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  Volcae - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
The Volcae are consequently believed to have originally been settled north-east of the Rhine, in what is now western and central Germany in the basin of the Weser River where there are toponyms of supposed Celtic origin.
The territory of the Volcae Tectosages lay outside the Roman Republic, to the southwest of the Volcae Arecomici.
From the 3rd century BC, the capital city of the Volcae Tectosages was Tolosa (modern Toulouse), which was incorporated into the Roman Republic as part of the province of Gallia Aquitania with the conquest of Gaul by Julius Caesar in 52 BC.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Volcae   (617 words)

  
 Volcae - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Volcae in the 2nd century BC were a large and powerful Celtic nation of Gallia Transalpina, comprised of two branches, the Volcae Arecomici and the Volcae Tectosages.
The Volcae are consequently believed to have originally been settled in along the Rhine, in what is now south-western Germany, and for some time, the Volcae would have blocked Germanic expansion southwards.
From the 3rd century BC, the capital city of the Volcae Tectosages was Tolossa (modern Toulouse), which was incorporated into the Roman Empire as part of the province of Gallia Aquitania with the conquest of Gaul by Julius Caesar in 52 BC.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Walha   (439 words)

  
 Volcae - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
VOLCAE, a Celtic people in the province of Gallia Narbonensis, who occupied the district between the Garumna (Garonne), Cerbenna mons (Cevennes), and the Rhodanus (or even farther to the east in earlier times), corresponding roughly to the old province of Languedoc.
They were divided into two tribes, the Arecomici on the east and the Tectosages (whose territory included that of the Tolosates) on the west, separated by the river Arauris (Herault) or a line between the Arauris and Orbis (Orbe).
It was said that there was an early settlement of Volcae Tectosages near the Hercynia Silva in Germany; Tectosages was also the name of one of the three great communities of Gauls who invaded and settled in Asia Minor in the country called after them Galatia.
69.1911encyclopedia.org /V/VO/VOLCAE.htm   (225 words)

  
 Volcae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Volcae in the 2nd century BC were a large and powerful nation of southern Gaul.
It is consequently not surprising that derivations of Volcae became the generic name for Celts and later also for the Romans, contained in Wales, Wallachia, Wallonia, and also, in the most general sense of "foreign" (or perhaps "strange") appears in the words walnut and walrus.
The territory of the Volcae Tectosages (Οὐόλκαι Τεκτοσάγες of Ptolemy's Geography ii)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Volcae   (870 words)

  
 Volcae.htm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Volcae Arecomici was a Celtic tribe living in the southwestern Gaul (present day France).
Volcae Arecomici is one of the two groups that split from the Volcae.
Volcae emigrated from Danube river area to southern Gaul during the 3rd century BCE.
worldcoincatalog.com /AC/C1/CelticKingdoms/Aquitania/Volcae/Volcae.htm   (158 words)

  
 Battle of Volcae - Summer 240BC
A number of Volcae tribesmen had taken position in the high ground and proceeded to roll boulders at Sedulus's main body.
One Asteriux was particularly vocal in the discussions and having the largest number of troops under his direct command, determined to seek battle at first light the next day even though recent omens were far from encouraging.
These Volcae tribesmen, though few in number, were positioned some distance behind a paltry river and waited for the tribesmen of Asteriux's Gauls to cross this paltry river before striking.
homepages.paradise.net.nz /mcnelly/ancient/dbm_volcae_240bc.htm   (774 words)

  
 Volcae - Wikipedia
Die Volcae (deutsch Volker oder auch Volken genannt, von den Germanen Welsche genannt) waren ein keltisches Volk der Antike.
Verdrängte Volcae siedelten in Aquitanien und assimilierten die autochthonen iberischen und ligurischen Stämme.
Eine umstrittene Hypothese bringt die Volcae mit der versuchten Plünderung des Orakel von Delphi und der teilweisen Zerstörung des Tempels von Apollo] 376 v.
de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Volcae   (360 words)

  
 Narbonensis
In the south the principle tribes were the Volcae, who lived in the Rhodanus (Rhone) river valley, the Allobroges, who lived in the Alpine foothills, and the Arverni who lived in the hills west of the Rhodanus.
Among the Volcae, the Allobroges, and the Arverni, were another people, the Greeks.
The two tribal divisions of the Volcae and the Allobroges are still important in the same way that someone from Barcelona is Catalyna, not Castilian.
www.gloria-mundi.net /Setting/narbonensis.html   (4434 words)

  
 VOLCAE FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Volcae in the 2nd century BC were a large and powerful Celtic nation.
Volga), according to which the Volcae would have been the "river people" http://www.ceantar.org/Dicts/MB2/mb16.html.
From the 3rd century BC, the capital city of the Volcae Tectosages was ''Tolosa'' (modern Toulouse), which was incorporated into the Roman Empire as part of the province of Gallia Aquitania with the conquest of Gaul by Julius Caesar in 52 BC.
www.feefriend.com /Volcae   (544 words)

  
 Tourism in Nîmes - History of nimes - The Volcae Arecomici (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Volcae Arecomici, a Celtic tribe, settled around a strongly-flowing spring.
The Volcae made the spring a deity and built a sanctuary.
In 120 BC, the Volcae, with a vast territory and 24 forts, accepted the Roman legions without resistance.
www.ot-nimes.fr.cob-web.org:8888 /english_nimes/decouvrir_nimes/recit1.html   (104 words)

  
 Hannibal's Epic March Across the Alps to Rome's Gates - Military Photos
The Celtic tribe inhabiting the Rhône Valley, the Volcae, massed on the eastern shore to resist the crossing.
As the armada surged toward the opposite shore, the Volcae swarmed out of their camp to occupy the beach.
A few of the Volcae rushed back to save their camp, while the remainder remained focused on repelling the amphibious assault.
www.militaryphotos.net /forums/showthread.php?t=35332   (4196 words)

  
 Untitled Document
The Volcae were said to have amassed a vast horde of treasure, hidden IN A SACRED WELL, current site of the church of St. Saturnin-du-Taur in Toulouse.
Either way, it is hardly likely that the Volcae replaced the treasure IN More likely, it was re-hidden in or near the major city of the region where it was seized, the hill-top fortress of Rhedae, present day Rennes-le-Chateau.
The High-King of the Volcae was an "Arthur" figure, as was the 5th century High-King of the Bretons, Rhiotomas, who fought to restore the Roman Empire.
www.revelation2seven.org /WebPages/SideLinks/TheApocalypticSecret.htm   (20570 words)

  
 Battle of Massilia, Late Fall 240BC
As the harvest of 240BC began to be collected Ventutius arrived in Volcae and took command of the Gallic tribes in this province.
As the more formal siege progressed slowly Ventutius grew tired of the waiting and as early winter arrived he moved off with his mounted troops leaving his infantry, under Asteriux, to continue the siege while he took care of more pressing issues within the Gallic Confederation.
However, unlike the earlier battle at Volcae, Asteriux determined to deploy his Celts in shallower formations.
homepages.paradise.net.nz /mcnelly/ancient/dbm_massilia_240bc.htm   (1298 words)

  
 Celts 3 - Crystalinks
It may be the result of an early borrowing (in the 4th century BC) of the Celtic tribal name Volcae into early Germanic (becoming the Proto-Germanic *Walh-, "Foreigner" and the suffixed form *Walhisk-).
The Volcae were one of the Celtic peoples that barred, for two centuries, the southward expansion of the German tribes in central Germany on the line of the Hartz mountains and into Saxony and Silesia.
In the middle ages certain districts of what is now Germany were known as "Welschland" as opposed to "Deutschland", and the word is cognate with Vlach and Walloon as well as the 'wall' in Cornwall.
www.crystalinks.com /celts3.html   (3207 words)

  
 Gaius Iulius Caesar
Besides, by secret messages and embassies, he tampers with the Allobroges, whose minds, he hopes, had not yet settled down after the excitement of the late war.
, in the province of the Volcae Arecomici, and the country around Narbo which was in the vicinity of the enemy; he orders a portion of the forces from the province, and the recruits which he had brought from Italy, to rendezvous among the Helvii who border on the territories of the Arverni."
They demand thirty-five thousand men from the Aedui and their dependents, the Segusiani, Ambivareti, and Aulerci Brannovices; an equal number from the Arverni in conjunction with the Eleuteti Cadurci, Gabali, and Velauni, who were accustomed to be under the command of the Arverni; twelve thousand each from the Senones, Sequani, Bituriges, Sentones,
solejar.tripod.com /rizne/gaius_iulius_caesar.htm   (908 words)

  
 Gallia - Province of the Roman Empire
Unforgiven by Caesar, it was stripped of its territory and quickly lost its importance to nearby Arelate.
Volcae - There were actually 2 branches of the Volcae, the Volcae-Tectosages living south of Narbo and the Volcae-Arecomici living north and east.
The Volcae Tectosages had a capital at Baetera (Beziers).
www.unrv.com /provinces/gallia.php   (1869 words)

  
 Vincent Bridges » Blog Archive » Nostradamus’ Quatrains and Balkan Nuclear Terrorism
Given this quatrain’s close association with V/91, which dates with precision the start of the current Kosovo Conflict, this event is a probable outcome likely to occur soon after, perhaps even within a matter of months.
This quatrain is considered part of a treasure hunt theme woven around the idea of lost ancient gold of a people here called the Volcae.
The Volcae are a legendary tribe of Celtic Freebooters said to have hidden their treasure near Toulouse.
vincentbridges.com /?p=90   (313 words)

  
 Gaulish tribe names
In 56 B.C.E. they rebelled against Caesar but were soundly beaten in a sea battle at Quiberon, and as a result all the leading men were executed and the rest sold as slaves."
"The Volcae were originally neighbors of the Boii in central Europe.
An offshoot of the tribe probably contributed to the Volcae Tectosages, one branch of whom settled in southern Gaul while the other moved into Anatolia.
www.angelfire.com /me/ik/tribes.html   (461 words)

  
 Legion by Slitherine - Scenario 1
Formerly it belonged to a small tribe (perhaps a sept of the Volcae) called the Atacini.
There were actually 2 branches of the Volcae, the Volcae-Tectosages living south of Narbo and the Volcae-Arecomici living north and east.
The Volcae Tectosages had a capital at Baetera=Beziers.
www.slitherine.com /Legion/Campaign_2.htm   (2518 words)

  
 course title - Materials
In the meantime, Scipio raised another army in Rome and set sail for Marseilles and landed at the Rhone River.
This was all in the territory of the Volcae, where Hannibal had now arrived at after crossing the Pyrenees.
The Volcae inhabited both sides of the Rhone and opposed Hannibal.
clawww.lmu.edu /classics/cl230/materialswk11-1.htm   (3360 words)

  
 VOLCAE - Online Information article about VOLCAE
It was said that there was an See also:
settlement of Volcae Tectosages near the Hercynia See also:
Germany; Tectosages was also the name of one of the three See also:
encyclopedia.jrank.org /VIR_WAT/VOLCAE.html   (264 words)

  
 Volcae
the Volcae existed before c.500BC, and remained unchanged for
3) The attestation of the Volcae is in and around Nimes, deep into
Gaulish territory as we understand it and westward into the area of
www.glaucus.org.uk /Volcae.htm   (673 words)

  
 The History
Women were warriors, like Medb of Connacht, who commanded her army and personally slew the warrior Cethren in combat.
They were ambassadors, some were involved in the treaty between Hannibal and the Celtic Volcae.
The position of women in the Brehan Law system was amazingly advanced compared with the rest of the world.
www.stormloader.com /moonfire/index5.html   (625 words)

  
 Livius Picture Archive: Nemausus (Nîmes)
Pictures of the Maison Carrée can be found here.
The ancient city of Nemausus, capital of the Gallic Volcae tribe, was situated on the southern edge of the Cevennes mountains in a fertile part of the Rhône valley, along the Via Domitia between Italy and Hispania.
In 27 BCE, the emperor Augustus settled veterans from his Egyptian campaign in the city and gave it the rights of a colonia.
www.livius.org /a/france/nimes/nemausus1.html   (299 words)

  
 Leisure facility bathrooms
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www.inscapepeople.com /productarea_cub_volcae.htm   (232 words)

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