheal - Scotia Invicta
The failure of Roman arms when borne against the people of the north would otherwise stand as a reproach to those of the south whose forebears' undoubted courage, tenacity and resourcefulness nevertheless proved inadequate to the task of repelling the invader.
The Maeatae occupied as their citadel the hill of Dumyat ("The fortress of the Maeatae") overlooking Stirling.
The rich land of Manau, around modern day Clackmannanshire, provided the Maeatae with plentiful crops but brought them into contact with the eastern extremity of the Antonine wall where the Romans were eager to re-establish their presence at Camelon.
www.siol-nan-gaidheal-canada.com /invicta.htm   (1755 words)

  
 Na Fineachan Gaidhealach: The Day Before Mons Graupius
The Romans recorded a tribe named Maeatae that occupied the central district of the Venicones.
The Maeatae live next to the cross-wall [Antonine's Wall] which cuts the island in half, and the Caledonians are beyond them [in the Highlands].
The fact that the Coille Daoine removed their wives to a place of safety in 84 C.E., just before the battle of Mons Graupius, doesn't contradict the implication that by banning women from fighting in combat, women had been fighting, up until then.
thegoshinyamajujutsuandcomputerclub.netfirms.com /gaidheal.htm   (3827 words)

  
 Story of Scotland: Scots, Picts, Angles & Britons
This descent through the female line, instead of the male (as the Scots and Angles), would eventually lead to their virtual disappearance in history as a separate people.
As far as can be established, the Maeatae were located in the area immediately behind the Antonine Wall, with the Caledonians a bit further north.
The Picts seem to emerge the strongest of the four peoples, as we head into the 4-5th centuries, which suggests their dominance of the other tribes.
members.aol.com /scothist/scot3.html   (6517 words)

  
 Scotland's Past - The Romans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Romans seem to have been based at Carpow on the Tay and may have reached Angus and beyond.
It is reported that the Caledonii and Maeatae were forced to come to terms but Severus died in 211 and his sons returned to Rome with the frontier again reverting to Hadrian's Wall.
There were further invasions in early 4th century by the Emperor Constantius and his son Constantine, pottery from this period has been found at Cramond, near Edinburgh and at Carpow.
www.scotlandspast.org /romans.cfm   (907 words)

  
 Grangemouth History
It was sparsely populated by Picts, a group of tribes called "Maeatae" by the Romans.
The Maeatae fought battles against the Romans, Scots and Anglo-Saxons.
The land was just north of Antonine's Wall, which was the northern frontier of the Roman Empire between 143 A.D. and 163 A.D. when it was abandoned.
www.electricscotland.com /history/falkirk/grangemouth/grangemouth.htm   (2402 words)

  
 Scotsman.com News - Walking and climbing - Walk of the week
AT THE most westerly end of the Ochils, near Stirling, Dumyat was once populated, and the remains of an Iron Age fort exist, though they are difficult to spot.
The name Dumyat is thought to mean hill fort of the Maeatae.
The Maeatae were a confederation of Pictish tribes opposed to the Roman invasion of this part of Scotland, led by the Emperor Severus around 208.
news.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=485&id=1126642004   (690 words)

  
 The Cambridge Ancient History - Cambridge University Press
In any event, the work of restoration went on throughout the reign, with the object of protecting the security of the province by dealing with those tribes who threatened Hadrian’s wall, especially the Caledonians, who dwelt in the highlands, and the Maeatae, who lived north of the Forth.
An advance base was begun at Carpow on the Tay, and Severus was able to conclude a favourable treaty with the Caledonians and Maeatae in 209.
Late in the same year the emperor and his sons took the title Britannicus and Geta was raised to the rank of Augustus.
www.cambridge.org /catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521301998&ss=exc   (4663 words)

  
 Page 7L - Roman Withdrawal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Areani were perhaps a tuath of romanized Attacotii employed as Roman scouts to keep watch upon the Maeatae.
It was from Luguvalium that Ninian made his missionary journeys to the Attacotii between 350 and 370, becoming established at Whithorn Monastery (Candida Casa) in Kirkcudbright, Galloway and perhaps founding other congregations among the Maeatae and Caledonii, possibly even Ninian’s Church in the Shetland Islands.
But Oswiu of Northumbria conquered part of the territory of the Maeatae in 668 and gained control of the valley of the Clyde, dominating the Britons, as well as the Maeatae, for thirty years.
macdonnellofleinster.com /page_7l__roman_withdrawal.htm   (2985 words)

  
 Dicalydones Information
The name bears a striking resemblance to the other historical nomenclature donated to the Picts by classical historians, Caledonii.
Some scholars theorize that the two groups (Dicalydones and Caledonii) are one and the same, and that the other major Pictish tribes, related by Ptolemy as the Vacomagi, Venicones, and Taezali, eventually went on to form the Maeatae mentioned by Cassius Dio.
Other archaic accounts, which mention the Caledonii and Maeatae as the two major Pictish tribes, would seem to corroborate this hypothesis.
www.bookrags.com /wiki/Dicalydones   (148 words)

  
 Scotland from the Roadside - Picts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The main groups of Picts were the Caledonii, occupying the Grampians, Highlands and western islands, and the Maeatae, in Kincardineshire, Perthshire and Fife.
Ptolemy listed 12 tribes from around the 2nd century AD with the Caledonii and Maeatae being mentioned as existing towards the end of that century.
The first actual mention of these people was in 297 when Emperor Constantine referred to Caledonians and other Picts and around 314 the Scoti, Picti and Caledonii were mentioned.
www.ourscotland.co.uk /picts.htm   (133 words)

  
 Scotland and the Roman Empire - Septimus Severus
And on the river Tyne at South Shields a traditional fort had been rebuilt with an exceptional 22 store houses in place of the usual two.
On the other hand Dio Cassius writes of a governor of Britain being forced to buy peace from the Maeatae (a tribe from immediately north of the Clyde-Forth isthmus) and that in exchange he recovered a few captives.
A low mound is all that remains of Habitancum an outpost fort close to the modern village of Risingham off the A68 in Northumberland.
www.scottishweb.net /history/romans/romans2.htm   (722 words)

  
 SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
When the emperor Septimius Severus came to power in AD 193, he was to face a serious threat from two confederacies in Scotland, the Maeatae and the Caledonii.
Severus appointed Virius Lupus as governor, who was forced to purchase peace from the Maeatae, and free Roman prisoners taken north.
After a decade of trouble on the frontier, Severus decided that only an imperial expedition could secure peace.
www.fife-education.org.uk /socsub/SocialSubjects/Scottish_History/EarlyHist/romans_Site/romans11.html   (184 words)

  
 Legion by Slitherine - Scenario 1
There were at least 3 major confederations which were present later, but not earlier in the period (the Picti, Maeatae and Attacotti).
Also, some tribes had achieved positions of transient (or long-lasting) dominance, and their name became applied to all the other tribes they ruled.
This area may have been the heart of the later confederation of the Maeatae, but there is no certain information as to its location.
www.slitherine.com /Legion/Campaign_4.htm   (1599 words)

  
 Roman Britain information - Search.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
By 210, Severus had returned to York with the frontier set at Hadrian's Wall and assumed the title Britannicus.
Almost immediately another northern tribe, the Maeatae rebelled.
Caracella left with a punitive expedition but by the next year his ailing father had died and he and his brother left the province to press their claim for the throne.
c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/Roman_Britain   (5081 words)

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